POV-Ray : Newsgroups : irtc.stills : Prizes and Zazzle : Re: Prizes and Zazzle Server Time
1 Jun 2024 08:24:42 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Prizes and Zazzle  
From: Tek
Date: 1 May 2003 11:39:43
Message: <3eb13fbf$1@news.povray.org>
Well according to the irtc site they do try to give prizes:
http://www.irtc.org/sponsors.html

Though I dunno if anyone ever gets any, maybe I'll find out one day... ;)

--
Tek
http://www.evilsuperbrain.com


"Slashdolt" <jer### [at] questsoftwarecom> wrote in message
news:3eb13432$1@news.povray.org...
> Whenever I was asked, "What will you get if you win?"  I was always quick
to
> tell people, "Mostly just recognition of my peers."  Most of them looked
at
> me funny, similar to the look that people give me when I try to explain
Open
> Source and the GPL (Most people seem to think Linus was stupid for GPL'ing
> Linux.  They don't seem to grasp the concept that there wouldn't be a
> "Linux" if he had done otherwise.  But that's beside the point).
>
> Anyway, I recently started to think about all of the business that we
> provide Zazzle, and I was curious if anyone ever contacted them?
Something
> like "X% off a poster" would be pretty cool for the winners.
Additionally,
> it would be relatively cheap advertising for Zazzle.  Or maybe a
dollar-off
> amount (like $19) that would result in a "free basic small poster."  But
> exactly how to handle it may be up to Zazzle.
>
> I wouldn't mind contacting Zazzle, but I'm not sure how to set up
> communication between them and the IRTC, nor do I know of a great method
of
> prize redemption that wouldn't complicate things on Zazzle's side.  I
don't
> see "gift certificates" anywhere on their site.
>
> This is not a complaint.  I'm not being whiney, so I hope none of you read
> it that way.  I'm simply looking at something that might increase
> participation and satisfaction in the IRTC.
>
> It's just an idea.  Feel free to criticize/comment/flame/whatever...
>
> --
> Slash
>
>


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