Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Tea Party Details - Poster Examples & Info



As we are one week away from the tea party, I again encourage everybody to let us know if you are planning to attend the tea party with the Golden Gate Objectivists. Our pre-meeting will be this Saturday, April 11th, at 10 am, at Doyle Street CafĂ© in Emeryville (www.doylestreetcafe.com, 5515 Doyle Street, parking across the street.) Ask for Golden Gate Objectivists – we have a table reserved in the back room.

We also need to get our posters ready. To be effective, we would like all of us to have similar style/messaging:
  • ‘Golden Gate Objectivists’ as a header
  • Message in the middle. Possible messages:
    'The Mixed Economy Failed. Try Capitalism - The Unkown Ideal'
    'Selfishness IS a Virtue. Say NO to Sacrifice'
    'Going John Galt. Say NO to Altruism'
    'Read Atlas Shrugged Before It Happens Here.'
    'Greed is not the cause. Altruism is. Read Ayn Rand.'
  • aynrandcenter.org url at the bottom (use approved by ARI.)
An example image is enclosed above.

If you want to make your own poster, you can e-mail us for a Word file, from which you can easily change the message wording. Other tips:
  • Kinkos will print them to 22x28 or 20x30 (common card stock/foam board sizes) for $4.50 per black/white copy
  • You can then glue to card stock (22x28) or foam board (20x30), both available from any office supply store (3 foam boards for $10-$12)
  • Handle is thin wood from Home Depot ($0.60 per foot)
  • I colored a few highlights in turquoise, to add some color (elements in turquoise in Word doc, came out light print in b/w prints, easy to color over.)
I volunteer to make up to 4 extra posters, in exchange for cost reimbursement of about $15 – if you plan on coming, and want to take me up on that offer, please e-mail me at goldengateobjectivists gmail com by end of day Thursday, April 9, so I can get them made on Friday, and bring them with me on Saturday. First come, first served...

Finally, we will send out one additional e-mail prior to the event with specific instructions on when/where to meet. Plan on being at the meeting spot (somewhere close to Civic Center Park) by 10:45 am on the 15th, so we can get ourselves organized as a group prior to the bigger event starting its march.

Looking forward to seeing/meeting many of you on Saturday and/or next Wednesday.