Ideally, the backs of the cards would be a sticker and the business card
would just be plain after the sticker is removed. I have to talk to the
printers to see if they can do that at a price comparable to the cards, but
I don't see why not, it's almost the same.
One of my primary motivations for creating the cards is because whenever I
talk to people about the network we're developing, they say something like
"yeah, I heard about a free internet thing." When really I would rather it
be known as People's Open Network instead an idea that they heard about
from somebody.
Secondly, if people use business cards like me, they hold onto them and
save them for later. A card with a logo or event on them, I just throw
those out. If we compare impressions and clicks to the cost of a business
card, it's more effective because they're going to be seen again and again
by that person. It's more likely they're going to remember the name and be
able to call upon it because of the association they made with one of us.
Also, I don't want to compare what we're doing to a start-up, because I
don't feel that's appropriate, but that's how it's seen by people in the
bay area and having a cards comes off as more developed than every other
idea.
And last but not least, the idea is to provide cards to people by the group
to those who have been attending seven or eight of the last ten meetings.
Maybe or less demanding than that, but it gives more inventive to
participate at the meetings.
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1. BSC $10,000 Development Grant (Nader Morshed)
2. Re: Business cards and outreach (Mitar)
3. Re: BSC $10,000 Development Grant (Mitar)
4. Re: BSC $10,000 Development Grant (Luis Murillo)
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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 23:09:39 -0800
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Subject: [Mesh] BSC $10,000 Development Grant
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If anyone is interested in writing an application, the Berkeley Student
Cooperative has announced a $10,000 cooperative development grant for
cooperative projects that serve students or underserved members of
low-income communities within the SF Bay Area
https://sites.google.com/a/bsc.coop/eacom/co-op-development-fund
Applications are due 11:59 pm, Sunday March 9th.
I am still interested in starting an extension to the mesh in Berkeley
starting within the co-ops. This might be a nice way to get the central
management on board, too and bring a bit more funding for hefty backbone
equipment / more nodes.
Lemme know if you all have questions. Still have a PicoStation sitting
around waiting for mesh firmware to be loaded on!
Nader