Rhett Turns 40 This October...so what are we gonna do about it? - RhettandLinKommunity2024-03-28T09:42:48Zhttps://rhettandlinkommunity.com/forum/topics/rhett-turns-40-this-october-so-what-are-we-gonna-do-about-it?commentId=2452419%3AComment%3A2303312&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI love where this ended up an…tag:rhettandlinkommunity.com,2017-09-06:2452419:Comment:23060352017-09-06T00:42:34.419ZJaymie Nunnery (Jayameez Cat)https://rhettandlinkommunity.com/profile/JaymieNunnery
<p>I love where this ended up and I know it will turn out great! Thanks everyone!</p>
<p>I love where this ended up and I know it will turn out great! Thanks everyone!</p> Kevin, I accepted your reques…tag:rhettandlinkommunity.com,2017-09-02:2452419:Comment:23057092017-09-02T10:55:08.769ZArihttps://rhettandlinkommunity.com/profile/redesign
<p>Kevin, I accepted your request.</p>
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<p>So is this what we're doing? I'm a bit concerned by the lack of activity on the Kommunity currently. We're going to need a lot of participation.</p>
<p>Kevin, I accepted your request.</p>
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<p>So is this what we're doing? I'm a bit concerned by the lack of activity on the Kommunity currently. We're going to need a lot of participation.</p> That sounds like a good idea.…tag:rhettandlinkommunity.com,2017-09-01:2452419:Comment:23053572017-09-01T23:00:05.962ZKevin (UniSeal)https://rhettandlinkommunity.com/profile/KevinHilt
<p>That sounds like a good idea. I've sent you a friend request here on the Kommunity, and if you accept it I can send you the password to a place where I will be organizing all the submissions.</p>
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<p>That sounds like a good idea. I've sent you a friend request here on the Kommunity, and if you accept it I can send you the password to a place where I will be organizing all the submissions.</p>
<p></p> My idea was for the book to h…tag:rhettandlinkommunity.com,2017-09-01:2452419:Comment:23055192017-09-01T20:07:47.463ZArihttps://rhettandlinkommunity.com/profile/redesign
<p>My idea was for the book to have 1 component and the website 3 components.</p>
<p><strong>Website</strong> would include<br></br>1) the main theme of "40 reasons" (explained below)<br></br>2) fan submissions (art/letter/etc.)<br></br>3) video of top 40 moments</p>
<p>You've already started 2) and 3) so we're not changing anything much</p>
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<p><strong>Book</strong> would include 1) only</p>
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<p>The main theme <strong>40 REASONS WE LOVE RHETT</strong> is this</p>
<p>1. We have people vote…</p>
<p>My idea was for the book to have 1 component and the website 3 components.</p>
<p><strong>Website</strong> would include<br/>1) the main theme of "40 reasons" (explained below)<br/>2) fan submissions (art/letter/etc.)<br/>3) video of top 40 moments</p>
<p>You've already started 2) and 3) so we're not changing anything much</p>
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<p><strong>Book</strong> would include 1) only</p>
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<p>The main theme <strong>40 REASONS WE LOVE RHETT</strong> is this</p>
<p>1. We have people vote for the 40 reasons they love Rhett.<br/>2. Once they are ranked, we have people send in tweets or 140-character quotes in support of those 40 reasons that made the list. <br/>3. So every page in the book would have a heading (e.g. "reason #1: ___") and then a compilation of fan quotes or tweets supporting that reason.</p>
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<p>I think this idea is something fresh and special for this occasion. It would be poll and social media heavy, but I think it could be done quickly and in time for production. People who don't want to submit letters or pictures can also participate (either by voting or writing a short quote).</p>
<p><br/>If we do this, I can then send Kevin the 40 pages to post on the website (each as a jpg or png).</p> Kevin, thanks for replying.…tag:rhettandlinkommunity.com,2017-09-01:2452419:Comment:23056092017-09-01T20:01:55.515ZArihttps://rhettandlinkommunity.com/profile/redesign
<p>Kevin, thanks for replying.</p>
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<p>The issue right now with putting letters and pictures in the book is that there's not enough time. The cut off date would have to be something like the 15-17th of Sept in order to give 2 weeks for book production, a few days for me to put things together, and a few days for shipping to Mythical Entertainment. So that would leave about 2 weeks for people to submit content.</p>
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<p>Which brings me to the idea that we reserve fan letters, art,…</p>
<p>Kevin, thanks for replying.</p>
