[Eg-oversight-board] Request from Outreach Committee for merchandise purchase

[Timothy Spindler]

Kathy,

It looks like you have approval from the board.


<http://www.cwmars.org>

Tim Spindler | Executive Director | CW MARS

tspindler at cwmars.org | 508-755-3323 x120

http://www.cwmars.org



On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 7:39 AM, scott.thomas at sparkpa.org <
scott.thomas at sparkpa.org> wrote:

> I approved of this.
>
> Scott
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: eg-oversight-board [mailto:eg-oversight-board-
> bounces at list.evergreen-ils.org] On Behalf Of Sharon Herbert
> Sent: Wednesday, April 4, 2018 5:24 PM
> To: eg-oversight-board at list.evergreen-ils.org
> Subject: Re: [Eg-oversight-board] Request from Outreach Committee for
> merchandise purchase
>
> +1 Great idea, thanks!
>
> Quoting Timothy Spindler <tspindler at cwmars.org>:
>
> > Could the remaining members of the board vote on this?
> >
> > +1 from me
> >
> >
> > <http://www.cwmars.org>
> >
> > Tim Spindler | Executive Director | CW MARS
> >
> > tspindler at cwmars.org | 508-755-3323 x120
> >
> > http://www.cwmars.org
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 5:17 PM, Holly Brennan
> > <haderhold at ci.homer.ak.us>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> +1 from me. I like having those lower-cost/useful items for sale.
> >>
> >> -Holly
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: eg-oversight-board [mailto:eg-oversight-board-
> >> bounces at list.evergreen-ils.org] On Behalf Of Kathy Lussier
> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 4, 2018 1:12 PM
> >> To: eg-oversight-board at list.evergreen-ils.org
> >> Subject: [Eg-oversight-board] Request from Outreach Committee for
> >> merchandise purchase
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> In the Outreach Committee budget the Oversight Board approved in May,
> >> we had allocated $1,500 to go towards merchandise purchases. The
> >> allocation was based on what we anticipated the cost would be to
> >> replenish stock from last year and to possibly add one or two items.
> >>
> >> At the time, we had not planned on offering the conference t-shirts
> >> that were recently sold through the web site. Although those t-shirts
> >> are already paid for, the cost does need to be considered as part of
> >> our total merchandise expenditures and brings us above the $1,500
> approved allocation.
> >>
> >> The following Google doc shows what we plan to purchase for
> >> merchandise to sell at the Evergreen booth this year -
> >> https://docs.google.com/
> >> spreadsheets/d/1rNIfqjvxsPp1qafN4wnXKVlZt4Z4goFY6iXKB9ci62E/edit?usp=
> >> sharing.
> >> We have already ordered the quote t-shirts, the conference t-shirts,
> >> and the hats (the hats were very popular last year) at a total cost
> >> of about $1,383.
> >>
> >> We have held off on purchasing one of our new items - Evergreen
> >> bottle openers / keychains - because we don't want to exceed the budget.
> >> However, we would like to proceed with this purchase because our
> >> experience last year tells us that lower-cost items sell very well.
> >> It gives people an opportunity to buy something with an Evergreen
> >> logo without too much of a financial investment. We propose buying
> >> 150 of these bottle openers at a total cost of about $489.16. We
> >> expect the actual cost to be slightly lower since the shipping quote
> >> was based on shipping another item we ultimately decided against
> selling. We plan to sell them for $5 apiece.
> >>
> >> As a further note, we have already collected $650 from the pre-orders
> >> for the conference t-shirts. There will be a few extra conference
> >> t-shirts available for sale for those who did not get their pre-orders
> in.
> >>
> >> The conference committee was also successful in selling the $2,500
> >> merchandise sponsorship to help us stock the store and ship the items.
> >> Thank you PaILS for your support!
> >>
> >> We need to order the bottle openers / keychains by Friday to ensure
> >> they arrive at the conference on time. I'm hoping the EOB will
> >> consider an e-mail vote to increase our merchandise line item to
> >> $1,872 to support this purchase.
> >>
> >> Feel free to let me know if you have any questions!
> >>
> >> Kathy
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Kathy Lussier
> >> Project Coordinator
> >> Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
> >> (508) 343-0128
> >> klussier at masslnc.org
> >> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier
> >>
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