[OSGeo-Conf] Confirming Beijing 2012 Date

Thu Nov 10 17:04:51 EST 2011

I agree with Cameron's suggestions overall - as he did, I like the general
look but would like to see it more compact.

One specific suggestion I would make is to not spell out "Free and Open
Source Software for Geospatial" as part of the logo, and also don't make
the dates part of the basic logo - you can add both of these items
separately as needed (for example see the 2011 web site
http://2011.foss4g.org/ - we have the basic logo top left and the other
info top right). Just having to include FOSS4G, 2012, Beijing in some
combination makes it easier to work the text into the logo and keep it
compact.

I did see the FOSS4G ribbon in there and think that is fine how it is,
though maybe is could be a little more prominent with a different color.

Cheers,
    Peter.

2011/11/10 Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>

> Sorry, about lack of feedback, here are some comments from a previous
> foss4g chair (I chaired foss4g 2009):
>
> * I do like the general flow of colour and shape which to me looks
> Chinese. This brings in a local flavour which is good.
>
> * I can't see the original red ribbon which has been a theme with all
> previous logos. I think it would be nice to keep the ribbon for links back
> to foss4g, but I don't see it as being essential.
>
> * There is a lot of white space above and below the "FOSS4G 2012.
> Beijing". This is not good, as it will make the logo difficult to include
> in other promotional places, such as on prominent people's blogs, or on
> supporting organisation's websites. Can you please rearrange in order to
> make the logo more compact.
>
>
>
> On 10/11/2011 10:22 PM, Seven (aka Arnulf) wrote:
>
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>> Hi Gao,
>> sorry for the long delay, I just found this mail.
>>
>> Thanks you for sending in a first draft of the logo. It seems like the
>> conference committee did not react at all, right? I am sorry about this,
>> especially because we have been pushing you to get things done.
>>
>> I added the logo to the Wiki page [1].
>>
>> I also have some comments / questions:
>>
>> * Would it be possible to increase the size of the font, so that it is
>> also easily readable in a smaller version? Find an example on the talk
>> page [2].
>> * We should also provide several different options, get some inspiration
>> from past FOSS4G conferences [3].
>> * Ideally you could provide the logo in the editable vector format SVG,
>> then rescaling, modifying, adding text and creating high quality
>> printouts is much easier. Alternatively EPS could also work.
>>
>> We should start using the OSGeo SVN to manage the material for FOSS34G
>> 2012. Are you familiar with OSGeo's infrastructure?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Arnulf
>>
>> [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/**FOSS4G_2012<http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2012>
>> [2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/**Talk:FOSS4G_Logo_2012<http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Talk:FOSS4G_Logo_2012>
>> [3] http://2011.foss4g.org/**content/identity<http://2011.foss4g.org/content/identity>
>>
>> On 01.11.2011 04:15, Gao Ang wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Arnulf:
>>>
>>> The latest design of FOSS4G Beijing 2012 logo is attached in this letter.
>>> Can you help us upload this logo to the foss4g.org website if it's fit
>>> for your requirement.
>>> Thanks a lot.
>>>
>>> Best Regards.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Peter Batty<peter at ebatty.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello to Gao Ang and the Beijing team.
>>>> I just wanted to follow up on Arnulf's note and encourage you to get a
>>>> simple web page up with basic information (at least dates) as soon as
>>>> possible. I have been asked about dates also, people are interested in
>>>> planning already!
>>>> If there is anything I can do to help point you in the right direction
>>>> please let me know. I think it's important to get a logo shortly - we
>>>> used
>>>> the site crowdspring.com and were pleased with the results (but
>>>> obviously
>>>> whatever approach you prefer is fine). As a high level reference, the
>>>> timeline we worked to is at http://2011.foss4g.org/**content/timeline<http://2011.foss4g.org/content/timeline>(and
>>>> this hasn't changed much from year to year).
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>     Peter.
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 11:27 PM, Seven (aka Arnulf)<seven at arnulf.us>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> I am receiving the first requests for exact dates of FOSS4G Beijing.
>>>>> This information is not yet publicly available. From the conversations
>>>>> on this list I got this:
>>>>>
>>>>> OSGeo China: The proposed schedule is "18 Sept 2012 Tuesday" to "23
>>>>> Sept 2012 Sunday" for the conference.
>>>>>
>>>>> Q: The first day was dubbed "registration day", does that mean the
>>>>> regular conference would run from Wednesday to Sunday?
>>>>>
>>>>> We really need a FOSS4G 2012 splash screen up asap. Simple is
>>>>> beautiful.
>>>>> Just a few lines of HTML hacked in VI with a nice little logo and the
>>>>> exact dates are all we need for a start. This can be completely
>>>>> independet of the conference system we use later.
>>>>>
>>>>> For the time being I set up the FOSS4G 2012 OSGeo Wiki page by simply
>>>>> copying and adjusting the page of 2011 to have something to point to
>>>>> [1]
>>>>> and also asked SAC to set up a conference list [2].
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Arnulf
>>>>>
>>>>> [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/**FOSS4G_2012<http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2012>
>>>>> [2] http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/**ticket/822<http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/822>
>>>>>
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