+1<br><br>I'm cool with that. <br><br>Just trying to both support ways to stimulate interest and build some viral mechanisms if at all possible.<br><br>cheers,<br>-bill<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 8, 2008 11:26 PM, Dick Hardt <<a href="mailto:dick@sxip.com">dick@sxip.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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I'm a fan of providing an incentive for people to join. We have a number of people that have joined without the incentive, and I think it is possible people will buy swag in addition.<div><br></div><div>We can offer a combination where if they pay a little more money they get a membership AND a T-Shirt or some such.</div>
<div><br></div><div>-- Dick<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br><div><br><div><div>On 8-Feb-08, at 7:49 PM, Bill Washburn wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">
<div style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Playing the devil's advocate, I think there is a lot to be said for motivating people to become actual members of the Foundation (and send us $100 - or more - in the process). So I think that if the chance to get either a ball cap or a mug or a t-shirt can motivate people to join, then we will definitely benefit. After all, if we did motivate 500 people to join to something free from the OpenID store, then OIDF will net $50,000 minus 10% for the t-shirts. That would be a solid outcome and solid support for the Foundation.<br>
<br>-bill<br><br><br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Snorri <<a href="mailto:snorri@snorri.eu" target="_blank">snorri@snorri.eu</a>><br>
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Subject: Re: [Marketing] [OpenID board] The OpenID Store<br><br> Yes!<br><br>People must understand that this is a way to help the Foundations<br><br>It's also a good way to participate for those who do not want to pay a<br>
sponsorship<br><br>-Snorri<br><br>-----Message d'origine-----<br>De : <a href="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net" target="_blank">board-bounces@openid.net</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net" target="_blank">board-bounces@openid.net</a>] De la part<br>
de Dick Hardt<br>Envoyé : samedi 9 février 2008 01:10<br>À : OpenID marketing<br>Cc : <a href="mailto:board@openid.net" target="_blank">board@openid.net</a><br>Objet : Re: [OpenID board] [Marketing] The OpenID Store<br><br>
<br>On 8-Feb-08, at 12:11 PM, Bill Washburn wrote:<br><br>> +1<br>><br>> Yes, it is an idea for purposes of marketing, unequivocally. We <br>> could also consider giving a FREE tee-shirt, a hat, or coffee mug <br>
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