The sample jerseys for trying on have arrived. Even if you didn't vote yet on icons or a try on size it is not too late to order a jersey. After the try-on party it will be too late.

With shipping and tax they will be about $44 each (that should be the whole price including everything). So bring that with you so we can get the order together. We need a minimum of 10 orders to even do this, so I hope everyone shows up!

We will try them on at the usual COC meeting on Tuesday, May 10 at 7:30pm at Japes Lodge. Directions here: http://cornelloutingclub.org

If you cannot come on Tuesday please let me know ASAP because I do not live in Ithaca and we will need to make special arrangements for you to try on a jersey. I have to send back the samples no later than 5/19, preferably sooner.

I must warn you that the original sizing charts seem wrong. http://www.v-gear.com/Sizing

When I measured myself it said on there I needed a women's 3X (I wear an 8-10 in street clothes). Even the W 3X race cut elgulfed me. Thank goodness someone else had requested the women's L, because the race cut in that fits me nicely.

Anyway, here are the sizes we have available to try on (club, sport, and race cut in each size)

• Men's M
• Men's L
• Men's XL
• Men's 2XL

• Women's L
• Women's 2XL
• Women's 3XL

Once we've submitted the order with our sizes and cuts they will create the final artwork for the jerseys. We'll most likely have a Cornell Red background with white icons on it (or some way to make them more visible than black on red).

To see the original design cncept, go here: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0Bx4KrA4GkhKgOTI5OTEyMTctMWZjNS00ZDE2LTkxYmItZTk1NzIxODI4NmQ4&hl=en&authkey=CMGu3eMM

Here is how the voting on the icons came out:

9 icons for the front:

• Cycling
• Hiking
• Camping
• Mountaineering
• Climbing
• Snowshoeing
• Kayaking
• Caving
• Alpine Skiing

7 additional icons for the back (to make it a grid of 16):

• Swimming
• Snowboarding
• Canoeing
• Windsurfing
• QR code
• Binoculars (nature watching)
• Nordic Skiing

See you Tuesday,

anja baldoam -at- gmail dot com

-- MattStillerman - 07 May 2011