[mapguide-internals] MapGuide Project Logo for LiveDVD

[Jason Birch]

I dislike the fish

- It's dead (I think. Looks skeletal anyway)

- It's an anglerfish that draws its prey in with its shiny light then
chomps on them; hardly the connotation we want as a project

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglerfish

- I'd be concerned that we may have some issues with misappropriation
of first nation / native american art style, but could be totally out
to lunch on this one.

I agree that a logo is a big deal, and I don't think we should rush it
because of an external deadline. Just use the osgeo logo if we can't
decide on one in time. The initial logo contest fell flat because of
timing and a lack of established community. Let's start this informal
and see if there is anyone artistic in the community. If not, we may
have to hold off on this until we can fund pro work.

Jason

On 2010-06-08, Trevor Wekel <trevor_wekel at otxsystems.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> We need a MapGuide Project Logo for the LiveDVD.  Many open source projects
> use an animal as their logo (Linux penguin, SUSE lizard, MySQL dolphin,
> PostgreSQL elephant...).  After asking around a bit, I found out that
> Autodesk had started some logo work a while ago and had a "Fish" logo in the
> works for MapGuide.
>
> I have attached the "Fish" logo as a PNG image.  Personally, I think the
> fish rocks.  He looks tough as nails and he even has a guide star so he
> knows where he is going.
>
> I would like to put the "Fish" forward as a proposed project logo.  Since
> project logos are a big deal and we need one soon, I propose the following:
>
> 1. Logo proposals will be accepted until end of day June 15th.
> 2. Logos should be posted to -internals and added to RFC 93
> http://trac.osgeo.org/mapguide/wiki/MapGuideRfc93.
> 3. On June 16th, all proposed logos will be voted upon by the PSC.  PSC
> members can vote +0 or +1 for any or all logos.  The logo with the highest
> "+" rating will be accepted.  In case of a tie, Bob gets to decide since he
> is the Chair.
>
>
> How does this sound?
>
> Regards,
> Trevor
>
>