Pre-Term 3 Merch Meeting Minutes (25/03/24)

Programmer socks rerun?!

Agenda I: How

• Most items are 20 - 40 orders
• May or may not be able to subsidise, need to check SU finance & student activities (email)
  • Serene will email student activities
  • If we can subsidise, talk to treasurer and see how much can be subsidised (subsidising will increase number of orders)
  • If not, then the merch will be more expensive
  • Can overestimate the number of orders, sell orders at cheaper price, then pay the difference
• Subsidising exec merch is allowed
• Tech will work out how merch.uwcs.co.uk functions

Agenda II: What

• New Merch Ideas
  • UWCS fishnets
  • Keycaps
    • May not be too popular
  • Rubber ducks
    • May be expensive or have a very high minimum order quantity
    • Will be looked into
  • Beanie
    • Was previously looked into, are quite expensive
  • Badges/keyrings
    • If not for merch, can be given out as prizes etc
    • Will look into suppliers
    • Could do an embroidered keychain design (flat patch with embroidery design on)
      • Finn is putting example image in merch zone
  • Tote bags
    • Harmony's motherboard design (in merch zone)
    • Black design on white/natural background
    • Talk to DCS about their tote bag supplier (they have tote bags for welcome week etc)
  • Headphone cat ears
  • UWCS plushie (have a mascot and motto)
  • Notebooks/pens
  • Iron on patches
• Reorder from last year
  • Mouse mats
  • Lanyards
  • Stickers
    • There's a competition for people to submit designs - should keep this tradition running
    • Ray will look into printing/cutting with cricut for cheaper production
  • Socks
  • Mugs
• Things not to order this year
  • Playing cards
• Exec merch
  • Last years design is "somewhat cringe"
  • Redesign - more minimalist
    • Black instead of grey hoodies
    • Could do a more major redesign of the exec hoodies
    • Would need to be done in the next few weeks
    • Exec icons (from discord) on hoodies
    • Samit will look at redesigning the exec hoodies
  • Maybe do a quarter zip
• Previous changes
  • Added hoodies
  • Changed the blue on everything

Agenda III: When

• Last year, sales opened (1st May) and were closed a little into term (8th May)
  • things took around a month to arrive
  • If we can open earlier that would be ideal, however will be likely to be the same dates
• Owen recommends opening over Easter and closing the first week of term
  • Unlikely to happen if we redesign

Agenda IV: Other

• Move milk Mondays to milk midnight at LAN
• Colour code the keys for the cabinets (will bring washi tape)