[Ottawa_users] Proposal for a logo

[Fabien Ancelin]

Hello folks,

A long of email that comes with something I put quite a bot of time into.

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 *any* comment, or *any* proposal.

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.)

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.

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!

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 :


   - *Adding a link to our local Chapter's webpage close to the logo*. 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.
   - *Having the co-chair names next to the logo*. 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.
   - *Giving credits to Inkscape (the piece of software I used in order to
   create this logo)*. 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.

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.

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!

Cheers
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