Last year, I was volunteering for a non-for-profit organization creating print documents for both distribution within and outside the membership. The first task should have been the simple updating of the volunteer recognition certificate.
To complete the task, I was told to take the existing certificate and update it for the current year which involved changing the name of the coordinator and changing the year. However, the file I was given was a low resolution image file (a jpeg with 72 dpi), so I quickly redid the certificate in InDesign and sent it to the committee for approval…
The first version was rejected since it was too similar to the original version, and the person who initially created the certificate felt I was stealing her intellectual property.
Drafts two through six were rejected for a variety of reasons… anything from an image being pixilated (because they demanded a certain image which was low resolution) to the signature lines appearing to be off.
Finally, after 20 hours and seven drafts, the certificate was done and ready for printing.
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