Where will you be August 13th?

[Seldom Seen Slim]

More important right now, at least to a bit of this website, is the question "Where will you be on the evening of August 14th?"[/color][/size]

That's the putative date for Salt Talks '16, and since we haven't had the picnic for a couple of years - I hope there's one heck of a demand for the get-together.

But up comes a big issue.  Salt Talks is the major fundraiser for landracing.com, and with two years of no salt racing (well, almost none) the bank account is way low.  And the big money-raiser at Salt Talks - is t-shirts.  And now to the crux of the matter:  I hesitate to make a bunch of shirts in the hopes that they'll sell and we'll have a profit left for the site - and have another no-race event and we've got to scramble to get rid of the shirts to try and get our money back and maybe even have some left to run the site.

What should I do?

[entropy]

what to do?

remind us it's time to give and give generously,
give us a link,
 and watch the torrent of cash pour in!!!
Karl
(this reminds me that i'm a lil late...)

[Calkins]

what to do?

remind us it's time to give and give generously,
give us a link,
 and watch the torrent of cash pour in!!!
Karl
(this reminds me that i'm a lil late...)

Scroll to the top of the page.  Click on that pretty gold button that says "Donate".  Then type in a triple digit number...

 

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Justin, let's make that a triple-digit number - with all the digits to the left of the decimal point.   Thanks

[manta22]

Jon;

How about making a T-shirt that says "2015- The Speed Week That Never Was". I'd buy a couple of those!

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ

[JoeRider677]

Same thing for 2014, I was so pissed I did not even bother to pick up my stuff for entering

[entropy]

what to do?

remind us it's time to give and give generously,
give us a link,
 and watch the torrent of cash pour in!!!
Karl
(this reminds me that i'm a lil late...)

Scroll to the top of the page.  Click on that pretty gold button that says "Donate".  Then type in a triple digit number...

 

golly Calkins you were right!  it worked.
(slim:  5 digit number but don't get too excited... )

[Calkins]

what to do?

remind us it's time to give and give generously,
give us a link,
 and watch the torrent of cash pour in!!!
Karl
(this reminds me that i'm a lil late...)

Scroll to the top of the page.  Click on that pretty gold button that says "Donate".  Then type in a triple digit number...

 

golly Calkins you were right!  it worked.
(slim:  5 digit number but don't get too excited... )

I do what I can...   

[wheelrdealer]

Maybe make a really nice t-shirt with art like the speedweek shirts but don't date it or Salt Talk it. If you get a really bright and kick A design that is not dated you can sell them all year or over a couple of years. Make sure it is a good quality T that will hold up and then eventually get retired to a shop shirt. Someone here had  one on the site a year ago...maybe FlatCad but the artwork was cool and the colors bright.

My 2 cents

BR

[Stan Back]

Great idea.  Don't date them.  And bring the old ones and get rid of them -- rather than looking at them year after year.

(The 200 Club keeps the same design -- becomes classic and doesn't get outta style.)

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Quick bit of background for the sake of it's early Friday and I've got some time.

We do shirts via "dye sublimation", a process unrelated to traditional silk screened shirts and stuff.  It allows full-color reproduction of art - any art, from line drawings to color photos.

But I learned that I need to spend more time on color - getting the inks precisely farculated so the final shirt colors are right.  Don't ask me how I learned - ask Pork Pie and others about disappointing results.

Anyway, I'm paying attention to the comments.  Thanks, gentlemen.  That includes you, Stan.

[Ron Gibson]

Jon
  How about the suggestions above (or those that will work) then take pre-orders so you get an idea whether the number sold + is viable for you. I'd be in for a couple.

Ron

[Seldom Seen Slim]

If it weren't for this, that, and the other - I'm dang near ready to pack up the whole shebang, fire it all into the trailer, and make shirts while we're there.  But -- I'd rather do my spectating and howdy-ing and skip spending all bloody day in the trailer.

But that gives you an idea that the shirts are relatively easy to make - and also that I can change the art pretty readily.  And that means that we can make 'em (sorta) on demand.  That'll allow me to cover the instant needs and try to make more if later needed.

Then there's shipping, and so on.  Dammit, why does business have to try to butt in when I'm having fun racin'?

[55chevr]

Slim - You have eat ... Joe

[will6er]

Slim-

Is there a link for t-shirts?

Will Willis
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