Clark - can you please
                                address these within reason please? The
                                key question here is whether we can ship
                                the iJUG swag to Eclipse Foundation
                                Germany without iJUG paying more money.
                              
                              
                              Jan - frankly international
                                shipping in any significant quantity is
                                simply a hassle I hope we can avoid the
                                best we are able or at least limit it to
                                what is absolutely necessary. I don’t
                                know that there is a way around paying
                                taxes, duties, etc if you absolutely
                                want things shipped to you. I am sure
                                the Foundation will do what it can, but
                                as a non-profit it cannot do anything
                                improper. I suggest simply having Payara
                                distribute this swag at DevNexus. If you
                                want a few hoodies for yourself, I or Ed
                                can save it aside and give it to you in
                                person. That in my opinion is the most
                                reasonable path here, pretty much for
                                you too.
                             
                             
                            
                            
                            Hi Reza, 
                            
                            first, thank you for supporting this! 
                            
                            Unfortunately I need some additional
                            information and could not get 
                            answers on the last MP Marketing Meeting: 
                            
                            From where the shipping will be done? 
                            What is the worth of the shipment? 
                            Which logistic companies are involved? 
                            When is planed to ship? 
                            Would be able to receive the shipment free
                            of any charge (to Germany: 
                            additional transport fees, 19 % tax, unknown
                            customs percentage)? 
                            
                            As all the involved parties "optimize" the
                            (in fact: their part only of 
                            the) process, we are not sure we are able to
                            receive a swag delivery in 
                            a reliable way. 
                            The 2021 Swag delivery failed glorious and a
                            lot of resources are wasted 
                            already! 
                            
                            To ensure the delivery of the 2022 swag can
                            be received, I want to pick 
                            it up in person at the Eclipse Foundation
                            Europe office or storage in 
                            Darmstadt, Germany (
https://www.eclipse.org/org/foundation/contact.php,
                            
                            Silvia will be the contact person). 
                            The other parts of the EF should be able
                            select the best option to send 
                            there - I only figured out that the 2022 MP
                            Swag is not located there 
                            already. 
                            As I expect the swag shipment from somewhere
                            (outside the EU) will not 
                            be free of charge, delivery to the JavaLand
                            (starting 21st of March) 
                            directly will not be possible already and a
                            hub somewhere is necessary 
                            to be in time. Or we have to store it for
                            JavaLand 2024... 
                            
                            Until the swag creation and delivery process
                            works end-to-end up to 
                            reliable receiving, I want to pick up the
                            swag from the EFE site, which 
                            is reliable (of course, this is a local
                            optimum from iJUG unfortunately). 
                            
                            The current process just do not work for us,
                            as this is a push (from the 
                            US?), not a pull where you have at least the
                            chance to track the delivery. 
                            Because of a lot of cheating in past of
                            especially electronics from 
                            China via Amazon with less worth
                            declarations, the German customs is 
                            strict now and also the free delivery limit
                            has been lowered. 
                            
                            On top, from the business perspective the
                            additional fees and required 
                            resources to handle these international
                            shipments (for swag!) are 
                            suboptimal. 
                            As a habitant of this planet, I am shocked
                            that we waste so much 
                            resources for sending enriched cotton around
                            the globe - the smarter way 
                            would be sending the design digitally and
                            print locally (where 
                            possible). This also could take into account
                            other local standards like 
                            sizes. 
                            
                            But again, many thanks to you, Reza, to
                            forward this - hopefully you 
                            have more success than me in the past to
                            push this into the right direction. 
                            And I hope I can spend more resources to the
                            technical side (like fixing 
                            vulnerabilities at the moment) again instead
                            of doing logistics. ;-) 
                            
                            Best, 
                            Jan 
                            
                            Am 03.03.23 um 18:07 schrieb Reza Rahman: 
                            > Folks, 
                            > 
                            > We are trying to promptly send out the
                            2022 swag to all members as 
                            > agreed. I need shipping addresses for
                            the following members for this 
                            > purpose. I also need a phone number
                            associated with the shipping 
                            > address, especially for shipments
                            outside of North America. Please 
                            > send it to me and Emerson (copied)
                            privately. Please indicate if you 
                            > would like to use this address/phone
                            number going forward. 
                            > 
                            > * Fujitsu 
                            > 
                            > * iJUG 
                            > 
                            > * Oracle 
                            > 
                            > * Primeton 
                            > 
                            > * Tomitribe 
                            > 
                            > I already have the details for Atlanta
                            JUG, Garden State JUG, IBM, 
                            > Payara and Red Hat - thank you. 
                            > 
                            > I need this by next Friday, 10th March
                            at the very latest. 
                            > 
                            > Thanks, 
                            > 
                            > Reza 
                            > 
                            > 
                            >
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