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<p>The issue right now with putting letters and pictures in the book is that there's not enough time. The cut off date would have to be something like the 15-17th of Sept in order to give 2 weeks for book production, a few days for me to put things together, and a few days for shipping to Mythical Entertainment. So that would leave about 2 weeks for people to submit content.</p>
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<p>Which brings me to the idea that we reserve fan letters, art, pics for the website so that people can submit their stuff close to Oct 11 as possible.</p> Ari, thanks for getting back…tag:rhettandlinkommunity.com,2017-09-01:2452419:Comment:23051922017-09-01T17:47:19.349ZKevin (UniSeal)https://rhettandlinkommunity.com/profile/KevinHilt
<p>Ari, thanks for getting back to us. In response to your questions:</p>
<p>1) To deal with the quickly approaching deadline, we already started asking people for to submit content in <a href="http://rhettandlinkommunity.com/profiles/blogs/contribute-to-rhett-s-40th-birthday-project" target="_self">a new discussion</a>. I manage the email mentioned there, so I can get you access to their submissions.</p>
<p>The content for your book would be letters and pictures, and those would also be…</p>
<p>Ari, thanks for getting back to us. In response to your questions:</p>
<p>1) To deal with the quickly approaching deadline, we already started asking people for to submit content in <a href="http://rhettandlinkommunity.com/profiles/blogs/contribute-to-rhett-s-40th-birthday-project" target="_self">a new discussion</a>. I manage the email mentioned there, so I can get you access to their submissions.</p>
<p>The content for your book would be letters and pictures, and those would also be publicly displayed on the website. I mention this in that new discussion and ask people to request anonymity if they do not want their letter tied to their name.</p>
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<p>2) We can certainly hear your idea, but we will need to make sure it at least can utilize the content people have already submitted. We also need to keep in mind that if the website portion is very ambitious, I may not have the time to pull it off.</p>
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<p>3) To get in contact with Jaymie, I suggest <a href="http://rhettandlinkommunity.com/profile/JaymieNunnery#add_comment" target="_self">adding a comment on her profile page</a> or adding her as a friend here on the Kommunity so you can send her a direct message.</p>
<p></p> Hey, guys. I think I heard ca…tag:rhettandlinkommunity.com,2017-08-31:2452419:Comment:23050422017-08-31T21:20:18.740ZArihttps://rhettandlinkommunity.com/profile/redesign
<p>Hey, guys. I think I heard calls for me.</p>
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<p>There's now only a month left to do this, so we are really behind now. I definitely think we should <strong>AT LEAST</strong> do a <strong>website</strong> in light of the time crunch, and I think we'll be in good hands with Kevin in charge of that.</p>
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<p>Here's my $1 million question about the website: <strong>In years past, a lot of people would submit fan letters. Are they going to want those aired out on the…</strong></p>
<p>Hey, guys. I think I heard calls for me.</p>
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<p>There's now only a month left to do this, so we are really behind now. I definitely think we should <strong>AT LEAST</strong> do a <strong>website</strong> in light of the time crunch, and I think we'll be in good hands with Kevin in charge of that.</p>
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<p>Here's my $1 million question about the website: <strong>In years past, a lot of people would submit fan letters. Are they going to want those aired out on the internet for everyone to see? Or are we just doing fan art on the website?</strong></p>
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<p>I have an idea for the entire project that will include <strong>a website and a book</strong> (if time allows) that I would like to share with you guys, but I'd like to know the answer for the above question first. As a preface, I really think that for their 40th b-days we really need to do something different, something outside the box. Fan mail/art is great but they get that every year (if not year long) and I think it's starting to get a bit stale. We need something new.</p>
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<p>Jaymie, can you post here or DM me about your experience with getting the book from last year printed? What service did you use? Cost? And importantly, the turnaround time?</p>
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<p>I'm seeing a 2-week turnaround from most places and that would only give us 2-3 weeks to work on the book.</p> I will try to contact Ari to…tag:rhettandlinkommunity.com,2017-08-30:2452419:Comment:23045982017-08-30T01:29:59.205ZKevin (UniSeal)https://rhettandlinkommunity.com/profile/KevinHilt
