Re: [piecepack] piecepack trophy cloth -- your help requested

["Tim Schutz" <hexchex@...>]

I think tjgames can donate some money to the cause I just have to convince
the boss. Hey, I am the boss.
Tim Schutz


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Hale-Evans" <rwhe@...>
To: <piecepack@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 5:07 PM
Subject: Re: [piecepack] piecepack trophy cloth -- your help requested


> Encouraged by the generosity of the list (thanks, Michael and David!),
> I called the award company again today to confirm the prices they gave
> me back in September.  Today they quoted me an approximate price that
> was significantly lower than what I remember their quoting me then.
> They need to double-check with the "digitiser" (the person who turns
> the piecepack graphics we provide into a pattern of stitches for the
> embroidery machine), but the good news is we may be getting within
> spitting distance of the price of the trophy cloth.
>
> They're supposed to email me again with a more or less final price
> tomorrow.  I will keep you all updated.
>
> Ron
>
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 07:39:54AM -0800, Michael Schoessow wrote:
> > Re-reading the part of my message to Ron that he referenced in this
post, it
> > occurs to me that it sounds a bit like I'm being critical of James, but
that
> > is not the case. When I first heard mention of the trophy cloth after
the
> > first game design contest closed I assumed that the cloth was complete
as
> > described and that it had originated with James. When Ron e-mailed me
> > describing the situation I was surprised to discover that the trophy
cloth
> > was still a "work in progress".
>
> FWIW, Mike, I can't say how James read your message, but that's
> certainly how I read it when you sent it to me, which is why I thought
> there was no harm in including it in my forward to the list.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ron Hale-Evans [mailto:rwhe@...]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 10:57 PM
> > To: piecepack mailing list
> > Subject: [piecepack] piecepack trophy cloth -- your help requested
>
> <snip>
>
> > I wrote about this problem recently to Michael Schoessow, judge of the
> > current contest.  He seemed to like option #1, community donations.
> >
> > > I didn't realize that James had not done the trophy cloth himself. I
> > > can certainly appreciate that you don't wish to spend $300 to get
> > > the cloth embroidered. I will contribute $100 if two or more other
> > > people can be found to donate the remainder. If that doesn't work,
> > > the painting option sounds interesting but I don't have a good feel
> > > for how that would work. Would this be kind of like a hand-painted
> > > silk-screen application? If so, that sounds not so bad because silk
> > > screens can look nice and are durable. If this is the route chosen,
> > > it may be worthwhile to look into what kind of ink is used for silk
> > > screening. The third option you mention is a little less attractive
> > > to me than the first two because the contest rules, which are posted
> > > in quite a few spots, specifically mention a cloth. On the other
> > > hand a lot of people might like a plaque more than a cloth, although
> > > it seems more natural somehow to pass a cloth than to pass a plaque.
> >
> > So the best option so far seems to be community donations.  Mike can
> > donate $100, and Marty and I can donate _something_ (we don't know how
> > much yet).  Can the community get together and donate a substantial
> > portion of the remainder?
>
> --
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