A couple of ideas: - if we did modify the logo it would be fun to keep the shape and just show brazil in the space provided - I would be fine with adding a second logo such as a flag; rather then changing the existing one - can we use the brazil colors and leave the logo alone?
Fernando do you have a moment for IRC chat? I would like to include some information about the community in my workshop tomorrow. Jody On 18/11/2009, at 11:19 AM, Justin Deoliveira wrote: > Yeah, I believe the intent was to decorate it somehow. But I agree we start > walking a fine line as to what begins to compromise the logo. The flag idea > could work. An idea I had was to leave the logo as is and overlay a polygon > or outline representing Brazil onto it. Although given the logo that would > not work in all cases. > > Perhaps Rollie (CC'd) can chime in with some ideas. Perhaps the answer is no > changes to the logo period, and find other ways to make the site specific. > > > Andrea Aime wrote: >> Jody Garnett ha scritto: >>> Sounds like a bunch of good suggestions; I am at the geolibre >>> conference and scheduled for a workshop thursday (so the timing would >>> be good; even just to announce). >>> >>> Out of the list the only one that gives me pause is modification of >>> the logo. I like the idea of a geoserver website for brazil - but >>> not the idea of a geoserver brand for brazil. Would br.geoserver.org >>> website go to yellow/green rather then blue? >> Agreed, at least the logo should remain unchanged imho. >> Or maybe decorated somehow, for example by adding a small brazilian >> flag on top of it. >> The reasoning is that we had designers come up with the logo, and >> the branding in general, and the PSC voted a GSIP to apply those: >> http://geoserver.org/display/GEOS/GSIP+26+-+New+GeoServer+Branding >> The branding imposes not only logos but also colors and fonts. >> A GeoServer related site should not deviate from them imho, or >> we start diluting the GeoServer identity (e.g., brazilian people >> will start thinking the GeoServer logo is yellow and wonder >> why a different color set is used when exposed to the official site). >> Cheers >> Andrea > > -- > Justin Deoliveira > OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org > Enterprise support for open source geospatial. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Geoserver-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel
