I applaud Al for being positive about the promotion of gliding, but professionally, this wording should have been considered more carefully.
It may be co-incidental, but even so, I don't believe it is appropriate. Please understand, this is not Al's problem it's GFA's Mark Swift Performance Equipment Unit 5 , 7 Snow St Lismore, NSW 2480 Australia www.spe.com.au ph: +61 2 66221666 fax: +61 2 66221633 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of McLean Richard Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 2:16 AM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] New LOGO??? Al's "business" is actually run by him - at a loss - in order to help the sport with merchandising. Previously this had been done out of the GFA office in Essendon Airport. Richard --- Mark Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have to say I was a bit surprised to see the new > marketing logo that > GFA exec has adopted . > In the article on P22 of Soaring Australia, a > rationale was given on why > the "GLIDING Australia" logo was accepted. > It also stated that Al Sim developed the new > marketing logo..that is > fairly obvious thankyou very much. > > Don't get me wrong....I applaud anyone who has the > tenacity to continue > to promote the sport, but co-incidental or not, the > inclusion of > "go soaring" in that logo should have been noticed > by executive and > dealt with a accordingly. > > I think it is less than professional to see the name > of Al Sim's "GO > SOARING" Business within the logo itself. > > I am sure it would have looked just as good with > "Borgelt" or something > like that :-) > > > > > Mark Fisher > Sports Technologist > School of Exercise Science > Southern Cross University > www.scu.edu.au > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
