John Benenate

Bergmann was featured on the cover of PRINT magazine.

Reach him at
bergmann@pdx.edu

--- Jerald M Powell wrote:

> Has anyone thought to contact Tim Bergmann. He's an
> ace graphic
> artist, and the owner of a firm that does these
> kinds of things (as
> well as a fine bike racer). He could at least tell
> us if such a
> project is do-able within the time window available
> to get to market.
>
> Jerry
>
> Jerry Powell
> USAC Level 1 Coach
> 1926 SW Madison St
> Portland, OR 97205
>
> 503 222 7173
> 503 799 7823 (cellular)
>
> jpowell@spiritone.com
>
>
>
> On Dec 20, 2007, at 1:26 PM, Ron and Dorothy
> Strasser wrote:
>
> > And remember when looking for sponsors... the
> printer and or graphic
> > designer could be sponsors!
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From:
> > To: ;
> > Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 11:00 AM
> > Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] OBRA Fund raising
> >
> >
> >> Fish...if you want to push this idea forward, I'd
> be willing to help
> >> out.
> >>
> >> I don't think the initial filtering process would
> be that hard. Let
> >> each photographer that wants to contribute pick
> out a handful of
> >> their
> >> favorite shots (the ones they are most proud of
> and want to showcase)
> >> and submit them for consideration. That will
> narrow the pool down
> >> considerably.
> >>
> >> If you run with the concept of showcasing OBRA's
> diverse racing and
> >> participants, you could ask the photographers to
> submit photos for
> >> each
> >> category (juniors, beginners, cross, track
> etc....). A TTT photo
> >> would
> >> be really cool. Would the photographer need to
> get the rider's
> >> permission to use the shot (particularly for
> juniors)?
> >>
> >>> From there, someone (or a group) would need to
> decide on what
> >>> shots make
> >> the final cut.
> >>
> >> Maybe one of the many OBRA bloggers could show
> the finalists on a
> >> blog
> >> with a poll. Let OBRA at large vote for the best
> shot in each
> >> category.
> >>
> >>
> >> The categories could be something like this:
> >>
> >> 1. Road
> >> 2. Track
> >> 3. Mtb
> >> 4. Cross
> >> 5. TT
> >> 6. TTT
> >> 7. Juniors (any discipline)
> >> 8. Women (any discipline)
> >> 9. Master (any discipline)
> >> 10. Beginner (any discipline)
> >> 11. Pro/celeb (any discipline)
> >> 12. Pro/celeb (maybe an OBRA national champion in
> a podium shot).
> >> 13. Best Overall (cover shot)
> >>
> >> Here are some considerations in pushing this
> forward:
> >>
> >> 1. Is there enough time to get the calendars put
> together for this
> >> year,
> >> seeing as January is coming fast? This could
> become a yearly
> >> thing, and
> >> would make for a great gift idea.
> >>
> >> 2. Are there any graphic designers out there in
> OBRA that have the
> >> tools
> >> and the know how to make it look professional and
> are willing to
> >> contribute?
> >>
> >> 3. Anybody have an idea on printing/binding costs
> and where to get
> >> them
> >> done. Kinko's, or are there better options?
> >>
> >> 4. Also, logistics on who fronts the money for
> the printing costs
> >> (i.e.
> >> OBRA, or does an individual have to float it)?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Fischer, Jim E (Corvallis)
> [mailto:jim.fischer@hp.com]
> >> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 9:54 AM
> >> To: Dye, Todd/CVO; obra@list.obra.org
> >> Subject: RE: [OBRA Chat] OBRA Fund raising
> >>
> >> Todd,
> >>
> >> Great points.
> >>
> >> This would prove much easier to do (since the
> shots already exist).
> >> We'd need a way to filter the thousands of pics
> and find the ones
> >> that
> >> would be selected.
> >>
> >> Ted, Shane and the rest of you photographers out
> there, would this be
> >> something you'd be willing to help with?
> >>
> >> Other ideas?
> >>
> >> Fish
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Todd.Dye@CH2M.com
> [mailto:Todd.Dye@CH2M.com]
> >> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 9:49 AM
> >> To: Fischer, Jim E (Corvallis);
> obra@list.obra.org
> >> Subject: RE: [OBRA Chat] OBRA Fund raising
> >>
> >> Hey Fish,
> >>
> >> I really like the idea of an OBRA calendar. That
> sounds like a
> >> really
> >> good concept....BUT (...not BUTT) the flip side
> is that I'd imagine a
> >> number of team sponsors wouldn't be so thrilled
> to see their name
> >> associated with a clothing optional calendar
> (particularly if
> >> these are
> >> team photo shoots with sponsors named).
> >>
> >> It's definitely something each team would need to
> contact their
> >> sponsor
> >> about, and even then calling up a sponsor to ask
> permission might
> >> raise
> >> some concerns with certain sponsors. With 70+
> teams, I suppose there
> >> might be 12 sponsors that would be cool with it.
> You never know.
> >>
> >> However, running with that concept a bit further,
> why not an OBRA
> >> calendar that shows race shots? There are a ton
> of great
> >> photographers
> >> shooting incredible shots at many OBRA events.
> >>
> >> If there are 12 photographers willing to donate a
> good photo (or
> >> several
> >> for consideration) to the cause I think we could
> end up with a great
> >> calendar and there wouldn't even need to be a
> photo shoot. The
> >> material
>
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