Please find some links and notes from the 2 Regular Guys Podcast. Every year in January, Terry and Aaron take a look forward at what we would like to see in the industry for the coming year. The ideas range from new products to new techniques, to new ways of doing business. We even call out some folks from time to time. Don’t miss this lively show and listen to what the 2 Regular Guys want for our industry. Plus enjoy some new fun segments for 2018!

Sponsored by: SGIA.org | ThreadX - Palm Springs, CA February 25-28, 2018

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10 Things for 2018

1) Terry: I’d like to see more of the industry pros (not just a person with a video camera) produce how-to YouTube videos. And wouldn’t it be great if like in Twitter we could have the Verified User symbol attached that says, “This person actually has experience and this is good information.” Maybe an SGIA Verified logo would be the symbol of expertise for the industry.

Erich Campbell ·  Can't agree enough about the video thing; many groups are thinking in the same way and creating groups of solid consultants

Erich Campbell ·  It's happening in the vendor space as well, but I can see having a more independent group of experts, too.

Bruce Basen ·  Like the verified idea

2) Aaron:  I’d like to see a Sublimation Committee at SGIA. The garment committee is awesome, and they are doing some great thing with SGIA like the upcoming ThreadX and I think they have some great sublimation representation in people like Chris Bernet from Vapor. But I think Sublimation as a decorating technique of things outside of garments is growing and will continue to bridge more and more decorating challenges with things like single pass print technology and vacuum press opportunities.

Side Note - I just wanted to give a shout out to Ford Bowers and the team at SGIA. I have been very impressed with the direction of things since Ford took over and for all the staff there that has embraced his changes. You have amazing people that have been there for a while like Johnny Shell and Sondra Fry Benoudiz and Marci Kinter who continue to serve the industry and are embracing the changes. There are so many people there to list everyone, but people like Sarah Perkins who is heading up the SGIA side of ThreadX, Ray Weis, Erin Nuss and Dan Marx who are doing some amazing stuff with SGIA’s educational programs. The list goes on an on. Kudos and keep it up.

3) Terry: I think I covered this a couple years ago, but I’d love to see a reasonably priced direct-to-screen machine. Besides the film savings at about $1.00 per sheet, you would also have screens with images burned in the exact same position for all colors, and no risk of flipping the film backward.