Official GIMPS 2019 fundraiser thread

[rogue]

Originally Posted by ewmayer

Hey, George, here's an idea -- offer an autographed copy of one of your prime discovery papers to $100 donors.

I think that donors would prefer a t-shirt or poster with one of the Mersenne Primes printed on it. That does give me an idea. Someone could design a GIMPS t-shirt. The cost per t-shirt would likely be less than $5 per t-shirt, but could be sold for $15. I think that would get you a lot of donors.

[ewmayer]

Originally Posted by rogue

I think that donors would prefer a t-shirt or poster with one of the Mersenne Primes printed on it. That does give me an idea. Someone could design a GIMPS t-shirt. The cost per t-shirt would likely be less than $5 per t-shirt, but could be sold for $15. I think that would get you a lot of donors.

I'm more a fan of logo polos myself ... does that make me snooty?

[Uncwilly]

Originally Posted by rogue

I think that donors would prefer a t-shirt or poster with one of the Mersenne Primes printed on it. That does give me an idea. Someone could design a GIMPS t-shirt. The cost per t-shirt would likely be less than $5 per t-shirt, but could be sold for $15. I think that would get you a lot of donors.

What about something like this on the back. Or with the word GIMPS on the breast pocket area and the rest on the back.

[M344587487]

Originally Posted by Uncwilly

What about something like this on the back. Or with the word GIMPS on the breast pocket area and the rest on the back.

Bring out the GIMPS, a simplistic brushstroke style drawing of two guys facing to camera tied up with ball gags while some kind of Lovecraftian Mersenne monstrosity is unfurling behind them. The ball gags are a splash of red on an otherwise monochromatic design.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8kPqAV_74M

[rogue]

Originally Posted by ewmayer

I'm more a fan of logo polos myself ... does that make me snooty?

I actually like those. Not t-shirts, but something I could wear to work.

A t-shirt would be more casual and something to show off to people outside of work.

[Prime95]

Originally Posted by rogue

I actually like those. Not t-shirts, but something I could wear to work.

I agree. I still have mine and wear it often.

[ET_]

I would buy a polo or a t-shirt as well. Summer is approaching.

[pinhodecarlos]

Originally Posted by ET_

I would buy a polo or a t-shirt as well. Summer is approaching.

Still awaiting for it here....

[nomead]

Originally Posted by pinhodecarlos

Still awaiting for it here....

Summer? That nice weekend in July.

[ewmayer]

Originally Posted by ET_

I would buy a polo or a t-shirt as well. Summer is approaching.

I still have a small handful of that big batch of logo polos I had made up ~15 years ago - the precise color/size list is on the Mlucas README page. I've been using them as carrots for Mlucas-related moneyraising, but I'll offer them here, free shirt for a donation of $100 or more to GIMPS. Mostly smaller sizes left, but if you can't find one to fit you, consider gifting one to the wife. The only thing I need to think about is cost of postage - no big deal within US, but would cost ~$15 per shirt to ship internationally. I suppose $100 donors could reimburse postage via separate paypal to me, but nah - I'll cover the postage as my small contribution to this year's fundraiser.

Perhaps in advance of next year's beg-a-thon we could have one of those professional-swag sites (e.g. 4imprint.com) make up a batch of similar for us. We'd have to compare pricing to the "manual method" I used for the above - bought a bunch of polos for ~$10 each on eBay, took to a local custom-embroidery outfit. (The latter proved more of an adventure than it should've been - the shop owner mis-rendered the printed logo I gave him as "mersene.org", ended up having to re-do the entire batch of ~50 polos.)

[kriesel]

Originally Posted by ewmayer

(The latter proved more of an adventure than it should've been - the shop owner mis-rendered the printed logo I gave him as "mersene.org", ended up having to re-do the entire batch of ~50 polos.)

This is what a prototyping / proof run for customer approval is for; avoiding redo on ~49!