I have a pin with the old feather. It's been on my winter coat for years, and lots of people ask about it, FWIW.
D > On Jun 21, 2016, at 10:40 AM, Melissa Warnkin <missywarn...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > What a great conversation starter then! If people are intrigued, they will > ask you what's up with the feather...boom, instant conversation! LOL > > From: Paul Benedict <pbened...@apache.org> > To: ML Apache Members <memb...@apache.org> > Cc: dev@community.apache.org > Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2016 12:24 PM > Subject: Re: Lapel pins for the community > > This pin is very nice looking. Wow. I am definitely going to get some!! > > PS: While I understand the feather logo, I am not sure the general public > (even my immediate family) will be able to recognize what it represents. I > can imagine many people asking what does that mean? If you ever spend more > time designing others, can you please consider branding "The Apache > Software Foundation" somewhere? Either to the sides, multiple lines, etc. > -- whatever you see fit in your artistic discretion. > > Again, great hobby, great art, and thank you for your efforts. > > Cheers, > Paul > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 10:27 AM, Hadrian Zbarcea <hzbar...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi Daniel, > > > > There are a few things I like about your initiative, that's awesome. I > > like the blockchain like 'proof of work' for signing your key :). > > > > Forwarded to members@ per your request. (Sorry for cross-post) > > > > Cheers, > > Hadrian > > > > On 06/20/2016 10:40 AM, Daniel Ruggeri wrote: > > > >> Hi, all; > >> One of my "eccentricities" is that I love to collect really cool lapel > >> pins to wear on my cap. As many have heard during the lightning talks at > >> ACNA, I also love this community. As I contemplated these two loves of > >> mine (because we all do that, right?) I thought... why not combine them? > >> So I did! ... and I want to share the results with the community. > >> > >> I worked with a lapel pin manufacturer to design and make 200 screen > >> printed, silver colored, brass lapel pins [1]. They are .75 inches tall > >> and feature the new Apache feather. The lapel pins are covered in a > >> coating to help protect the gradient goodness. Each comes in a totally > >> uninteresting little plastic bag. > >> > >> The cool part is... you can have one! Just send me a self addressed, > >> postage paid envelope. Since I live in the USA, be sure postage is > >> proper for USPS or your international parcel carrier can be dropped in > >> standard mail and make to back to you. For lack of a better way to > >> protect my personal address, you can grab it from SVN in the comdev > >> private committer tree [2] (stashed away in a comment toward the > >> bottom). I will keep the link updated with the general number of > >> remaining pins as I go minus a small reserve so envelops have time to > >> get to me. > >> > >> FWIW, my cost for the lapel pins was $1.67 USD each. You are certainly > >> welcome to stuff your envelope with something to offset costs/time like > >> other cool lapel pins, money, tech stickers, an autographed photo, a > >> comic strip from your local paper, a half eaten piece of bread... or > >> don't. Whatever - it's about the community, not me. My only requirement > >> is the self addressed postage paid envelope to keep it easy for me to > >> drop it back in the mail. > >> > >> If this becomes very popular, I will work with Melissa to make it > >> something official and sustainable, but for now it's just me so I > >> appreciate patience if it takes me a little extra time to get your pin > >> out in the mail. Also, I understand that folks may be concerned about > >> privacy. I can assure you I am not interested in keeping or cataloguing > >> your meatspace address. As a geek, your private key or write access to > >> your browser's trust store is more interesting :-) > >> > >> > >> P.S. > >> Can someone please forward this over to members@ since I'm unable to > >> send there? > >> > >> P.P.S. > >> I've signed this message with my pgp key. If a meatspace transaction for > >> lapel pins verifying my name/physical address is enough for you, please > >> consider signing my key when you receive your pin so we can keep growing > >> our web of trust. > >> > >> > >> [1] > >> http://bitnebula.com/tmp/pin.jpg< > >> http://bitnebula.com/tmp/20160613_185012.jpg> > >> [2] https://svn.apache.org/repos/private/committers/info/druggeri.rdf > >> > >> > >
