BS: Calendar - Pick a month

Subject: RE: BS: Calendar - Pick a month
From: snake
Date: 01 Dec 00 - 04:51 PM

(Doug & BBC, I'm a new member that you can add to your Repbulican minority.)

The calendar idea sounds intriguing and there is a local coffee shop/book store that has started having live (small, both in numbers and reputation) folk/blues/r&b performers on Sat. nights and the shop might be inclined to allow sale of the calendar during those times.

Cindy

Subject: RE: BS: Calendar - Pick a month
From: SINSULL
Date: 01 Dec 00 - 04:59 PM

All this serious logistics talk and we haven't even decided if we should all be strategically and professionally waxed for the photo sessions! Where are your priorities?

Subject: RE: BS: Calendar - Pick a month
From: GUEST,Sarah
Date: 01 Dec 00 - 06:26 PM

Kinkos, Sir Speedy and your other worldwide quick printers are going to be the highest priced, I promise. Locally based quick printers will be cheaper, and large local print shops will the the cheapest -- if they have a Docutech.

Sarah

Subject: RE: BS: Calendar - Pick a month
From: GUEST,Sarah
Date: 01 Dec 00 - 06:30 PM

Oh, sorry, it is Xerox, not IBM. When we get our color one, everyone in the Art Department gets to learn how to run them both -- even moi. Scary, ain't it?

Definitely, wax.

Sarah

Subject: RE: BS: Calendar - Pick a month
From: Matt_R
Date: 01 Dec 00 - 06:46 PM

We have a thermal wax printer over here in our School of Art computer lab. I printed CD album covers I designed on it...beautiful print job.

Subject: RE: BS: Calendar - Pick a month
From: Bill D
Date: 01 Dec 00 - 08:27 PM

my personal opinion is that it oughta be done at home on someones printer for round one..until it is clear that we NEED professional help. You can do amazing things at home these days.

Subject: RE: BS: Calendar - Pick a month
From: Allan C.
Date: 01 Dec 00 - 08:52 PM

That'll be exciting, Sarah - for a while anyway. Nothing magical about them. They're about the same as an oversized laser printer.

You are quite right about the chain stores having the higher prices. There are some (but not many) independent print/copy shops that can afford to lay out the bucks for a Docutech. The last I hear the full size Docutechs were around 200 grand. I'll bet there are those among us who could find a shop that has one.

As for running them at home, I would be all for it but...well, my math might not be the best, but if we are talking about as many calendars as I think we are, it would work out to be a hell of a lot of images for a home printer. I'm not saying it couldn't be done, though.

Subject: RE: BS: Calendar - Pick a month
From: alison
Date: 01 Dec 00 - 10:13 PM

OR.........

if we talked Max / Dick / Sandy into it..... could there be an online calendar / program type thing.... kept at Mudcat or Camsco, or Folk Legacy/ wherever... and if peoeple pay their money... they get to download it..... and print it out at home....... hence no heavy printing costs....

just a thought....

slainte

alison

Subject: RE: BS: Calendar - Pick a month
From: Allan C.
Date: 01 Dec 00 - 10:22 PM

Well, Alison, you are the queen of sweet talk. So why don't you send out some feelers on that and see what kind of feedback you get?

Subject: RE: BS: Calendar - Pick a month
From: MMario
Date: 01 Dec 00 - 10:28 PM

the docutechs aren't any harder to run (manually) then a regular xerox - but they are heck to maintain on the network - keep dropping off. One of the thorns in my side at work

Subject: RE: BS: Calendar - Pick a month
From: katlaughing
Date: 01 Dec 00 - 10:44 PM

Excellent marriage of the two ideas, Alison, the best I've read so far.

BTW, DougeR and bbc, ironic, isn't it, the one the Wyoming Democrats disdainfully call an "Eastern Democrat," gets to share March with you dearhearts!**BG** bbc, I think we even managed to be born the same year, didn't we?

katlaughing

Subject: RE: BS: Calendar - Pick a month
From: catspaw49
Date: 01 Dec 00 - 10:50 PM

This format might preclude nude photos of some of us of course, unless there is some sort of provision for an 18 layer foldout. Oh well............

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Calendar - Pick a month
From: GUEST,Sarah
Date: 01 Dec 00 - 10:57 PM

The possibility of online purchase might be good for the first round. (See Amergin's suggestion above.) If it's a hit, then we could think about getting some printed for places like the coffee shop mentioned above. If it's not, nobody's out the production costs and nobody's left with a stack of calendars.

Hey, I'd buy two or three or seven just to drag around to local coffee houses and live-music pubs to give out as a sample, to see if they get any inquiries/feedback on them.

Sarah

Subject: RE: BS: Calendar - Pick a month
From: bbc
Date: 02 Dec 00 - 09:59 PM

dear kat,

I think we all have big enough hearts to share the month of March, despite our political differences--at least, I hope so! Yes, 1953 was a good year! Welcome, snake!

bbc

Subject: RE: BS: Calendar - Pick a month
From: alison
Date: 03 Dec 00 - 12:47 AM

I've sent a message to Max.. to see if an online one is possible.....

it was lovely and sunny here today so I've done my "not quite nude" shots... now what is keeping the rest of you? *grin*

slainte

alison

Subject: RE: BS: Calendar - Pick a month
From: Naemanson
Date: 03 Dec 00 - 05:57 AM

Thread Creep!

Snake, you might have picked a better name for hanging around a heavily democratic web site. Phrases like "Republican snakes in the grass..." pop into my mind. Not that I'd ever use them in POLITE conversation. *BG*

Anyway, Welcome to the 'cat.

