[ST] T-shirt Area Report

[Lisa (Jasra) at Arisia]

Area Report

Name of Area?
T-shirts

What you did?
I coordinated with the volunteer artist, volunteer coordinator, and
the t-shirt vendor to make sure that we had a graphic and that the
t-shirts were ordered in the quantities we needed.  I also coordinated
a lot with Paul Selkirk in regards to the sale shirt art because he
had all the high res graphics.  I made sure that the vendor got the
graphic that they felt was most appropriate.  At the con I met up with
the vendor to make sure that the volunteer t-shirts got where they
needed to be and that the vendor knew where to set up the sale shirts.

What went right?
I got all the information I needed to contact the vendor and figure
out how many volunteer shirts to order.  We also had a fantastic and
easy to work with artist for the volunteer shirt.

What went wrong?
We weren't able to get a hold of the GoH artist early enough for her
to do a specific piece for the con.  We had a very hard time picking
out a suitable graphic from the choices available and ended up not
getting the sale shirt graphic in until the very last moment.


What should be done differently next year?
We should definitely get a hold of the Artist GoH much earlier so that
we have time to work with them to get an acceptable and pleasing sales
shirt graphic.

What sort of schedule/timeline did you use?
 The only real time line I was given was that the order had to be in
by January 2nd at the latest.  I would recommend trying to get
everything sorted out before the holiday season though just to reduce
stress.

Are the any changes you'd make to the schedule for next year?
See above

Vendors you used?
Offworld Designs

Experiments to try next year?
None that I can think of...

Any comments about the rest of the con (other divisions, hotel, ...)?
No comments.  I had a great time. :-)

Jenn Linares