+1 non-binding
Cheers, Paul On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 8:31 AM, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> wrote: > -1 - only because a) I don’t understand the purpose of what is going on on > the bird’s chest and b) I love the idea of putting the bird in a sweater > with the letter “M” on it. > > Ralph > > > On Nov 25, 2014, at 5:05 AM, Andreas Gudian <andreas.gud...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > +1 > > > > Am Dienstag, 25. November 2014 schrieb Stephen Connolly : > > > >> For anyone who has been living under a rock, here is the background > >> > >> Background > >> ========= > >> > >> I think everyone can agree that the site needs a reorganisation and a > >> rewrite. Users cannot find what they need, and the end result is that > >> people keep on abusing maven rather than having maven help them. > >> > >> Try as I might, I have been unable to motivate myself to do the > >> reorganisation with the current dated look and feel of the site... I am > not > >> saying that picking a new logo and selecting a mascot will result in > making > >> progress, but it can't hurt and I believe it will help > >> > >> Proposed changes > >> =============== > >> > >> 1. Change the logo font to Alte Haas Grotesk Bold with italics applied > by > >> Inkscape > >> 2. Change the highlighted letter from 'a' to 'v' and replace the v with > two > >> Apache Feathers > >> 3. Adopt the (currently unnamed) owl as our mascot > >> > >> Here is a link to the font: > >> > >> http://www.dafont.com/alte-haas-grotesk.font > >> > >> Here is a large version of the owl and the logo: > >> > >> > >> > http://people.apache.org/~stephenc/maven-logo-contest/maven-owl-final-large.png > >> > >> A regular version of the own and the logo, e.g. a size suitable for use > in > >> the top of the standard maven sites: > >> > >> > http://people.apache.org/~stephenc/maven-logo-contest/maven-owl-final.png > >> > >> (Note that in all likelihood, the mascot would probably end up on the > other > >> side of the title bar from the logo... and that is IF the mascot ends > up on > >> the title bar) > >> > >> Here is both of those rendered in a site (as it can be helpful to see > the > >> graphics adjacent to text) > >> > >> > >> > http://people.apache.org/~stephenc/maven-logo-contest/maven-owl-final-context.png > >> > >> > >> Logo Rational > >> =========== > >> > >> If we do some searches for the Maven logo: > >> > >> > >> > https://www.google.com/search?site=imghp&tbm=isch&q=maven+logo&oq=maven+logo > >> > >> > >> > http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=maven+logo&go=Submit&qs=n&form=QBLH&scope=images&pq=maven+logo > >> > >> Our current logo, with a single highlighted letter stands out quite well > >> from the other "maven" logos, so keeping a highlighted letter and an > italic > >> rendered font maintains continuity with our current logo. > >> > >> By changing the highlighted letter to the `v` and by using two Apache > >> feathers to create the `v`, we connect our logo back to Apache... we are > >> Apache Maven after all. > >> > >> The `v` is also the common short term for version (e.g.v3 is short for > >> version 3). Apache Maven puts a lot of emphasis on versions of > dependencies > >> and plugins... you could say that versions are very important to Maven. > >> > >> The colours of the feather were changed to solid colours to match the > owl > >> mascot's scarf, beak and eyebrows > >> > >> Voting rules > >> ========= > >> > >> Anyone who is subscribed to the dev or users list is eligible to vote. > >> > >> If you vote multiple times, only your final vote will be counted. > >> > >> The vote will be open until 1:00pm GMT on Wed 3rd Dec 2014 > >> > >> The vote is for all three changes as one single change. Partial votes > (e.g. > >> for the logo but not the mascot, or vice-versa) will not be counted. > >> > >> I, as the caller of the vote, reserve the right to cancel the vote if > this > >> vote is putting the harmony of the community at risk. > >> > >> If a majority of the PMC believe that this vote is putting the harmony > of > >> the community at risk, then the PMC may cancel this vote (though if > even a > >> small minority of the PMC were of that belief, I will more than likely > have > >> cancelled the vote before the PMC would need to decide... I'm just > stating > >> this FTR) > >> > >> The decision will be a simple majority, there will be no special veto > >> powers. > >> > >> +1: [ ] Change the logo to the proposed logo and adopt the owl as > project > >> mascot > >> 0: [ ] No opinion > >> -1: [ ] No change > >> > >> Please only respond with +1, 0 or -1. If you want to discuss the > proposed > >> changes please use a different thread. This thread is for voting only. > >> > >> -Stephen > >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > >
