[fab] Idea:T-Shirts at Fedora Events...

[Warren Togami]

Hey folks,

I wonder if this is a good or bad idea and would appreciate your input.

Typically at events like FUDCON, or regional Linux shows, we hand out 
many free Fedora T-shirts.  Why don't we instead sell the t-shirts at a 
reasonable price (like $5-10) with all proceeds going to a selected 
charitable organization like Creative Commons, Electronic Frontier 
Foundation, or the FSF?

http://wtogami.livejournal.com/11118.html
We could also sell extremely popular, viral meme shirts like this for 
$10-$15, with proceeds going to these same charities.

I think this is a good idea for two key reasons.
1) People who buy shirts are more likely to wear it, therefore more 
effective at promoting Fedora than indiscriminately handing out shirts 
to swag leeches.
2) Red Hat already loses money by giving away t-shirts.  We could 
instead leverage this for a good charitable purpose.  This makes Fedora 
look good as a supporter of greater community causes.

There are of course venues where selling shirts wouldn't work too well, 
and we would give them away for free there.  But at community oriented 
events, this could work very well.

Thoughts?

Any ideas of other major charities that are in-line with the values of 
the Fedora Project?

Warren Togami
wtogami at redhat.com