Thread Creep off!

Re: Calendar - I like the idea of an online version, parked at the Mudcat, that we could buy using our credit cards or checks, download or receive a disk, print using our own printers, and hang on our own walls. Go for it!

I think, if I do it right, I can transpose my head on to Schwarzeneggar's body. If I can do that, I'll submit a nude photo... if I can find a nude photo of Arnie.

Subject: RE: BS: Calendar - Pick a month
From: okthen
Date: 03 Dec 00 - 06:53 AM

Brilliant! I vote for the online version,

cheers

bill

Subject: RE: BS: Calendar - Pick a month
From: CarolC
Date: 03 Dec 00 - 07:37 AM

There are probably a lot of 'catters who do not have printers that are sufficient to print out this kind of thing. I know my black and white dot matrix would be pretty inadequate. And then there are people who don't even have their own computers.

So there are probably a fair number of people who might like to buy a calendar but who wouldn't be able to do it on-line.

January, wearing nothing but my accordion, black fishnet stockings, and a beret. (If I can find someone to take my picture for me. And if I can find a beret.)

Carol

Subject: RE: BS: Calendar - Pick a month
From: Allan C.
Date: 03 Dec 00 - 07:52 AM

Maybe the calendar could be updateable. 'Catter gatherings, gigs, folk festivals, etc. could be posted from time to time as info became available.

Or not.

M-m-m-m I think maybe something about that Waffle House has rubbed off.

Subject: RE: BS: Calendar - Pick a month
From: CarolC
Date: 03 Dec 00 - 08:00 AM

Grit stains, Allan. That's why I'm going nekkid.

Subject: RE: BS: Calendar - Pick a month
From: Wavestar
Date: 03 Dec 00 - 08:22 AM

If those who download / buy the calendar don't have suitable printers for the job, then they can take the info on disk (as Sarah so usefully pointed out we could!) into a copy shop, and have them do a better job. I've had them print straight off of adobe files on disk before, and it looked great.

Sounds good to me. Wish I could afford the time to help more. (Volunteer more than my body?)

-J

Subject: RE: BS: Calendar - Pick a month
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 03 Dec 00 - 02:52 PM

I would prefer a calendar ready printed rather than have to find such a thing as a print shop(whatever that is). But you can put me down for September and Geoff for July. Just tell us who to send them to and when.

Subject: RE: BS: Calendar - Pick a month
From: Zebedee
Date: 03 Dec 00 - 04:45 PM

Mrs Duck,

Alison and myself are currently discussing logistics.

A 'physical' calender will hopefully be available.

As far as where to send pictures - stay tuned...

if you don't stay tuned, anyone who has expressed an interest will get a personal message in due course.

Ed

Subject: RE: BS: Calendar - Pick a month
From: Geoff the Duck
Date: 03 Dec 00 - 05:09 PM

Thanks Zebedee

Subject: RE: BS: Calendar - Pick a month
From: Ella who is Sooze
Date: 04 Dec 00 - 04:50 AM

Thanks Alison - I personally thought the online version would be much easier!

This is what I was thinking too.... Better off to start online, then see how that develops... If it really takes off and you get a good response from the downloading of the calender then excellent and maybe in the future do a printed version... But as I said before - you've got to have someone willing enough to stick the stamps on, cart them down the post office (distribution of these things can be a nightmare - honestly now!)

Best of luck with it!

Ella

Subject: RE: BS: Calendar - Pick a month
From: Alice
Date: 20 Dec 00 - 11:03 PM

I have finally read all three of these nude calendar threads previous to the one alison started today requesting the photos for the calendar. Alison emailed a few days ago asking if I want to take part... Without reading the threads, I volunteered a modest shower pose of me with all the pages of curling music and lyrics taped to the wall of the shower (old Mudcat joke).

Now that I've read the project history, and being a graphic artist and illustrator myself, I first have to say I think Ella's idea of starting with an online version first is excellent. We can pay to access the calendar for downloading to print - or to save and just view it on our computer screen, for those who don't have printers.

The problem I see with starting out trying to pre-print a calendar is that printing is expensive - and you have no idea how many you may sell. That means *someone* will have to come up with alot of up-front money to pay the printing costs, and then you may end up losing money rather than making any. Ecologically to save paper as well as cutting out the pre-printing costs before making a sale, I think the calendar should be put on the internet and then file formats provided (for a fee) to download a calendar that you can use either on your computer or print out and hang on your wall.

that's my 2 cents.

I have vast respect for Sarah for volunteering graphics talent and time! Also, I applaud volunteers who are going to collect all the image files. (dodging out the back, running as fast as I can, see ya.)

Alice

Subject: RE: BS: Calendar - Pick a month
From: GUEST,Sarah
Date: 21 Dec 00 - 02:20 PM

Gee, I thought this thing has just sort of disappeared, and was quietly nursing my hurt feelings...

Christmas errands to run at the moment -- I'll be back this p.m. to re-explore this thread; meanwhile, as another thought for Mudcat fundraising (and maybe a different thread will be needed...) How about a yearly Mudcatters' songbook? Original tunes from mudcatters. This could be built online and sold online to print out as per suggested for this calendar, and/or printed out and bound one by one for folks without the printer capabilities.

Food for thought.

Sarah

Subject: RE: BS: Calendar - Pick a month
From: alison
Date: 21 Dec 00 - 07:27 PM

Nope hasn't disappeared..... please follow to this thread

this one is getting too long

slainte

alison