Shotgun ... we dont need a reason for a name and it is funny to use the name 
that came up in the design discussion due to a visual hole in the owl's belly 
;-)

Ron Wheeler wrote on 03.12.2014 09:01:

> Some nicknames
> Boo - since we started with a muti-cultural theme "hibou" is French for 
> owl (Couche Tard is a chain that owns or operates 11,000 convenience 
> stores that has an owl as its symbolso we had better not mess with their 
> names)
> Ty (short for Tyton)- the family name for barn owls is Tytonidae - 
> sounds like Titan (second order of divine beings noted for size and 
> strength but got overthrown by their own children - the Olymians)
> Rap - the owl is a nocturnal raptor - "Maven Rapper"
> 
> Ron
> 
> On 03/12/2014 10:53 AM, Stephen Connolly wrote:
>> Vote threads:
>>
>> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/maven-users/201411.mbox/%3CCA%2BnPnMw%2Bn6KLx2Zg0R-d2_iWCyVYfKVYfGEzk7XGt08fU%3D0tMg%40mail.gmail.com%3E
>>
>> and
>>
>> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/maven-dev/201411.mbox/%3CCA+nPnMw+n6KLx2Zg0R-d2_iWCyVYfKVYfGEzk7XGt08fU=0...@mail.gmail.com%3E
>>
>> Results:
>>
>> +1: Stephen Connolly (pmc), Arnaud Héritier (pmc), James Green, Thorsten
>> Heit, Raphael Ackermann, Dominik Bartholdi (committer), Maxim Solodovnik,
>> Andreas Gudian (committer), Paul Benedict, Alexandre Bretet, Mark Struberg
>> (pmc), Dan Rollo, Kristian Rosenvold (pmc), Karl Heinz Marbaise (pmc), Tony
>> Jewell, Emilio Lopez, Hilton Wichwski Silva, Daniel Kulp (pmc), Anders
>> Hammar (committer), Mirko Friedenhagen (committer), Olivier Lamy (pmc),
>> Stephane Nicoll (pmc), David Hoffer, Dennis Lundberg (pmc), Baptiste
>> Mathus, Hervé Boutemy (pmc), Eric Barboni
>> -1: Stephan Krull, Ralph Goers(pmc), Michale Osipov (committer)
>>
>> Total poll: 30 votes
>> +1: 27 votes
>> -1: 3 votes
>>
>> On the basis of a simple majority this proposal passes
>>
>> Thank you everyone for contributing your opinion. The next thing is to
>> decide if we want to give our mascot a nickname and if so what would that
>> nickname be.
>>
>> I will commit the artwork to source control later today.
>>
>> -Stephen
>>
>> P.S. if you voted and I mis-spelled your name or provided an incorrect
>> association with the project, please accept my sincere apologies.
>>
> 
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