<p>I will try to contact Ari to see if she is still up for managing the book. In preparation for the idea she mentioned in her comment, and because I agree it could be good to give people a direction for their content, I will encourage people to submit a few sentences (or entire letters) on a reason they love Rhett. Because we wouldn't want to exclude anyone's reason or rank them in any way, we can then brand them on the website as "<strong>40</strong>+ Reasons We Love Rhett".</p>
<p>I'll get…</p>
<p>I will try to contact Ari to see if she is still up for managing the book. In preparation for the idea she mentioned in her comment, and because I agree it could be good to give people a direction for their content, I will encourage people to submit a few sentences (or entire letters) on a reason they love Rhett. Because we wouldn't want to exclude anyone's reason or rank them in any way, we can then brand them on the website as "<strong>40</strong>+ Reasons We Love Rhett".</p>
<p>I'll get the basics of the website set up first, mostly to get an email account through the site to which people can send their submissions.</p>
<p>Then I'll create and feature a new discussion detailing our plans and providing explicit, to-the-point instructions on how people can contribute.</p>
<p></p> @Kevin -- Okay, cool. Jaymie…tag:rhettandlinkommunity.com,2017-08-29:2452419:Comment:23047312017-08-29T14:41:40.689ZVictoria (Centauromadoose)https://rhettandlinkommunity.com/profile/Centauromadoose
<p>@Kevin -- Okay, cool. Jaymie suggested creating an email account specifically for this project (or even future birthday projects, if you'll continue to manage the website), if that would be helpful for you.</p>
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<p>I honestly think we're out of time for a book, but <a href="http://rhettandlinkommunity.com/xn/detail/2452419:Comment:2303220" target="_self">Ari previously volunteered</a> to take on the production of a book if needed -- I think they had a different vision for what it…</p>
<p>@Kevin -- Okay, cool. Jaymie suggested creating an email account specifically for this project (or even future birthday projects, if you'll continue to manage the website), if that would be helpful for you.</p>
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<p>I honestly think we're out of time for a book, but <a href="http://rhettandlinkommunity.com/xn/detail/2452419:Comment:2303220" target="_self">Ari previously volunteered</a> to take on the production of a book if needed -- I think they had a different vision for what it would include, but if we really want to push forward on a book, Ari would be the one to get involved.</p>
<p>One last suggestion from me: I know we're not going with the "40 reasons" section break-out idea, but I was wondering if we could give our contributors a "reason(s) we love Rhett McLaughlin" theme for their letters, artwork, etc. to inspire them on what to submit. Not a <em>required</em> theme, but something for inspiration if people need it. Or is that unnecessary?</p>
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<p>Otherwise, to Grace and Kevin -- I think it's time for you two to get started!! :) Please keep me in the loop so I can support via the Kommunity social media accounts, as often as you need or like.</p>
<p></p> 1) I was planning on just hav…tag:rhettandlinkommunity.com,2017-08-29:2452419:Comment:23045862017-08-29T03:42:34.187ZKevin (UniSeal)https://rhettandlinkommunity.com/profile/KevinHilt
<p>1) I was planning on just having people email me whatever they made and I would put it on the site.</p>
<p>2) I figured the content for the website and book would be mostly the same. The website have an online version of the book, basically. It just seemed like some people were really pushing for also having a physical book, and if someone wants to manage that, I don't think there would be a problem having some overlap.</p>
<p>3) I agree.</p>
<p>4) I figured we would have people submit Rhett…</p>
<p>1) I was planning on just having people email me whatever they made and I would put it on the site.</p>
<p>2) I figured the content for the website and book would be mostly the same. The website have an online version of the book, basically. It just seemed like some people were really pushing for also having a physical book, and if someone wants to manage that, I don't think there would be a problem having some overlap.</p>
<p>3) I agree.</p>
<p>4) I figured we would have people submit Rhett moments in the comments of a new discussion. About 10 days before October 11th, we can build a ballot using Google Forms and narrow the moments down to the top 40 over a three-day vote. Then Grace would have a week to put together the video.</p>
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