+1 On Tue Nov 25 2014 at 11:57:49 AM Stephen Connolly < stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote:
> +1 > > On 25 November 2014 at 10:57, Stephen Connolly < > stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > For anyone who has been living under a rock, here is the background > > > > Background > > ========= > > > > I think everyone can agree that the site needs a reorganisation and a > > rewrite. Users cannot find what they need, and the end result is that > > people keep on abusing maven rather than having maven help them. > > > > Try as I might, I have been unable to motivate myself to do the > > reorganisation with the current dated look and feel of the site... I am > not > > saying that picking a new logo and selecting a mascot will result in > making > > progress, but it can't hurt and I believe it will help > > > > Proposed changes > > =============== > > > > 1. Change the logo font to Alte Haas Grotesk Bold with italics applied by > > Inkscape > > 2. Change the highlighted letter from 'a' to 'v' and replace the v with > > two Apache Feathers > > 3. Adopt the (currently unnamed) owl as our mascot > > > > Here is a link to the font: > > > > http://www.dafont.com/alte-haas-grotesk.font > > > > Here is a large version of the owl and the logo: > > > > > > http://people.apache.org/~stephenc/maven-logo-contest/ > maven-owl-final-large.png > > > > A regular version of the own and the logo, e.g. a size suitable for use > in > > the top of the standard maven sites: > > > > http://people.apache.org/~stephenc/maven-logo-contest/ > maven-owl-final.png > > > > (Note that in all likelihood, the mascot would probably end up on the > > other side of the title bar from the logo... and that is IF the mascot > ends > > up on the title bar) > > > > Here is both of those rendered in a site (as it can be helpful to see the > > graphics adjacent to text) > > > > > > http://people.apache.org/~stephenc/maven-logo-contest/ > maven-owl-final-context.png > > > > > > Logo Rational > > =========== > > > > If we do some searches for the Maven logo: > > > > > > https://www.google.com/search?site=imghp&tbm=isch&q=maven+ > logo&oq=maven+logo > > > > > > http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=maven+logo&go=Submit&; > qs=n&form=QBLH&scope=images&pq=maven+logo > > > > Our current logo, with a single highlighted letter stands out quite well > > from the other "maven" logos, so keeping a highlighted letter and an > italic > > rendered font maintains continuity with our current logo. > > > > By changing the highlighted letter to the `v` and by using two Apache > > feathers to create the `v`, we connect our logo back to Apache... we are > > Apache Maven after all. > > > > The `v` is also the common short term for version (e.g.v3 is short for > > version 3). Apache Maven puts a lot of emphasis on versions of > dependencies > > and plugins... you could say that versions are very important to Maven. > > > > The colours of the feather were changed to solid colours to match the owl > > mascot's scarf, beak and eyebrows > > > > Voting rules > > ========= > > > > Anyone who is subscribed to the dev or users list is eligible to vote. > > > > If you vote multiple times, only your final vote will be counted. > > > > The vote will be open until 1:00pm GMT on Wed 3rd Dec 2014 > > > > The vote is for all three changes as one single change. Partial votes > > (e.g. for the logo but not the mascot, or vice-versa) will not be > counted. > > > > I, as the caller of the vote, reserve the right to cancel the vote if > this > > vote is putting the harmony of the community at risk. > > > > If a majority of the PMC believe that this vote is putting the harmony of > > the community at risk, then the PMC may cancel this vote (though if even > a > > small minority of the PMC were of that belief, I will more than likely > have > > cancelled the vote before the PMC would need to decide... I'm just > stating > > this FTR) > > > > The decision will be a simple majority, there will be no special veto > > powers. > > > > +1: [ ] Change the logo to the proposed logo and adopt the owl as project > > mascot > > 0: [ ] No opinion > > -1: [ ] No change > > > > Please only respond with +1, 0 or -1. If you want to discuss the proposed > > changes please use a different thread. This thread is for voting only. > > > > -Stephen > > >
