Thanks a lot! Very good design of shaheed minar. Good idea from the top angel. But it actually repre
The big one represent the mother (as a country or language who is sad as her child died for language) and the four other represent the persons (people who died for language) So changing that into a book might difficult. But if you can have any better idea that would be nice. For example the basement of the monument can be made our of book I think. With Best Regards, Khan Md. Anwarus Salam On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 8:39 AM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Robin Fowler <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Rob, looks like you're seeing more than was intended :) > > > > OK. You got me. I was staring at it for quite a while before I saw > the shelf of books ;-) But look at the two pillars with the angle at > the top. They are almost like two books on a shelf, with the open end > facing the viewer. > > > I should have made more clear that the second logo is of the Shaheed > Minar*, a monument that was built in remembrance of those who lost their > lives in the Bengali Language Movement. This has a stronger connection to > the IMLD than just a book. > > > > So far I can't think of a decent way to combine the monument with the > theme ('The Book'). Maybe someone has an idea…? > > > > One option is to keep it as the monument and we can speak to the book > theme in the blog post. That way we can also reuse the same logo in > future years. > > -Rob > > > > * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaheed_Minar,_Dhaka > > > > Robin > > > > > > On 10 Feb 2013, at 15:53, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> It took me a while to see this, but your new logo is a "multistable" > [1] image where it can look like an urban skyline, or a set of books > sitting on a shelf, depending on how you look it. > >> > >> But I wonder if the casual viewer would notice this? > >> > >> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubin_vase > >> > >> -Rob > >> > >> On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Robin Fowler <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Here is my second concept: > >> > >> > >> > >> This would be to replace the normal logo. I'll make a slim version of > this so we could use it as a horizontal banner instead. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Robin > >> > >> On 9 Feb 2013, at 15:55, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 6:05 AM, Robin Fowler <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> Just realised i sent this to the wrong address.. > >>> > >>> > >>> I like the approach here, Robin. > >>> > >>> I'm looking now at the homepage: http://www.openoffice.org/ > >>> > >>> We have two primary places where it could fit: > >>> > >>> 1) Replacement for the logo in the upper left. Your current graphic > could work well there. > >>> > >>> 2) A horizontal logo that we can place where we currently have > "Volunteers wanted in all areas — Help us make 4.0 the best OpenOffice > ever!" > >>> > >>> In either case I think the string "International Mother Language Day" > should be used. That might be a good argument for the horizontal approach > since then you would not need to have "Apache OpenOffice" as well. We'd > keep the original logo in the upper left, and then have the special logo in > the center, perhaps linked to a blog post on the subject. If we did that > we'd probably also want a visual hint that suggest the image is a clickable > button. > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> > >>> -Rob > >>> > >>> > >>> Begin forwarded message: > >>> > >>>> From: Robin Fowler <[email protected]> > >>>> Subject: [Proposal] IMLD - AOO Logo > >>>> Date: 8 February 2013 21:23:07 GMT > >>>> To: Khan Md. Anwarus Salam <[email protected]> > >>>> > >>>> Ok here's a proposal. Any feedback is welcome and I'm happy to make > changes or try other concepts. I might try another concept with the Shaheed > Minar to make a stronger connection to IMLD. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Question: Would it be worth having the words "International Mother > Language Day" in there? Or would the logo act as a link to more information > (like it's often done on Google)? > >>>> > >>>> Kind Regards, > >>>> Robin > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On 5 Feb 2013, at 12:08, Khan Md. Anwarus Salam <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Hello Everyone, > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks a lot for your comment and supports. > >>>>> > >>>>> My comments follows.. