All,
The submissions are in and the final contestants are listed on the Logo Wiki at
http://wiki.apache.org/geronimo/LogoContest .
A few notes about the process and where we are.
Voting will continue through Monday, October 17th at 00:01 PT. This means
please vote by next Sunday. The results will be tabulated Monday morning and
the results sent to the PMC and the user and dev lists will be copied.
Also, all images are available for voting. That said, note that the PRC has
indicated that a headdress is not appropriate and as such voting for these
images has a low likelyhood of being approved. I believe everyone is aware of
the sensitivity of branding Native American images and the attention being paid
to that issue by colleges and professional sports teams. Regardless of your
position on that issue we can't ignore the fact that no matter what this is a
contentious issue. The ASF is about creating cool technology in Open Source and
not about poilitical rangling. As such, given the PRC's authority in branding
granted by the board one should respectfully consider their position on this
issue when casting your vote.
In addition, to provide a sense of guidance (albeit not binding) on interpreting
the images in light of the PRC guidelines the images have been grouped. The
first group on the page are images that appear to be in accordance with PRC
guidelines. The second group appear at the end of the page and include images
6, 7, 10, 11 and 17. These images either include a headdress (which the PRC has
disallowed or the image of a rider on a horse. Regardless of your personal
interpretation I expect someone somewhere will find that these images are
potentially offensive as they include the possible interpretation of a Native
American "on the war path." You may not agree with the grouping and if not
please feel free to vote for these images.
Finally, the ultimate decision on the Logo is the responsibility of the PMC.
The PMC will balance the community feedback and the PRC guidelines to select the
most appropriate image.
This issue can be devisive (heck, it IS devisive). When it is all said and done
the ultimate measure of Geronimo will not be its logo but it will be the
quality of the project's code and its adoption rate. I appeal to all to bear
this fact in mind and let's make Geronimo the best alternative out there. At
the end of the day that's what we're working for.
Vote away and may the best Logo Win !!!!!
- Matt
