[VisCom] Check these out..!

[Michael P. Gerlek]

Arnulf and I happen to be in the same room right now, so we just talked
--

He is very right in his request, and I have to concur with him.  There
are some technical hurdles to overcome, but we will find a way...

-mpg

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arnulf Christl [mailto:arnulf.christl at ccgis.de] 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 12:55 PM
> To: dev at visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org
> Subject: RE: [VisCom] Check these out..!
> 
> 
> On Tue, December 12, 2006 03:52, Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
> > So it turns out that there's an issue with the ads and 
> datasheets -- my
> > fault!
> >
> > The contract calls for him to do "2 actual datasheets and 1 
> final ad".
> > I missed this completely -- I had just assumed he would give us just
> > templates for us to play with.  He and I talked last week 
> about this,
> > and he's willing to do a template, but warns us that this 
> means one of
> > us will have to be handy with Adobe InDesign or Illustrator 
> or whatever
> > he uses...
> 
> Hi,
> sorry to be consistent (or is it insistent or persisent...). 
> We need this
> to be available in an editable open format, this does not need to be
> discussed either. We will not be able to pay for 20 different 
> languages
> and adapt to recent changes every other day, this will not work.
> 
> He suggests instead we have him do the versions for each new
> > product as it comes out, noting that you really don't want to be
> > continually tweaking the adverts every time you do a show, just with
> > every major release or something (obviously this approach 
> makes him more
> > money, but still...)  I didn't ask for how much it'd cost.
> 
> Maybe you can do that for what we identify is required at an 
> international
> level, yearly updated mega professional layout... but I need to have a
> usable open template that can be filled with other language 
> content at an
> hours notice with no additional cost.
> 
> Best regards,
> Arnulf.
> 
> > I'd prefer to do both approaches (get the template for our 
> own safety,
> > but just squirrel it away somewhere and use him a few times 
> a year) --
> > but clearly that costs us money.
> >
> > [Which leads us back to the budget discussion, which leads us to...
> > Arghhhhh.....]
> >
> > -mpg
> >
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Tyler Mitchell [mailto:tylermitchell at shaw.ca]
> >> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 1:44 PM
> >> To: dev at visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org
> >> Subject: Re: [VisCom] Check these out..!
> >>
> >> I'm happy with these, though I wonder if we are stuck in a 'black
> >> background' rut? :)
> >> I assume we'll have editable versions of these and that these are
> >> simply templates, so we shouldn't have to worry about the 
> ad copy ??
> >>
> >> Tyler
> >>
> >> On 7-Dec-06, at 3:07 PM, Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
> >>
> >> > Sure -- would you like to suggest some better copy?   :->
> >> >
> >> > -mpg
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >> From: Jason Birch [mailto:Jason.Birch at nanaimo.ca]
> >> >> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 3:03 PM
> >> >> To: dev at visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org
> >> >> Subject: RE: [VisCom] Check these out..!
> >> >>
> >> >> Nice...
> >> >>
> >> >> I think the copy on the ad needs some attention.  IMHO we have
> >> >> evolved
> >> >> to be considerably different from what is being advertised.
> >> >>
> >> >> Jason
> >> >>
> >> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >> From: Michael P. Gerlek [mailto:mpg at lizardtech.com]
> >> >> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 14:51
> >> >> To: dev at visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org
> >> >> Subject: [VisCom] Check these out..!
> >> >>
> >> >> (two attachments)
> >> >>
> >> >> -mpg
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> 
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> Arnulf Christl
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