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Hi Fabien,<br>
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Thanks for all your hard work on this. First off, I really like the
Parliament logo with no effects on the Ottawa county. I'm excited to
for us to have our own logo that will help with giving us a more
recognizable brand.<br>
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Don't add a link to the logo, no text is needed.<br>
<br>
I agree fully with the omission of co-chair names. There is no need,
the logo is about OSGeo, not the individuals respective of
position/involvement.<br>
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The credits for the design of the logo should be at the bottom of
the page along with image sources etc. <br>
<br>
<br>
All in all this is a lot of work you've done. Thanks again for this!
Really like how it looks:) <br>
<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 13-11-10 10:58 AM, Fabien Ancelin
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<div>Hello folks,<br>
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A long of email that comes with something I put quite a bot of
time into.<br>
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I already mentioned that to a couple of you, but I think we
really need a logo to identify the Ottawa Chapter as an
entity. It will become even more important if we plan to have
a banner for the GIS-Day. So the below are proposals, and now,
I would like to know what you people think about it. I welcome
<i><u><b>any</b></u></i> comment, or <i><u><b>any</b></u></i>
proposal. <br>
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All the proposals were created using Inkscape, an Open Source
Software. You will find one directory that contains the
original svg files created with Inkscape and a bunch of pdf
that should be readable with all devices. (the reason for that
is that mobile phone don't always do well with svg files.)<br>
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Note that the representation of the Parliament is not
finished. It requires an additional hour of work. I will
polish it only if you like it and will integrate all your
potential comments at the same time. Also keep in mind that
the reason, there is so much detail on the Parliament is that
is we use the logo with a big size, I don't want the
Parliament to look empty.<br>
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I have also attached a proposal for a couple of effects that I
can use on the boundaries of Ottawa. I would like to use the
drop shadow effect. Please, let me know what you think!<br>
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<div>I also got the following proposals, which I am not really
keen on for reasons explained below, but I want to know what
you folks think. In the end, I want the decisions we take to
meet the will of the majority of the members. And again, even
though I don't share the same ideas, I really appreciated and
value the feedback that has already been given to me :<br>
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<li><b>Adding a link to our local Chapter's webpage close to
the logo</b>. I am usually not in favor of adding to
much text to a logo because that defeats the purpose of a
logo as a simple picture that easily identify a
mark/product. </li>
<li><b>Having the co-chair names next to the logo</b>.
Co-chairs may change, the logo shouldn't. And I see OSGeo
as group of individual. We co-chairs, work hard ;), but we
are here to serve the community, nothing more. I don't
think we deserve to be on the logo.</li>
<li><b>Giving credits to Inkscape (the piece of software I
used in order to create this logo)</b>. I am still quite
uncertain about it. I love the idea of promoting an Open
Source Software that is really useful and I was thinking
about mentioning Inkscape on our wiki page. But again, to
me this information defeats the purpose of a logo.
Furthermore, as far as I know, it is not a common practice
to see the software used for the design of logo mentioned
in the logo.<br>
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<div>Keep in mind that when doing a poster of a banner, the logo
is just one part of it. We can add a lot of information next
to it. We should have all of the above on a banner, I simply
don't believe it should be part of the logo.<br>
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<div>I am looking forward to hearing all your comments and
proposition about that. Also I am really good at making paper
map, I am not a graphic designer so there is probably a lot of
new ideas you can bring. So don't be shy!<br>
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<div>Cheers<br>
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