Topic: Calendar

[Biker Biker]

Do we push on and get the calendar ready in Jan with a view for first sales in Feb?

or

Do we keep all the pictures back and then make the calendar ready for this time next year?


If we push on, we will miss the Christmas present market and maybe not sell as many calendars….. but it could be considered as a trial run for next year.

The Situation

Funding
After a bit of phoning around this morning the funding is sorted (Burger’s a star and gets more of the credit than I).

Charity
The Breast Cancer Charity still need to be notified about what we are planning to do, as we should really seek their consent and get their logo.  We also needed the logos and graphics of all the sponsors, then allow them to approve the artwork on how their company will be portrayed in the calendar.

Printers
Fruity has sorted the cost and type of calendar with the printers and he is still willing to do the Artwork.  However, in order to get the calendar ready for selling in December we needed to have all the pics and Artwork finished for this Friday 15th.  So that’s not good news because of the shortage in pictures.  

Pictures
We are 4 pictures short however there was an excellent idea ‘Bikes, Tits, n Bits’ to use some other pictures of bikes in bits, exploded pistons and engines to fill in the blanks and we could even get a picture of everyone on Sunday’s Toy Run.

[fruitskin]

already posted this thought on previous...

i think its amazing that you and burger have managed to raise the funding, but as you know, my opinion is that we are probably better off saving it for next year and doing a really professional job, which will:

a/ keep sponsors happy - so they might be inclined to support us in the future with similar fund raising

b/ give us plenty of time to sell it - we can put it on sale as early as we like

c/ give us all something to be proud of

d/ avoid dread having to run round like a headless chicken chasing people for photo shoots!

thats my tuppence worth anyway...


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P.S. How did you guys raise the money? Some serious sweet talking methinks!  

[Matt zx9]

Quote (Biker Biker @ Dec. 13 2006,14:09)

Charity The Breast Cancer Charity still need to be notified about what we are planning to do, as we should really seek their consent and get their logo.

Breast Cancer Campaign?
If you want to raise money for them and just give it to them, thats easy. Go ahead and do it...

...But if you want to use their logo and use their name to sell the calendar then thats a whole different kettle of fish. There's masses of red-tape for that kind of thing - they're a registered charity (obviously) and have to keep their nose very clean, which means they need to be absolutely certain that the fundraisers (ie TLB) also keep their noses clean. Its not just a matter of sticking their logo somewhere on the calendar and off you go.

if you want the charity officially involved, then I dont think you have a choice - it'll take months to get everything sorted out.  



(Guess who's just spent the last month dealing with the BCC trying to get them to fund some research....)

[scorps]

forget the calendar and just give the money to the charity cant see you selling many of them anyway
keep the pics that dread took of ya and put it down to a lost cause
unless you feel like you have to subject us all to them
other than that let westie have them for his nights in without pp lol

[Tattooed Temptress]

I agree Scorps !!
I'm gonna start burning my pic now ! Thakfully no one will get to see them now !!
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[piercedprincess]

Not sure why you're so negative about this Col? '>  And why do you think we wouldn't sell many?
The pics that Dread took were very professional and tastefully done.  Even I was amazed at how good he made us all look - if people dont wanna look at them then dont buy the calendar - simple as that?

And Westie doesnt get many nights in alone!!  He's always got me around poor guy!! '>

[scorps]

Quote (piercedprincess @ Dec. 13 2006,18:28)

- if people dont wanna look at them then dont buy the calendar - simple as that?

thats the point how sure are you that people will wanna look at them apart from the people in them and there other halfs
personaly i would rather just give the money to the said charity and not bother with the calendar maybe thats just me but the only people that seem to be interested are the ones in it and their other halfs and dread coz he loves takin pics

[Darkmonster]

You never seen the movie Calendar Girls??

The NAKED Womed Institute Calender they did....sold in the hundreds of thousands!!  

And for a good cause, I say, do the thing right & launch it for 2008.

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[scorps]

thats the womens institute not tlb's. but if you think it will work go ahead
ok bottom line feedback from people that are not in it have been, what i said happy to donate dosh to cause, not bothered bout calender i was trying to be tactfull but women the only ones that seem to be interested are ya partners '>

[scorps]

unless you can get this printed for nothing i think you are fighting a lost cause
i am sure the pics are very good use them for something else that dont cost any dosh
the unity dvds are still not sold so trying to sell the calenders aint gona be easy
if you think you can then go ahead you have my support with this just not any confidence
i am not being negitive PP i am just being realistic

[Spill]

Quote (scorps @ Dec. 13 2006,22:22)

what i said happy to donate dosh to cause, not bothered bout calender i was trying to be tactfull but women the only ones that seem to be interested are ya partners '>

OK:

THIS year - donate direct to the charities

NEXT year - buy the damn calendar! (I will - even though I am not related in any way to those pictured)

[Evel KEVevel]

Quote (scorps @ Dec. 13 2006,22:22)

women the only ones that seem to be interested are ya partners '>

I'm not entirely in agreement Col......I see Tams every day.....it's other peoples pics I wanna see! Folk who I consider friends who've taken time to provide a bit of fun for a good cause.