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> With Best Regards, > >>>>> Khan Md. Anwarus Salam > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 4:06 AM, Robin Fowler < > [email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> > I would be happy to work on a banner. > >>>>> > > >>>>> > >>>>> Hi Robin, that would be great! As you probably heard, the theme of > >>>>> IMLD this year is "the book". I noticed you were making book-like > >>>>> images in your logo explorations, with the birds. So this might be a > >>>>> place where that idea (or another) could be elaborated on. > >>>>> > >>>>> Some quick notes on where we might use a special graphic for IMLD: > >>>>> > >>>>> 1. On the website, in the upper left, as a topical replacement for > >>>>> the main logo. We did this during the recent holidays, for example: > >>>>> > >>>>> http://www.openoffice.org/images/AOO_logos/christmas-logo.png > >>>>> > >>>>> 2. Or we could do a horizontal banner, where the "volunteers wanted" > >>>>> link is today on the website. > >>>>> > >>>>> 3. Or we could have a square graphic (or close to square) on the top > >>>>> of the right column of the homepage, above the news stories. > >>>>> > >>>>> If you need it, the hires version of the current logo is here: > >>>>> http://www.openoffice.org/images/AOO_logos/AOO-logo-hires.jpg. > >>>>> > >>>>> Regards, > >>>>> > >>>>> -Rob > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > Regards, > >>>>> > Robin > >>>>> > > >>>>> > On 31 Jan 2013, at 05:23, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> > > >>>>> >> On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 5:32 PM, Khan Md. Anwarus Salam > >>>>> >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> >>> Hello Rob, > >>>>> >>> > >>>>> >>> Thanks a lot for your quick detailed directions. > >>>>> >>> > >>>>> >>> I totally agree with your opinion that International Mother > Language Day, > >>>>> >>> is a very sympathetic idea and it share several goals with > OpenOffice for > >>>>> >>> promoting mother languages. > >>>>> >>> > >>>>> >>> Thanks a lot for your suggestions. I would love to contribute to > realize > >>>>> >>> all of these. Here I send my questions about your suggestions. > >>>>> >>> > >>>>> >>> 1) Banner Design: > >>>>> >>> For making IMLD banner for OpenOffice website is there any > volunteer > >>>>> >>> interested to contribute? How the tasks normally get distributed > in this > >>>>> >>> community? > >>>>> >>> > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> We certainly have some volunteers with skills in graphic design. > Do > >>>>> >> you have a logo for IMLD already? Or some graphical concept that > we > >>>>> >> could use? You say the theme this year is "the book". That > could be > >>>>> >> another source of ideas. > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> Tasks are claimed by volunteers who are interested in doing them. > So > >>>>> >> once we have a list of proposed tasks we put them on a wiki and > call > >>>>> >> for volunteers to sign up. > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> > >>>>> So far no Logo for IMLD yet. so the designer is free . > >>>>> As I am new in this community, I need someones help to point me out > the resources or the wikis of this community. > >>>>> > >>>>> >>> 2) Blog Post: > >>>>> >>> I can write the blog, but please let me know whether it is also > possible to > >>>>> >>> write the blog in different languages. For example, we can > prepare a draft > >>>>> >>> blog in English and other language bloggers can translate that > into their > >>>>> >>> own language. That would be a very nice way to pass the message. > >>>>> >>> > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> Yes, we can do this. We did something like this in our most > recent > >>>>> >> blog post here: > >>>>> >> > https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/apache_openoffice_now_available_in > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> I'd like to help with the blog post as well. > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> > >>>>> Thanks a lot for helping in the blog. Can you please tell me how to > sign up for the bloggin account. I got error here: > >>>>> > >>>>> https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/getinvolved.html > >>>>> > >>>>> >>> 3) Speakers in IMLD event: > >>>>> >>> That is a very good idea. In fact we are organizing a big IMLD > event in > >>>>> >>> Tokyo: http://internationalmotherlanguageday.com/uec/ > >>>>> >>> > >>>>> >>> Can you please recommend any speaker in Tokyo? > >>>>> >>> > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> We do have a volunteer, Hirano-san, in Japan, but he is in Iwate > >>>>> >> Prefecture, not Tokyo. > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >>> If anyone can > >>>>> >>> > >>>>> I am the convener of the event. I was wondering if no one else can, > whether I should wear the hat and present openffice in the event? Any > thoughts? > >>>>> >>> 3/A.Press Release: I can prepare the message of press release. > But