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I'll +</I>><i> have some to insert as well. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> > - see how trademark issue will be handled, this not decided yet, and +</I>><i> > that's quite a sensitive topic, as you need to be permissive and +</I>><i> > protective in the same time. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Rights on artwork will have to be transmitted to the association, +</I>><i> which will register the logo as a trademark. Precisely because that's +</I>><i> a sensitive thing indeed. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> > And I am sure that experienced designers may add some others +</I>><i> > requirements to this. There is a page about this +</I>><i> > <A HREF="http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=artguide">http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=artguide</A> +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > And once everything is cleared, if there is some logos left, then we +</I>><i> > could proceed to a poll. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > But I think that a poll will open a lot of questions : who can express +</I>><i> > their opinion, what guarantees will we have it to not be hijacked ( as +</I>><i> > could doodle be ), how do we ensure a representative choice ? +</I>><i> > Ie, if we ask on people on this list, are we sure to have a logo that +</I>><i> > would please everyone else ? Do we want to ? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Obviously a poll can be indicative, but decision in last resort will +</I>><i> be somewhere between the founding board and the community +</I>><i> council/board (more to come about this, very soon). Because a logo is +</I>><i> not only a like/don't like thing and it should fit the destination of +</I>><i> the project in the long term. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Cheers, +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Romain +</I> +With regard to Logo selection any poll of the community must only include Logo +proposals that fit within a predetermined selection criteria. + +a) It offends NOONE +b) It is scaleable: ie instantly recognisable at any size from 16px to > A1 +c) It is unique +d) It is attractive to the TARGET MARKET +e) Ideally but not compulsorily can be easily adjusted to suit different +markets +f) Fits within branding guidelines +g) Fits branding guidelines +h) Fits branding +I) Fits + +It would be nice if it told a story, but until we figure out our brand, there +is NO story. The logo is a single part of a holistic picture and it has to +fit that landscape along with pallets, fonts, vision and so on. + +Please can the community develop a pallet and a brand strategy first, then we +find a logo that fits that. + +I have a suggestion for a target market and for that I'm going to start +another thread. + +Cheers +GL + +-- +Graham Lauder, +OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ +<A HREF="http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html">http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html</A> + +OpenOffice.org Migration and training Consultant. + +INGOTs Assessor Trainer +(International Grades in Open Technologies) +www.theingots.org +</PRE> + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="001576.html">[Mageia-discuss] we need a NEW mageia-artwork MAILING LIST!! +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="001551.html">[Mageia-discuss] Modern Simplistic Logo Proposal +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#1623">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#1623">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#1623">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#1623">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |