<div dir="ltr">Hi,<br><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 5:18 PM, Nathan Woodrow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:madmanwoo@gmail.com" target="_blank">madmanwoo@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">+1 from me to have some kind of design <span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">committee</span>. If we don't focus on this area of the project in the near future I feel it will always reflect an amateur project status, and as we all know that is not the case. Provided we have a mailing list that we can see what is going on and have some input if we feel then I'm all for that kind of thing. <div>
<br></div><div>I'm happy for Larry to be on said committee regardless of his work on the logo comp. Anita would also get my vote. Nyall would also be another person I would like to see added as he has some skills in this area. M<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">athieu (nIRV) is another.</span><br>
</div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">So the committee so far for me:</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"> - Larry</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif">- Anita</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">- Nyall</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">- </font>M<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">athieu </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">I think it's best to keep it small or else we end up back in this situation again.</span></div>
<div><br></div><div>The current situation is that we HAVE to pick a design from the logo comp and pay the "winner" regardless of if we use that logo or not. 99design rules not mine. If everyone is currently not 100% happy with what has been presented I suggest that we pick one of Larry's, give him the money, and ramp up the committee to design something better. I would rather see the money go to one of our devs if we are not happy so the money stays with the project and we can keep working on it. </div>
<div><br></div><div>I will send an email to PSC asking for a vote on this and if I get all +1s then I will pick Larry as the "winner" so we can all move on and not have this hanging above our heads.</div>
<div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I have no problem ostensibly being labeled the winner. Under the circumstances, though, I would feel a bit odd accepting any money, regardless of whether I'd just turn around and use it to offset development hours. I think the best thing is to leave the funds with the project and have it pay forward to a final logo solution. Not sure if <a href="http://99designs.com">99designs.com</a> requires or tracks transactions, but if so, I'd be happy to accept the funds to my PayPal account and donate it right back to the project.<br>
<br></div><div>Concerning the proposed design committee, I see those people as more of a 'filter,' as Tim mentioned, whose perspective is design-oriented, not necessarily those who come up with a logo design. I think another contest or large-scale submission would probably occur to arrive at some final designs again.<br>
<br></div><div>Hopefully, future designers can somehow still reference the submissions from this contest, so we don't end up with a whole bunch of similar designs the community already feels don't work.<br></div><div>
<br></div><div>+1 for leaving logo as is for 2.0, focusing on the release, then trying to find a new logo and icon again, ideally for 2.1.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Regards,<br><br></div><div>Larry<br></div><div><br> </div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Regards,</div><div>Nathan</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div></div></blockquote><div>-- snip --- 8<----------------- <br>
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