Reps/SOPs/Swag production: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 19:20, 29 September 2023

Warning: With effect from 1st September 2023, the Mozilla Reps program was closed and activities ended.

Outline

In certain occasions, the swag that is already available from Mozilla may not be appropriate. In such case, a Rep or a regional community may want to create custom swag. Although there are elements that needs to be respected and a few cliffs to avoid.

When to create Regional Swag?

Generally Mozilla Rep can request official Mozilla swag by filling out a special form which will be reviewed by the Mozilla Reps council and approved/rejected within a week. There are some occasions, where the regional community produce its own swag for various reasons:

The Mozilla Community has a lot of creative talent, and community members produce stunning artwork[link: creative.mozilla.org].
Special regional events
Regional community identity - some communities have made their own regional identity by creating a specific logo or mascot to represent their community internationally - Kumi of Indonesia, Foxkeh of Japan etc. - http://www.flickr.com/photos/mozillaindia/sets/72157626063609355/
Operational costs
Scaling the swag to number of people attending
Associating/Partnering with a regional organization/sponsor

Creating your own Mozilla merchandise

Mozilla Reps are welcome to produce their own customized swag, provided they follow the Mozilla's Trademark Policy and especially the section, "Logos and Merchandise" + Mozilla logo guidelines [1] to avoid some common mistakes. . And please remember, the goal with producing merchandise is to promote values, and not to make money. And also, please remember that you cannot sell any merchandise with a Mozilla trademark, even if it is to recoup costs or for raising funds. Official logos can be found here.

To find some inspiration, make sure to check out the Mozilla T-Shirt archive.

Logo Resources

As noted in the Trademark Policy, you must respect any Mozilla trademarks you might incorporate into your artwork.

You can also check the awesome new Firefox Brand page for guidelines on how to use our logos.

Creative Online Workshop

On May 7th 2009, Mozilla's Marketing Team hosted an online "Creative" workshop with useful tips and suggestions on how to create Firefox shirts, affiliate buttons and more. To download the slides of their presentation, click here. http://videos.mozilla.org/serv/marketing/FxLaunch35CreativeWorkshop.ogg

Examples

Examples of locally produced merchandise:

Mozilla Indonesia T-shirts[link], stickers[link], paper toys
Mozilla Korea
Mozilla Japan http://www.foxkeh.com/
Mozilla Jordan t-shirt

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-The Mozilla Community has a lot of creative talent, and community members have produced stunning artwork.
+{{Warning |1= With effect from 1st September 2023, the Mozilla Reps program was closed and activities ended.|title= With effect from 1st September 2023, the Mozilla Reps program was closed and activities ended.}}
-If you do create your own merchandise, please make sure that you follow Mozilla's [http://www.mozilla.org/foundation/trademarks/policy.html Trademark Policy] and especially the section, "Logos and Merchandise".  And please remember, the goal with producing merchandise is to promote values, and not to make money.  And also, please remember that you cannot sell any merchandise with a Mozilla trademark, even if it is to recoup costs or for raising funds.
+{{Remonav}}
-====Creating Your Own Mozilla Merchandise====
+== Outline ==
+In certain occasions, the swag that is already available from Mozilla may not be appropriate. In such case, a Rep or a regional community may want to create custom swag. Although there are elements that needs to be respected and a few cliffs to avoid.
-The [http://communitystore.mozilla.org/ Mozilla Community Store] is a place where you can upload your own T-Shirt designs, or buy T-Shirts with designs created by other members of the community.   If you want some inspiration, you can check out the [http://www.flickr.com/photos/intothefuzz/sets/72157605215457894/ Mozilla T-Shirt archive], or the [http://www.flickr.com/groups/ff3_tshirt_design_contest/ Firefox 3 T-Shirt contest].
+== When to create Regional Swag? ==
+Generally Mozilla Rep can request official Mozilla swag by filling out a [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/form.reps.swag special form] which will be reviewed by the [[/ReMo/Council|Mozilla Reps council]] and approved/rejected within a week.
+There are some occasions, where the regional community produce its own swag for various reasons:
+* The Mozilla Community has a lot of creative talent, and  community members produce stunning artwork[link:  creative.mozilla.org].
+* Special regional events
+* Regional community identity - some communities have made their own regional identity by creating a specific logo or mascot to represent their community internationally - Kumi of Indonesia, Foxkeh of Japan etc. - http://www.flickr.com/photos/mozillaindia/sets/72157626063609355/
+* Operational costs
+* Scaling the swag to number of people attending
+* Associating/Partnering with a regional organization/sponsor
-====Sharing Your Artwork====
+== Creating your own Mozilla merchandise ==
+Mozilla Reps are welcome to produce their own customized swag, provided they follow the [http://www.mozilla.org/foundation/trademarks/policy.html Mozilla's Trademark Policy] and especially the section, "Logos and Merchandise" + Mozilla logo guidelines [http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/press/media/logos/] to avoid some common mistakes. .  And please   remember, the goal with producing merchandise is to promote values, and  not to make money.  And also, please remember that you cannot sell any  merchandise with a Mozilla trademark, even if it is to recoup costs or  for raising funds.
+Official logos can be found [https://mozilla.design/firefox/ here].
-Beyond T-Shirt designs, we know that community members have created a lot of graphical art.  We will also be lanching a community design website in 2009 where creative folk can share their artwork, and collaborate on art projects.   You might find some inspiration at the [http://newsfx.spreadfirefox.com/materials/ SpreadFirefox Graphics Repository] where community members have shared their artwork in the past.
+To find some inspiration, make sure to check out the [https://www.flickr.com/groups/2144278@N23/ Mozilla T-Shirt archive].
-====Logo Resources====
+=== Logo Resources ===
+As noted in the [http://www.mozilla.org/foundation/trademarks/policy.html Trademark Policy],  you must respect any Mozilla trademarks you might incorporate into your  artwork.
-As noted in the [http://www.mozilla.org/foundation/trademarks/policy.html Trademark Policy], you must respect any Mozilla trademarks you might incorporate into your artwork.  We do have a logo resources available for Firefox, the [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/about/logo/ Firefox Style Guide].
+You can also check the awesome new [https://mozilla.design/firefox/#logos-usage Firefox Brand page] for guidelines on how to use our logos.
-====Creative Online Workshop====
+=== Creative Online Workshop ===
+On May 7th 2009, Mozilla's Marketing Team hosted an online "Creative"  workshop with useful tips and suggestions on how to create Firefox  shirts, affiliate buttons and more.
+To download the slides of their presentation, click here. http://videos.mozilla.org/serv/marketing/FxLaunch35CreativeWorkshop.ogg
-On May 7th 2009, Mozilla's Marketing Team hosted an online "Creative" workshop with useful tips and suggestions on how to create Firefox shirts, affiliate buttons and more.
+== Examples ==
+Examples of locally produced merchandise:
+* Mozilla Indonesia T-shirts[link], stickers[link], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/salazad/5056540284/in/pool-mozillaindonesia paper toys]
+* Mozilla Korea
+* Mozilla Japan http://www.foxkeh.com/
+* Mozilla Jordan [http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=155614327844178&set=a.155614174510860.41274.117576081648003&type=3 t-shirt]
-To download the slides of their presentation, click [http://videos.mozilla.org/serv/marketing/FxLaunch35CreativeWorkshop.ogg here].
+[[Category:Remosop]]