<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Gary,<DIV>I didn't want to make my reaction a long email but I guess I need to clarify: I also think the submissions show a VERY good quality! I just went to several iterations for a logo myself with a designer. Her starting logos where great too, but the end result we have was even better we think :-) I hope that the same happens with the OSGEO logo. I have two favorites and would at this point choose for one, but I think the second would win it for me when changed into a more friendly/happy head (Alain Grignon's submission).</DIV><DIV>Greetings,</DIV><DIV>Jeroen</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Apr 28, 2006, at 5:39 PM, Gary Lang wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">My feeling is that a couple of these are strong candidates. Some of the</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">professionals here wished they had done logos as cool as these.</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Gary</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">-----Original Message-----</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">From: Jeroen Ticheler [<A href="mailto:Jeroen.Ticheler@fao.org">mailto:Jeroen.Ticheler@fao.org</A>]<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 1:09 AM</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">To: <A href="mailto:discuss@mail.osgeo.org">discuss@mail.osgeo.org</A></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Ballot: OSGeo Logo Contest Voting</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">I absolutely agree with Allan's observations and would also strongly <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">support going through something like two more iterations before <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">finalizing. I also fully support the comments made by Allan.</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Jeroen</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>