[Eenc-board] water bottles

Tue Mar 25 17:47:30 EDT 2008

I was thinking the same thing. In fact, I may need one of everyone in  
my house. These are terrific!
Elizabeth Burke
Certified Environmental Educator
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On Mar 25, 2008, at 5:44 PM, Shelby Gull Laird wrote:

> I'm for making $4 on each one!  But regardless, I agree that we should
> charge some higher amount...  I would still buy one at $10!!!
>
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 4:43 PM, Mazie Smith <mssmith at wcpss.net>  
> wrote:
>> I think we should make at least a dollar on each one.  Most people  
>> that
>> would pay $6 for a bottle would also pay $7.  We might generate  
>> enough to
>> cover a scholarship.
>>
>>
>> Our mission is graduation.  We should relentlessly focus on  
>> learning.  ~
>> Dr.Del Burns
>>
>>
>>> <((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> `·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸>< 
>>> ((((º>
>>
>> Mazie Swindell Smith
>> Director of Organizational Development
>> Office of Continuous Improvement
>> and Professional Development
>> Wake County Public School System
>> 1551 Rock Quarry Road
>> Raleigh, NC  27610
>> Phone:    919-856-8048
>> Fax:        919-856-3716
>>
>> -----eenc-board-bounces at rtpnet.org wrote: -----
>>
>> To:
>> From: Diane Silver <diane at diane-silver.com>
>> Sent by: eenc-board-bounces at rtpnet.org
>> Date: 03/25/2008 03:48PM
>> cc: EENC Board <eenc-board at rtpnet.org>
>>
>> Subject: Re: [Eenc-board] water bottles
>>
>>
>> At 6.00 @, these are a deal!!  Given the recent media attention to  
>> the
>> evils of plastic water bottles, this could be a GREAT opportunity  
>> to get
>> a bunch printed with our logo, and then sell them at-cost.  They're
>> about half-price what they would cost at a sporting goods store.   
>> e.g.,
>> LL Bean offers a stainless steel one for $17.00;  REI $20.
>>
>> So, we'd have to float the cost, but we have money in the bank.  I  
>> think
>> it's a great service to our members to provide a cheap non-plastic
>> bottle, and great promotion to our logo on it.  And if we sell  
>> them at
>> cost, rather than trying to raise sponsorship money to pay for them,
>> then it's only our logo on it.
>>
>> Downside -- it does tie up some of our assets in outreach inventory
>> until they sell.  Maybe just get 100 for starters and see how it  
>> goes at
>> this year's conference.  OR, we could put a little picture and a  
>> line on
>> the reg. form so people could pay for it with their conference
>> registration -- tacking on 6.00 doesn't seem that bad when you're  
>> paying
>> 200-250 for the conference, and it's a NICE product.  Then we could
>> order only as many as were pre-paid, plus maybe just a few more.
>>
>> I say go for it.  Not sure if this needs an official vote at our
>> up-coming meeting.
>>
>> If anyone thinks this is not a good idea, do speak up.
>>
>> - Diane
>>
>> Dee Thonnard Rudolph wrote:
>>> I love the water bottles--and the site!  Though for something that
>>> will be used so often by our members, I'd prefer to just have our  
>>> logo.
>>>
>>> Diane Silver wrote:
>>>> At 5.38 each, we could get 300 for $1614.  That would be plenty  
>>>> to give
>>>> out (or sell) to conference recipients, with some left over.   
>>>> What if we
>>>> got a sponsor to donate $1500 for them, and we put our logo on  
>>>> one side,
>>>> and theirs on the other?
>>>>
>>>> I like the bottles a lot!
>>>>
>>>> - Diane
>>>>
>>>> Shelby Gull Laird wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Here is one from on online recycled products website:
>>>>>
>>>>> Recycled Aluminum Sports Bottle...
>>>>> http://www.recycledproducts.com/index.php?cid=15&pcid=11
>>>>>
>>>>> They are 5.38 with a minimum of 36, but only in the red and blue
>> colors...
>>>>>
>>>>> We discussed this type of thing at the last meeting...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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