Hey Maria,

I can testify :)

Cheers,
Max

On 23.04.20 20:49, María Cruz wrote:
> Hi everyone!
> It is amazing to see how this process developed to collaboratively
> create Apache Beam's mascot. Thank you to everyone who got involved! 
> I would like to write a blogpost for the Beam website, and I wanted to
> ask you: would anyone like to offer their testimony about the process of
> creating the Beam mascot, and what this means to you? Everyone's
> testimony is welcome! If you witnessed the development of a mascot for
> another open source project, even better =) 
> 
> Please feel free to express interest on this thread, and I'll reach out
> to you off-list. 
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> María
> 
> On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 6:19 AM Jeff Klukas <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
>     I personally like the sound of "Datum" as a name. I also like the
>     idea of not assigning them a gender.
> 
>     As a counterpoint on the naming side, one of the slide decks
>     provided while iterating on the design mentions:
> 
>     > Mascot can change colors when it is “full of data” or has a “batch
>     of data” to process.  Yellow is supercharged and ready to process!
> 
>     Based on that, I'd argue that the mascot maps to the concept of a
>     bundle in the beam execution model and we should consider a name
>     that's a play on "bundle" or perhaps a play on "checkpoint".
> 
>     On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 3:44 PM Julian Bruno <[email protected]
>     <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
>         Hi all,
> 
>         While working on the design of our Mascot
>         Some ideas showed up and I wish to share them.
>         In regard to Alex Van Boxel's question about the name of our Mascot.
>          
>         I was thinking about this yesterday night and feel it could be a
>         great idea to name the Mascot "*Data*" or "*Datum*". Both names
>         sound cute and make sense to me. I prefer the later. Datum means
>         a single piece of information. The Mascot is the first piece of
>         information and its job is to collect batches of data and
>         process it. Datum is in charge of linking information together.
> 
>         In addition, our Mascot should have no gender. Rendering it
>         accessible to all users. 
> 
>         Beam as a name for the mascot is pretty straight forward but I
>         think there are many things carrying that same name already.
> 
>         What do you think?
> 
>         Looking forward to hearing your feedback. Names are important
>         and I feel it can expand the personality and create a cool
>         background for our Mascot.
> 
>         Cheers!
> 
>         Julian 
> 
>         On Mon, Apr 13, 2020, 3:40 PM Kyle Weaver <[email protected]
>         <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
>             Beam Firefly is fine with me (I guess people tend to forget
>             mascot names anyway). But if anyone comes up with something
>             particularly cute/clever we can consider it.
> 
>             On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 6:33 PM Aizhamal Nurmamat kyzy
>             <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
>                 @Alex, Beam Firefly?
> 
>                 On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 10:57 PM Alex Van Boxel
>                 <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
>                     We forgot something....      
> 
>                     ...
> 
>                     ...
> 
>                     it/she/he needs a *name*!
> 
> 
>                      _/
>                     _/ Alex Van Boxel
> 
> 
>                     On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 6:19 AM Kenneth Knowles
>                     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
>                         Looking forward to the guide. I enjoy doing
>                         (bad) drawings as a way to relax. And I want
>                         them to be properly on brand :-)
> 
>                         Kenn
> 
>                         On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 10:35 AM Maximilian
>                         Michels <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>                         wrote:
> 
>                             Awesome. What a milestone! The mascot is a
>                             real eye catcher. Thank you
>                             Julian and Aizhamal for making it happen.
> 
>                             On 06.04.20 22:05, Aizhamal Nurmamat kyzy wrote:
>                             > I am happy to announce that this vote has
>                             passed, with 13 approving +1
>                             > votes, 5 of which are binding PMC votes.
>                             >
>                             > We have the final design for the Beam
>                             Firefly! Yahoo!
>                             >
>                             > Everyone have a great week!
>                             >
>                             >
>                             >
>                             > On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 9:57 AM David
>                             Morávek <[email protected]
>                             <mailto:[email protected]>
>                             > <mailto:[email protected]
>                             <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
>                             >
>                             >     +1 (non-binding)
>                             >
>                             >     On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 12:51 PM Reza
>                             Rokni <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>                             >     <mailto:[email protected]
>                             <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
>                             >
>                             >         +1(non-binding)
>                             >
>                             >         On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 5:24 PM
>                             Alexey Romanenko
>                             >         <[email protected]
>                             <mailto:[email protected]>
>                             <mailto:[email protected]
>                             <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
>                             >
>                             >             +1 (non-binding).
