Gadgets+and+Giveaways+Team+-+528

GADGETS and FREEBIES TEAM - Is responsible for creating and/or collecting giveaway objects such as t-shirts,posters, clothes, placards, poster, signs, educational notecards, and promotional materials. This team is also responsible for education of participants about how to use the GADGETs and Grimme objects. ESSENTIALS FOR GADGETS and FREEBIES TEAM include....
 * 1) It is essential to **recruit team** members who have talents for creating GADGETs and FREEBIEs such as: t-shirts, freebies, placards, poster, signs, educational notecards, and promotional materials.
 * 2) Make a **list of desirable freebies**
 * 3) **Make and collect freebies**
 * 4) **Plan for distribution in common areas** of the GADGETs and FREEBIEs - you can use Vendor Boxes that double as posters promoting the event. Make sure to test these boxes for appropriate permissions setting on all objects. In general, the GADGETs and FREEBIEs should be Transferable and copy-able, so that they can be shared further by the recipients.
 * 5) Survey residents to detirmine need for **distribution within sites**
 * 6) **Gather informational materials** for the Vendor Boxes include: Event Schedule, Guidelines for Participant Follow-up action in SL & RL, Issues/Educational Notecards, lists of web resources (URLs for blogs, SL&RL groups, info sites), marcom (to Get the World Out), performer bios, and Press Releases.
 * 7) **Send thank you** to participants (Done)

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Lead: Thely Anansi Backup Lead: Lore Foulsbane

Volunteers: Thely Anansi Lore Foulsbane Canis Looming Coughran Mayo

Next Meeting: to be scheduled as needed

Outstanding issues 1. Tee shirt design 2. Need other giveaways 3. Gather information for notecards about how to get involved, web resources and organization websites, performer bios, etc 4. Possibility of splitting 'boxes' into pieces and putting in various offices 5. HOW to give things - team members walking around, freebies at each office, 'scavenger hunt' type thing where you follow clues to find various things?

__Desirable freebies__ Non-generic looking avatars Clothes Party favors (light sticks, trailing footsteps, ?) Animations (especially dance) T-Shirts? (dunno, might not really be all that desirable) Coupons for stuff in RL? Decorative items for the home or office (sculptures, artwork, potted plants etc) Jewelry?