whoops, here is the final poster (pending WPIRG approval), attached. i'll aim to have them printed and ready to be picked up at the office for distribution by a week from now (on tuesday)<br><br>Alicia<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 4:10 AM, Paul Nijjar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paul_nijjar@yahoo.ca">paul_nijjar@yahoo.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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--- On Thu, 3/12/09, Alicia Mah <<a href="mailto:alicia.mah@gmail.com">alicia.mah@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Hello to all gardeners,<br>
> Please take a look at the poster attached. I've<br>
> submitted it to Evan for<br>
> approval, the plan is to put it up around campus. Please<br>
> respond with a<br>
> quick "yes the poster looks okay" or "we<br>
> should change 'this'... "<br>
<br>
</div>The bottom half of the poster is rather... left aligned. One way to<br>
fix it might be to use more centering. Another way might be to stick a<br>
few more graphics in the poster.<br>
<br>
Here's one possible layout:<br>
<br>
"Community gardening is the answer for you" --> center this<br>
<br>
"Come to our seed planting..." --> right align this paragraph<br>
<br>
Then you might stick pictures of cassava or bittermelon or<br>
other vegetables we might grow in the blank spaces. Even if you don't<br>
stick in any other graphics I think this balances out the poster a<br>
bit.<br>
<br>
I am also wondering whether the bullet points could be improved. You<br>
already have "learn about gardening" in the "No experience but want to<br>
learn?" bit (although maybe it is worth re-iterating -- maybe "learn<br>
about organic gardening"?). Also, "get free vegetables" may turn off<br>
the good-hearted souls who tend to be attracted to the garden. Here<br>
are some other possible bullet points off the top of my head. Probably<br>
three bullet points are a good number, but if you're looking for ideas<br>
then you might consider some of the following:<br>
<br>
- Grow wholesome organic vegetables!<br>
- Spend time outside for a change!<br>
- Dig in the dirt!<br>
- Get your hands dirty!<br>
- Support local agriculture!<br>
- Develop your appreciation for misshapen carrots!<br>
- Help compost UW's food waste!<br>
- Take your frustration out on bindweed!<br>
- Eat the (edible) weeds!<br>
- Fresh peas! Fresh strawberries! Fresh tomatoes!<br>
- Party with the earthworms!<br>
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etc.<br>
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If you're not looking for ideas then that is fine too. I am just<br>
picking nits on account of I am a lousy nitpicking nitpicker.<br>
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> P.S. Paul, could you potentially come later on in the<br>
> evening (say around 7)<br>
> for the planting party? Would that be a fair compromise?<br>
<br>
</div>There's no need to compromise on my account. If I can drop by I will,<br>
but unfortunately I can offer no guarantees. You should really be<br>
cultivating all the lurkers lurking on the list, because they are the<br>
ones who have easy access to campus, and they represent the vibrant<br>
young seedlings of the revolution.<br>
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- Paul<br>
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