>                             >
>                             >             > On 3 Apr 2020, at 14:53,
>                             Maximilian Michels
>                             >             <[email protected]
>                             <mailto:[email protected]>
>                             <mailto:[email protected]
>                             <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
>                             >             >
>                             >             > +1 (binding)
>                             >             >
>                             >             > On 03.04.20 10:33, Jan
>                             Lukavský wrote:
>                             >             >> +1 (non-binding).
>                             >             >>
>                             >             >> On 4/2/20 9:24 PM, Austin
>                             Bennett wrote:
>                             >             >>> +1 (nonbinding)
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>> On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at
>                             12:10 PM Luke Cwik
>                             >             <[email protected]
>                             <mailto:[email protected]>
>                             <mailto:[email protected]
>                             <mailto:[email protected]>>
>                             >             >>> <mailto:[email protected]
>                             <mailto:[email protected]>
>                             <mailto:[email protected]
>                             <mailto:[email protected]>>>> wrote:
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>    +1 (binding)
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>    On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at
>                             11:54 AM Pablo Estrada
>                             >             <[email protected]
>                             <mailto:[email protected]>
>                             <mailto:[email protected]
>                             <mailto:[email protected]>>
>                             >             >>>   
>                             <mailto:[email protected]
>                             <mailto:[email protected]>
>                             >             <mailto:[email protected]
>                             <mailto:[email protected]>>>> wrote:
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>        +1! (binding)
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>        On Thu, Apr 2, 2020
>                             at 11:19 AM Alex Van Boxel
>                             >             >>>        <[email protected]
>                             <mailto:[email protected]>
>                             <mailto:[email protected]
>                             <mailto:[email protected]>>
>                             >             <mailto:[email protected]
>                             <mailto:[email protected]>
>                             <mailto:[email protected]
>                             <mailto:[email protected]>>>> wrote:
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>            Thanks for
>                             clearing this up Aizhamal.
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>            +1 (non binding)
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>            _/
>                             >             >>>            _/ Alex Van Boxel
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>            On Thu, Apr 2,
>                             2020 at 8:14 PM Aizhamal
>                             >             Nurmamat kyzy
>                             >             >>>           
>                             <[email protected]
>                             <mailto:[email protected]>
>                             >             <mailto:[email protected]
>                             <mailto:[email protected]>>
>                             <mailto:[email protected]
>                             <mailto:[email protected]>
>                             >             <mailto:[email protected]
>                             <mailto:[email protected]>>>> wrote:
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>                Good point,
>                             Alex. Actually Julian and I
>                             >             have talked
>                             >             >>>                about
>                             producing this kind of guide. It
>                             >             will be
>                             >             >>>                delivered
>                             as an additional contribution
>                             >             in the follow
>                             >             >>>                up. We
>                             think this will be a derivative of
>                             >             the original
>                             >             >>>                design, and
>                             be done after the original is
>                             >             officially
>                             >             >>>                accepted.
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>                With this
>                             vote, we want to accept the
>                             >             Firefly donation
>                             >             >>>                as designed
>                             [1], and let Julian produce other
>                             >             >>>                artifacts
>                             using the official Beam mascot
>                             >             later on.
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>                [1]
>                             >           
>                              
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zK8Cm8lwZ3ALVFpD1aY7TLCVNwlyTS3PXxTV2qQCAbk/edit?usp=sharing
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>                On Thu, Apr
>                             2, 2020 at 10:37 AM Alex Van
>                             >             Boxel
>                             >             >>>               
>                             <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>                             >             <mailto:[email protected]
>                             <mailto:[email protected]>>
>                             <mailto:[email protected]
>                             <mailto:[email protected]>
>                             >             <mailto:[email protected]
>                             <mailto:[email protected]>>>> wrote:
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>                    I don't
>                             want to be a spoiler... but
>                             >             this vote
>                             >             >>>                    feels
>                             like a final deliverable... but
>                             >             without a
>                             >             >>>                    style
>                             guide as Kenn originally
>                             >             suggested most of
>                             >             >>>                    use
>                             will not be able to adapt the
>                             >             design. This
>                             >             >>>                    would
>                             include:
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>                      *
>                             frontal view
>                             >             >>>                      *
>                             side view
>                             >             >>>                      *
>                             back view
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>                   
>                             actually different posses so we can
>                             >             mix and match.
