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2024-11-14 - 8:38 a.m. I forgot to give the marketing for arts org update. So , someone on the board was like "I have a guy I use. Called him today, can get these ordered tomorrow" So I told my guy to stand down. Don't bother with quote. Lo and behold just yesterday - I mean that was at our last board meeting , what three weeks ago? So just yesterday the person emailed the board a quote. A QUOTE I couldn't believe it. I take people literally, at their word. I should not have told him to scrap it and let it go. The other person just got a quote. He could have had that to me the day after our meeting as he was working on it but I took them at their literal word and the board seemed to want it done immediately. I sent him an email "send me the quotes after all if you want. If you don't want to I understand. But if you do - well they may want the option of paying less as turns out there was no order placed yet." I did have him pull T shirt quotes. I just could not let them pay a few hundred dollars more on an order unless they chose to in order to support a local business. It was just frustrating to me. All for that buying local to support one's community actually when can afford to do so. He is all for that as well. Hell, the cost of living here is high. It was funny however as one board member texted how they still needed to get comparative quotes to get the best price on the T SHIRTS- so I had re-engaged him. Simply following that lead. But then I sensed some push back response -( Oh I may have already vented and written about this- but this is perhaps what is upsetting me and keeping me awake?) I will call them the Karens They are just all truly lovely ladies But sometimes women get catty I don't read it. I am not wired like that. I swear the trans gene may come from me as I swear I think like a man at times!!! VERY literal-- oh the autistic gene.. lol ( one and the same apparently- in some) [ ASIDE HERE -Oh yeah folks who are freaking out about the schools influencing your kids-- ah no. Turns out for many it is a genetic mutation of chromosomes having more than just the one deviation thought. No, cultural influences are affecting GENES. And I joke about it being "The trans gene" as it is not one gene but a number of variations which explain those who end up with gender identification differences from straight up boy girl I swear my brain works like most men I think. Yet I swear some of the men in my life have brains that to me seem more like typical women. . . but I digress]
And told him to get me a t shirt quote. I mean this is his jam. He can get them near wholesale for us if he chooses to. But the prior quote was from someone that someone had a falling out with on the board. I am never in the loop of the social stuff. I am frankly clueless about what that was over. Just as clueless as I was when I read the text "We still need to get other quotes" And should have interpreted it to REALLY be Karen code speak meaning Ok true- I know she has been bitchy to me! I know MY FEELINGs were hurt when I heard her blurts "Fuck her" back when I was trying to do some thing- whatever it was... Maybe it was over the nonsense of actually ordering t shirts?? HA HA I mean as my guy explained BUT if they send a pixelated version that is suitable for digital print they may not be upset if you are not EXACT when using a screen printing on a larger version In fact he almost NEVER prints exact as the visual, once enlarged often benefits from a graphic artist changing it imperceptibly to the naked eye- but actually increasing the space on the edge of color gradation for example- to have a bit more of a distinct line or shape- you actually really would like a shirt that looks NICE With the black as a black He said most art files will not look good once blown up without just a bit of fine tuning thus his art program he lives by This is what graphics artists do. So I think now it is likely absolutely ironic that the past ill feeling between past members may have been over logos and honoring our integrity of the licensing agreements we had regarding use of logos but the other former person who understands swag marketing not wanting to have products that look like crap. I recall that history-- which somehow led to the blurt of the one direct person- OMG this is the stupidest shit to blow up and create discontent. I HOPE more to this story I just don't know. MAIN POINT From me is that I found it surprising that there was not an order already in for the marketing swag AND I missed the nuance of the texted "We need to compare prices and get a couple quotes " To likely REALLY MEAN "Lets not give that bitch the business" so lets' PRETEND to get quotes and have justification to not order from her. Whatever... And this being the biggest thing to worry about is a huge indicator life is good. Seriously. My kid who worked as a teacher in an inner city school commented on the school board fighting over parents rights
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