In the interest of promised transparency, the EO Committee would now like to disclose important details about this project which were privy only to the committee. The committee process has its limitations, but it was necessary in order to streamline and expedite decisions. It has been an honor serving with these gentlemen, and they all contributed significantly to its success.
The committee negotiated with the artist to pay him $800.00, plus he kept the original artwork, plus two digital copies of the art, plus any proofs that were created by the printing company. He agreed to create the monster description, sign and number the prints, and sign the Certificates of Authenticity. He agreed to not sell or number his print copies. Erol was a great partner in this endeavor. The printing company we chose was Urban Digital Printers in San Francisco. This was a highly professional company, and it was accessible to the artist. The art negatives will be destroyed upon completion of this project.
PaulKM did all the print process research and print company research. The committee decided that grodog would oversee production of the monster stat sheet and Certificate of Authenticity. He had better access to the artist (and his signature) and access to a good copier. The committee decided to have Badmike ship all the prints. This necessitated hiring a shipping company to ship the prints from San Francisco to Texas. Urban Digital does not do their own shipping, and they highly recommended Norton Shipping who shipped the prints from California to Texas. I processed most payments and handled most communication.
Here is our financial report.
INCOME
10 pick-up at NTRPGCON buyers times $82.26 = $822.60
5 Canadian buyers: $107.57 x 5 = $537.85
9 international buyers : $115.89 USD x 9 = $1043.01
41 buyers who required domestic shipping: $90.75 USD x 41 = $3720.75
TOTAL INCOME: $822.60 + $537.85 + $1043.01 + $3720.75 = $6124.21
EXPENSES
$800.00 to Erol Otus
$3,835.00 to Urban Digital Printing Company, San Francisco
$193.95 to Norton Shipping Company
Paypal fees (10 x $2.69 + 5 x $4.50 + 9 x $4.82 + 41 x $2.93) = $26.90 + $22.50 + $43.38 + $120.13 = $212.91
International Money Order to PaulKM = $2.00 (He paid for the advance to Erol, and I reimbursed him)
$165.62 for tubes, ink and labels
$754.91 shipping & insurance
Certificate of Authenticity & Monster Stat Sheets - (Paper: $21.27, CoAs to Erol: $44.59, CoAs to Badmike: $44.59) Total = $110.45
Phone calls made by Paul - $20.00
TOTAL EXPENSES $6094.84
TOTAL INCOME: $6124.21 minus TOTAL EXPENSES: $6094.84 = $29.37 DIFFERENCE
The $29.37 leftover funds will be sent to Foulfoot in appreciation to the Acaeum and its support of this project (if my math is correct!). As you can see, all of the committee members paid for their own print, just like everyone else.
This summary purposely does not include all information regarding this print and the hundreds of decisions or e-mails involved in coordinating this project in the interest of time and space. We welcome any questions, concerns or opinions. We may or may not agree with you.
We also request no private messages.
Finally, let me say thanks to the Acaeum community for your trust and participation in this project.
WE did it!
Truth is worth finding and life is too short to work for money.