>                             >             >>>                    Without
>                             this it will never reach the
>                             >             potential of
>                             >             >>>                    the Go
>                             gopher or gRPC Pancakes.
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>                    Note
>                             this is *not* a negative vote
>                             >             but I'm afraid
>                             >             >>>                    that
>                             the use without a guide will be
>                             >             fairly
>                             >             >>>                    limited
>                             as most of use are not
>                             >             designers. Just a
>                             >             >>>                    concern.
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>                     _/
>                             >             >>>                    _/ Alex
>                             Van Boxel
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>                    On Thu,
>                             Apr 2, 2020 at 7:27 PM Andrew
>                             >             Pilloud
>                             >             >>>                   
>                             <[email protected]
>                             <mailto:[email protected]>
>                             >             <mailto:[email protected]
>                             <mailto:[email protected]>>
>                             <mailto:[email protected]
>                             <mailto:[email protected]>
>                             >             <mailto:[email protected]
>                             <mailto:[email protected]>>>>
>                             >             >>>                    wrote:
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>                        +1,
>                             Accept the donation of the
>                             >             Firefly design
>                             >             >>>                        as
>                             Beam Mascot
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>                        On
>                             Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 10:19 AM
>                             >             Julian Bruno
>                             >             >>>                       
>                             <[email protected]
>                             <mailto:[email protected]>
>                             >             <mailto:[email protected]
>                             <mailto:[email protected]>>
>                             >             >>>                       
>                             <mailto:[email protected]
>                             <mailto:[email protected]>
>                             >             <mailto:[email protected]
>                             <mailto:[email protected]>>>> wrote:
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>                           
>                             Hello Apache Beam Community,
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>                           
>                             Please vote on the acceptance
>                             >             of the final
>                             >             >>>                           
>                             design of the Firefly as
>                             >             Beam's mascot
>                             >             >>>                           
>                             [1]. Please share your input
>                             >             no later than
>                             >             >>>                           
>                             Monday, April 6, at noon
>                             >             Pacific Time.
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>                           
>                             [ ] +1, Accept the donation
>                             >             of the Firefly
>                             >             >>>                           
>                             design as Beam Mascot
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>                           
>                             [ ] -1, Decline the donation
>                             >             of the
>                             >             >>>                           
>                             Firefly design as Beam Mascot
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>                           
>                             Vote is adopted by at least 3
>                             >             PMC +1
>                             >             >>>                           
>                             approval votes, with no PMC
>                             >             -1 disapproval
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>                           
>                             votes. Non-PMC votes are
>                             >             still encouraged.
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>                           
>                             PMC voters, please help by
>                             >             indicating your
>                             >             >>>                           
>                             vote as "(binding)"
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>                           
>                             The vote and input phase will
>                             >             be open
>                             >             >>>                           
>                             until Monday, April 6, at 12
>                             >             pm Pacific Time.
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>                           
>                             Thank you very much for your
>                             >             feedback and
>                             >             >>>                           
>                             ideas,
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>                           
>                             Julian
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>                            [1]
>                             >             >>>                           
>                             >           
>                              
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zK8Cm8lwZ3ALVFpD1aY7TLCVNwlyTS3PXxTV2qQCAbk/edit?usp=sharing
>  
>                             >
>                             >             >>>
>                             >             >>>                            --
>                             >             >>>                           
>                             Julian Bruno // Visual Artist
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>                             >             >>>                           
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>                             >             >>>                           
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>                             >             <tel:(510)%20367-0551>
>                             <tel:(510)%20367-0551> /
>                             >             >>>                           
>                             SF Bay Area, CA
>                             >             >>>                           
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