9 October 1999 In <14332.50503.51967.852218@suspiria.ai.mit.edu> Jeremy announced: | - We will be manufacturing and selling "chuck Vest" (yes, with exactly that | capitalization) T-shirts in the very near future. At that point, | we will be looking for people to staff distribution venues. | We may also manufacture buttons with a "cV" logo for | simultaneous distribution. Exact dates on these aren't set yet, | although sooner is obviously better. The order for these went to the printer on Friday. These shirts are intended both as a cherry-bomb-throwing mechanism, as well as fundraising mechanism for ILTFP projects (orange ribbon isn't free). Since this is intended as fundraiser, we'll be selling shirts for $12.00, though donations above that quite welcome. You will also be able to pre-order shirts through Thursday, 14 October by sending me mail (see details further below); pre-ordered shirts are discounted by $1.00 so you get them for $11.00. We're also investigating selling shirts through dormitory desks and other venues. Such venues may purchase shirts from us at a bulk discount (again $11.00, saving $1.00) and may return unsold shirts. If you are such a venue, please send me e-mail. Shirts should be available on Friday for wearing on Parents' Weekend. The shirt design consists of the phrase "chuck Vest" in red letters on top of a grey "cV" logo (reminiscent of Calvin Klein advertisements). Beneath "chuck Vest", text reads "IT'S AN IMPERATIVE". The rear of the shirt contains dictionary definitions of the words "chuck" and "vest" (also in red), the latter implying that Vest's term as president will come to a close next year. The specific dictionary text is: Chuck \Chuck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chucked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chucking}.] [F. choquer to strike. Cf. {Shock}, v. t.] 2. To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch. [Colloq.] ``Mahomet Ali will just be chucked into the Nile.'' --Lord Palmerson. Vest \Vest\, p. n. 4. Charles M. Vest; President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1990 through 2000. Postcript of the artwork is available at: /afs/sipb.mit.edu/user/jhawk/iltfp/portrait-all.ps the front /afs/sipb.mit.edu/user/jhawk/iltfp/rear.ps the rear A GIF of the front is at (ignore the white border): /afs/sipb.mit.edu/user/jhawk/iltfp/portrait-all.gif or of course: http://www.mit.edu/afs/sipb.mit.edu/user/jhawk/iltfp/portrait-all.gif Shirts will be availble in XL, L, and M on black, grey, and white fabric. Additionally, as some staff members have expressed that they might feel uncomfortable wearing a shirt that explicitly says "chuck Vest", a limited run of shirts with just the "cV" logo (grey on black) will be available. If you'd like to volunteer to staff a booth selling shirts this coming weekend, please send email to . Thanks! The order form follows. It is also available at http://www.mit.edu/afs/sipb.mit.edu/user/jhawk/iltfp/order.txt This description is available at http://www.mit.edu/afs/sipb.mit.edu/user/jhawk/iltfp/chuckVest.txt "chuck Vest" T-shirt Advance Order Form Send this in email to by Thursday 14 October Type Quantity @ $11.00 --------------------- ----------------- "chuck Vest" XL Black 0 "chuck Vest" L Black 0 "chuck Vest" M Black 0 "chuck Vest" XL White 0 "chuck Vest" L White 0 "chuck Vest" M White 0 "chuck Vest" XL Grey 0 "chuck Vest" L Grey 0 "chuck Vest" M Grey 0 "cV" only XL Black 0 "cV" only L Black 0 "cV" only M Black 0 ===================== ================= GRAND TOTAL ===================== ================= ----------- TOTAL x$11.00 == name: email address: