The ancient greeks had a "god" of the clouds and they called it Zeus. The roman counterpart is Jupiter.
Haroon On 4/24/12 12:19 PM, "John Kinsella" <j...@stratosec.co> wrote: >Sounds good - less than a week for submissions (I'm presuming PPMC >approval will take a day or two) seems tight...but if this goes the way >paper submissions go, 80% of the submissions will be on the last day, >anyways. Just need to make sure we get the word out to folks. > >John > >On Apr 24, 2012, at 12:09 PM, Peder Ulander wrote: > >> Now that CloudStack is an Apache incubation project, it feels like it >> should have a mascot to help establish its own unique identity, similar >>to >> the Hadoop elephant, Linux penguin and Tomcat um, cat. >> >> >> >> I¹d like to propose we do this in a way that allows the community to >> solicit ideas of for the mascot, then to vote on the final winner from a >> list of candidates. The idea is pretty simple: >> >> >> >> a) Put out a ³call for submissions² and ask community members >>[you] to >> reply with their thoughts on what ³Cloudy² should look like, and why. >>For >> example, a submission might say ³I would design Cloudy as two lightning >> bolts with a blue cloud behind them. This would represent the >>scalability >> and power of CloudStack to build real production clouds.² (Note that >>I¹ve >> been referring to the mascot as ³Cloudy², but if people have better >>ideas >> for the name, they could suggest that as well.) >> >> >> >> b) Have an independent designer read all the inputs, and create a >> series of cool design options based on the community input. >> >> >> >> c) Put up a website where everyone can vote on the best option. >>I¹d >> propose we do it as a tournament style bracket where the mascots face >>off >> against each other, with the winners moving on based on community votes >> until we have a final winner. >> >> >> >> I¹ve talked with the Citrix team about this. They agree with the goal >>and >> are very supportive of making sure CloudStack looks and feels like a >>true >> Apache project, not a commercial Citrix product. They have even >>volunteered >> to fund the designer and website (these would not be done by Citrix >> employees or have any Citrix branding they¹re only offering to fund >>them >> to help the goal of Apache CloudStack establishing its own identity and >> doing so in a fun, engaging way.) >> >> >> >> The final decision, of course, would need to be ratified by the PPMC, so >> after the community votes, we can take a vote in the PPMC to ratify >>their >> selection. Would be a simple up or down vote to accept the entry with >>the >> most votes. >> >> >> >> Proposed timeline: >> >> >> >> · ³Call for Submissions² to be sent out to cloudstack-dev as >>soon >> as the PPMC approves this proposal >> >> · Submissions would be due by the end of the month (April 30) >> >> · Give the independent designer a week to do the designs >> >> · Launch the voting website at the beginning of the following >>week >> (May 7) >> >> · Let the voting run for a couple of weeks, depending on how >>many >> options are in the brackets >> >> · After the voting is complete, put the winning mascot choice >>out >> to PPMC for up/down vote to ratify (mid-to-late May) >> >> >> >> Feels like this would be a fun and engaging way to begin establishing a >> unique identity for CloudStack that¹s clearly and visually independent >>from >> Citrix, and do it in a fun, engaging way that involves the broader >> community. Time is short, but if we keep to the above timeline, we could >> get the voting site up and running before the Citrix Synergy conference, >> which I think would be good for community optics. If folks like the >>general >> idea, we could call for a PPMC vote to move forward quickly. >> >> >> >> Peder > >Stratosec - Secure Infrastructure as a Service >o: 415.315.9385 >@johnlkinsella >