I do not > >>>>> >>> know how to send it to every news media. Can you please suggest > anyone who > >>>>> >>> have experience on this? > >>>>> >>> > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> We can distribute broadly via our blog and website, and our large > >>>>> >> mailing list of users. Also, Facebook, Twitter and Google+. But > we > >>>>> >> do not have a subscription to a new release service. However a > more > >>>>> >> targeted approach might work well here, where we approach specific > >>>>> >> journalists directly, ones we know cover this area, > >>>>> >> > >>>>> Please let me know whom to contact with the final press release? > >>>>> >>> 4) Video Message: > >>>>> >>> > >>>>> >>> I am now interviewing many international students and teachers > in Tokyo for > >>>>> >>> our IMLD event. > >>>>> >>> We will also release that in our website: > >>>>> >>> www.internationalmotherlanguageday.com > >>>>> >>> > >>>>> >>> In the video we will explain about the importance of IMLD and > history etc. > >>>>> >>> I think this video project can be a joint effort with OpenOffice > and we can > >>>>> >>> request the community to send us their video with self interview. > >>>>> >>> Here I send our current IMLD Video Interview questions. > >>>>> >>> > >>>>> >>> 1. Please introduce yourself > >>>>> >>> 2. Tell me something interesting in your language. > >>>>> >>> Funny phrase, sayings? > >>>>> >>> 3.Many Japanese hate English what about you? > >>>>> >>> 4. What is your story with English? eg. History of the learning. > (hated at > >>>>> >>> the beginning? Started liking it?) > >>>>> >>> > >>>>> >>> 5.What other languages you can speak? > >>>>> >>> And why you learned those languages? > >>>>> >>> 6. How can you preserve your language? > >>>>> >>> 7. What is your dream? > >>>>> >>> 8. What do you think about IMLD? > >>>>> >>> 9. Happy IMLD in your language > >>>>> >>> 10. What is your mother language and why you love it? > >>>>> >>> > >>>>> >>> 11. Can you tell us the history behind IMLD in your > language?Please let me > >>>>> >>> know if you have any suggestions to add any more questions to > make it more > >>>>> >>> relevant with OpenOffice. > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> IMLD is only 3 weeks away. Ideally we would have the blog post > and > >>>>> >> materials on the website 3 or 4 days before February 21st, to give > >>>>> >> time for journalists to pickup the story. No one wants to write a > >>>>> >> story about "Two days ago was International Mother Language Day". > >>>>> >> They want to write "Today is..." or "Tomorrow is...". So there > is > >>>>> >> not a lot of time remaining. > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> > >>>>> I agree. Is it possible to send the video making request to the > OpenOffice Community by next week? We can make an announcement by making > web event like I am doing for Japan Universities: > https://www.facebook.com/events/133253840175366/ > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> >>> 5) IMLD theme: > >>>>> >>> The theme for International Mother Language Day 2013, promoted > by UNESCO, > >>>>> >>> is *"The Book"*. > >>>>> >>> > >>>>> >>> We can make some good OpenOffice slogan for using in the banner. > For > >>>>> >>> example: > >>>>> >>> a. Love your language and use OpenOffice in your mother language. > >>>>> >>> b. Any other ideas to adapt our message to that theme? > >>>>> >>> > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> "The Book" certainly can give direction to a logo design. > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> I'd like to hear if anyone else on the mailing list has other > >>>>> >> suggestions for a slogan. I can't think of a good one right now. > But > >>>>> >> I think the general story could be this: A language can exist > purely > >>>>> >> as a spoken language. This has occurred since the earliest times. > >>>>> >> But a literate language, once that can be recorded and > distributed and > >>>>> >> past on through time, is critical part of a culture, and in the > form > >>>>> >> of books and documents, allow individuals and communities to > project > >>>>> >> their smaller voices to a broader audience. Today, in the 21st > >>>>> >> century, the computer has taken over for the pen in many cases. > But > >>>>> >> where any pen can be used to write any language, not every > computer > >>>>> >> can write every language. Unless a computer is taught to support > a > >>>>> >> language, with fonts, with software, with spell checkers, etc., > then > >>>>> >> people are locked out of the means to express themselves > digitally in > >>>>> >> their mother tongue. Commercial software, focused on the highest > >>>>> >> returns on investment, often targets the officially-sanctioned > >>>>> >> languages in industrialized nations, and neglects minority, > regional > >>>>> >> and endangered languages, as not commercially relevant. This is > where > >>>>> >> open source software, and projects like Apache OpenOffice, can > help. > >>>>> >> Since we are a volunteer-led non-profit charity, we are not > concerned > >>>>> >> merely with profit. We're concerned with doing good, the social > >>>>> >> return on our labors. > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> Regards, > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> -Rob > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >> > >>>>> >>> Thanks a lot and I am looking forward for your directions. > >>>>> >>> > >>>>> >>> > >>>>> >>> With Best Regards, > >>>>> >>> Khan Md. Anwarus Salam > >>>>> >>> > >>>>> >>> > >>>>> >>> On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 11:29 PM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>>> >>> > >>>>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 2:42 AM, Khan Md. Anwarus Salam > >>>>> >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> >>>>> Hello, > >>>>> >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> This is Khan, Convener of International Mother Language Day > >>>>> >>>>> Celebration. I am new in OpenOffice Community but I would like > to take > >>>>> >>>> the > >>>>> >>>>> leadership for celebrating IMLD together with OpenOffice. > Please let me > >>>>> >>>>> know who can help me and how for this purpose. > >>>>> >>>>> > >>>>> >>>> > >>>>> >>>> Hello Khan, > >>>>> >>>> > >>>>> >>>> Thank you for writing to us. We are the Apache OpenOffice > project. > >>>>> >>>> We are a volunteer-led open source project and we maintain and > publish > >>>>> >>>> free office suite software called Apache OpenOffice. We are > part of > >>>>> >>>> the Apache Software Foundation, a public charity with the > mission to > >>>>> >>>> publish free software for anyone to use. > >>>>> >>>> > >>>>> >>>> OpenOffice has existed since 2000 and over 100 million users > have > >>>>> >>>> installed our software. We are one of the most popular and > familiar > >>>>> >>>> open source products. > >>>>> >>>> > >>>>> >>>> We describe the "Public Service Mission" of OpenOffice on our > website > >>>>> >>>> here: http://openoffice.apache.org/mission.html > >>>>> >>>> > >>>>> >>>> As you can see, we aim for cultural and linguistic diversity. > This > >>>>> >>>> includes the support of regional and minority languages that > >>>>> >>>> commercial software vendors often neglect. As an all-volunteer > >>>>> >>>> project we are not constrained by what is "profitable" in a > commercial > >>>>> >>>> sense. Our only limit is the enthusiasm of our volunteers. > >>>>> >>>> > >>>>> >>>> When I heard about International Mother Language Day, I thought > that > >>>>> >>>> this was a very sympathetic idea and that we shared several > goals and > >>>>> >>>> a similar outlook on the importance of promoting mother > languages. > >>>>> >>>> > >>>>> >>>> So what could we do in OpenOffice to support IMLD? Some things > that > >>>>> >>>> we can do include: > >>>>> >>>> > >>>>> >>>> 1) Use our project's outreach via our website and social media, > to > >>>>> >>>> promote IMLD. Our website receives millions of visits each > week. We > >>>>> >>>> could, for example, put an IMLD banner on our website during > the week > >>>>> >>>> of IMLD. > >>>>> >>>> > >>>>> >>>> 2) We could do a blog post on our blog to talk about IMLD 2013, > and > >>>>> >>>> the importance for open source software to offer wide support > for > >>>>> >>>> regional and minority languages. > >>>>> >>>> > >>>>> >>>> 3) Depending on location, we might be able to provide a speaker > at an > >>>>> >>>> IMLD event. Or we could provide quote for a press release. > >>>>> >>>> > >>>>> >>>> 4) We could interview an expert involved in IMLD about the > event and > >>>>> >>>> the intersection of these concerns and software. > >>>>> >>>> > >>>>> >>>> These are just some ideas, brainstorming. Perhaps you have > some other > >>>>> >>>> thoughts. > >>>>> >>>> > >>>>> >>>> Finally, one thing I noticed is that past IMLD's had a theme. > It > >>>>> >>>> would be good to know what the theme will be in 2013, so we can > adapt > >>>>> >>>> our message to that theme. > >>>>> >>>> > >>>>> >>>> I am looking forward to your reply. > >>>>> >>>> > >>>>> >>>> Regards, > >>>>> >>>> > >>>>> >>>> -Rob Weir, Apache OpenOffice Project Management Committee > >>>>> >>>> > >>>>> >>>> > >>>>> >>>>> With Best Regards, > >>>>> >>>>> Khan Md. Anwarus Salam > >>>>> >>>>> Convener > >>>>> >>>>> International Mother Language Day Celebration in Japan > >>>>> >>>>> http://www.internationalmotherlanguageday.com/ > >>>>> >>>>> Phone: +81-8041803667 > >>>>> >>>>> Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/motherlanguageday > >>>>> >>>> > >>>>> >> > >>>>> > > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > >
