Funds for running the club website idea.
Funds for running the club website idea.
Just a thought but as well as a club `shop` selling spares how about a BX calendar for 2007? I`m convinced we`ve got enough cars between us all to get some good pictures of different models in different conditions and maybe it would raise some money towards admin/bandwidth costs?
Vauxhall apologist.
I seem to remember that when I was involved in company calenders the minimum run was 500 and if you found someone who would do less the overall cost was still at the other 500 level. As you go up from 500 the unit cost will then fall as the up front artwork costs etc are amortised over a larger print run.
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I'd do the artwork and work on the pictures (if good enough - ie high enough resolution - image files could be supplied) and do what was necessary to get a print-quality pdf to the printers for free. The trouble would be in doing it cheaply enough. Even a short run with a digital printers would, with binding result in a unit cost of about a tenner, then you have the cost of administering the distribution...
I don't think it is viable, really.
However, I could do a series of 12 x A4 pages (one per month - a novel idea I know! ) which could be downloadable from the BXClub site and we could all run them out on our printers... A couple of staples and a hole punch and you're away!
I don't think it is viable, really.
However, I could do a series of 12 x A4 pages (one per month - a novel idea I know! ) which could be downloadable from the BXClub site and we could all run them out on our printers... A couple of staples and a hole punch and you're away!
• 1992 Citroen BX TZD Turbo Hurricane
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A good idea and to progress this further as a DIY calender idea, you probably don't need to go that far. How about a photo gallery that you can select from, that places selected photo in a layout and imports an outlook (or similar program) month into the date layout part?Philip chidlow wrote: However, I could do a series of 12 x A4 pages (one per month - a novel idea I know! ) which could be downloadable from the BXClub site and we could all run them out on our printers... A couple of staples and a hole punch and you're away!
It means you can have your own preference of picture and know what has been previously planned (clashes) when you print it at the beginning of the month.
Obviously needs a little utility program to import the picture and date info.
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Sounds like a plan then? Maybe if someone would be kind enough to host the pictures or print/get them ready to print we could do something?
Don`t shoot the messenger but as probably everyone would like to see their own car(s) immortalised maybe we could all send pic`s in and the best go onto the calendar?
Don`t shoot the messenger but as probably everyone would like to see their own car(s) immortalised maybe we could all send pic`s in and the best go onto the calendar?
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I deal with pictures in Photoshop, as part of my work. I art direct shoots too, but to get a proper shot done of each car would need a budget of about £1200. Per car, that is!!!
So as we aren't Citroen themselves, let me see what I can do. Just email me your finest pictures to me citroengti@btopenworld.com
And I'll see what can be done...
So as we aren't Citroen themselves, let me see what I can do. Just email me your finest pictures to me citroengti@btopenworld.com
And I'll see what can be done...
• 1992 Citroen BX TZD Turbo Hurricane
• 2006 Xsara Picasso 1.6 16v
• 2006 Xsara Picasso 1.6 16v