Mikel and SWG don't have to take all this, I did it so flame me Jochen. Steve
stevecoast.com On Apr 30, 2011, at 9:04, Mikel Maron <[email protected]> wrote: > So tired of the bad attitude in OSM. Perhaps you're just trying to be funny > Jochen, but really, this makes me want to quit trying to do anything. > > From: Jochen Topf <[email protected]> > To: Martijn van Exel <[email protected]> > Cc: osm <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, April 30, 2011 10:53:46 AM > Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] New Logo in the Wiki > > On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 04:11:52PM +0200, Martijn van Exel wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 1:56 PM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer <[email protected] > > > wrote: > > > > > I noticed that there is a new OSM logo in the wiki. I find it strange > > > that important things like changing the well established logo of the > > > project are beeing changed without any discussion or notice on any of > > > the lists, or did I miss something? Or was the site hacked? > > > > > > > > I'd have to concur. Firstly, a new logo is not something you roll out on its > > own, it's part of a new 'corporate identity' and it's not something you just > > implement by accepting a pull request. Secondly, there's tons of derived > > products that are sitting there looking dated all of a sudden; not only > > national or sub-project web sites, also printed materials. It seems very > > amateurish to have different logo versions sitting around in different parts > > of the project. All in all I believe some advance notice would have been a > > good idea. Mind you, I'm not even talking about a community voting process - > > I'm not in favor of that in this case at all. > > Don't be so hard on the Strategic Working Group. After months of talks they > have actually done something! I think we should celebrate that! After dipping > their toes into many important subjects for the future of OSM they have chosen > the logo change as the most important strategic change and implemented it! I > am > glad OSM is not just a bunch of nerds any more, but that we now have a > strategy! Yeah! > > And I think having a logo that looks a bit skewed is a perfect fit for OSM. It > symbolizes the imperfect nature of OSM! > > Jochen > -- > Jochen Topf [email protected] http://www.remote.org/jochen/ +49-721-388298 > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
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