I've seen Tams pics, with my bike in, and they are great....but it's more about saying we are The London Bikers and we can get our shit together and achieve something good.

As much as I hope people will still donate the price of a calendar (whatever it was) to our designated charity I think some people like to get something for their money as acknowledgement of their kindness.

I wouldn't buy the big issue and then take it home and bin it......I'd either read it for what it is or give the boy/girl the cash and let him/her sell the unit I was gonna bin anyway.

So lets sell a virtual calendar this year....as in virtually invisible (you get a well done sticker on request) and give our cash to the charity anyway as several folk have suggested.

Worst comes to the worst I'll do a sponsored Sake drink.

[Weaver]

Well I am not in the calendar - for obvious reasons  '>  '>  but I would buy one - mainly for same reaons as Kev - good cause and to support the peeps who have taken the time to produce it.  Mind as long as you can reassure me that RO's blood pressure won't go through the roof looking at it!  '>

[Matt zx9]

Quote (Darkmonster @ Dec. 13 2006,18:57)

The NAKED Womed Institute Calender they did....sold in the hundreds of thousands!!

There was a cartoon in Private Eye last week. It was a spoof advertisment for a calendar along the lines of
"Buy our calendar in which a group of people actually keep their clothes on! Unique!"

...which just goes to show that while the WI had a good idea, its been done to death since.

[Westie]

Quote (Matt zx9 @ Dec. 14 2006,11:52)

"Buy our calendar in which a group of people actually keep their clothes on! Unique!"

Can I just point out that there are no naked lady's in any of the pics, the bikes are a major part of the pictures because that's what holds this group of friends together, yes you will see some flesh but no more than you would at say the beach party...

Having said that, if R O has a week ticker, then he may need supervision when checking dates...   '>

[Matt zx9]

Quote (Westie @ Dec. 14 2006,15:50)

Can I just point out that there are no naked lady's in any of the pics,

What? No naked ladies? None at all...?  

[Westie]

Some days you just can't win  '>  '>


hey Matt!  PP saw you this morning in Sheen, she didn't beep as she wasn't sure if you'd know the popemobile..  '>

[john]

Quote (Matt zx9 @ Dec. 14 2006,15:58)

Quote (Westie @ Dec. 14 2006,15:50) Can I just point out that there are no naked lady's in any of the pics, What? No naked ladies? None at all...?

scantily clad maybe then ?

[Westie]

Quote (john @ Dec. 14 2006,17:22)

Quote (Matt zx9 @ Dec. 14 2006,15:58) Quote (Westie @ Dec. 14 2006,15:50) Can I just point out that there are no naked lady's in any of the pics, What? No naked ladies? None at all...?   scantily clad maybe then ?

Maybe   '>

[Burger]

Nar, I aint going back to the sponsors, (dealers, Agents, Tool sales, Letting agents etc) and asking them to give their money to charity. I sold this is an advertisment to their business, with the hits we get on this site, sales in shops and a news agents chain I poked around in.

Leave it till net year then, Oh well, that was a quick 6 month pursuit, Well Done Daniel for snapping the people you got and shame on you the ones who pulled out! '>

[Weaver]

Quote (Westie @ Dec. 14 2006,15:50)

Quote (Matt zx9 @ Dec. 14 2006,11:52) "Buy our calendar in which a group of people actually keep their clothes on! Unique!" Can I just point out that there are no naked lady's in any of the pics, the bikes are a major part of the pictures because that's what holds this group of friends together, yes you will see some flesh but no more than you would at say the beach party... Having said that, if R O has a week ticker, then he may need supervision when checking dates...   '>

Well it wouldn't make any difference to me whether there were or were not - I don't normally want pics of naked ladies but whatever in this case it's just that I appreciate the effort everyone made so would buy it anyway.   But if all were naked were just cover those bits up for the sake of RO's blood pressure!   '>  '>

I'll go with whatever the majority decide.  if you leave it till next year I'll lose weight and join in if you like - hehehehe   then you can see how much better everyone else looks in contrast.   Actually i could lose weight for the charity if you sponsored me and not join in with the photos - that would be better yes?    '>

Hi all - just been sent here from the 'other site' :-)

Would be really cool to see the TLB calendar - sounds much more 'revealing' than ours!

But if you guys are really considering holding off until next year, why not get behind the LB calendar and help us raise money for the LAA - forget all the politics all we're all trying to do is raise some money for a very worthy charity - and if we can get over that then I think we can achieve something good together...

So with that in mind, please help support LAA by buying the charity calendar here

Charity Calendar

PS - I completely understand if you chose to remove this URL.

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[john]

I believe the normal protocol here at TLB is to at least to introduce yourself before setting out your stall, you wouldn't want anyone to think you were just here to sell the LB calendar now would you ? '>

...but that's exactly why I'm here :-) Trying to sell as many calendars as I can to raise as much mone for LAA as we can - there's no politics here.

[john]

yeah well it's a sore point, you've got your calendar and we haven't ! '>