Agreed. Collect votes from as many sources as possible. I DO think the PMC and/or key devs should be able to veto, however ... just in case.
Nick On May 8, 2013, at 6:57 PM, Gary Gregory wrote: > We can mail to the dev and user list (and pmc too), and use social media. We > can also update the log4j 2 beta web site with the announcement. > > Gary > > On May 8, 2013, at 19:34, Remko Popma <rem...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Christian, >> >> That is a great idea! >> Not just to get a nice new logo, but also (more important imho) to attract >> attention to the new 2.0 version. Marketing yay! >> >> How do you want to do this? >> Do we pick from the submissions, or do we have a second round where people >> vote for their favorite? >> >> I would like the second one. Not that I don't have great taste (haha - >> that's my wife laughing, I was serious), but it is a chance to get even more >> people involved and thus attract even more attention. >> >> -Remko >> >> From: Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> >> To: Log4J Developers List <log4j-dev@logging.apache.org> >> Sent: Thursday, May 9, 2013 6:10 AM >> Subject: Re: Logo contest? >> >> For some reason I picture two guys with their arms outstretched standing on >> a spinning log in a body of water.... ;-) >> >> Hopefully, most of you will understand that. Probably not - In the >> northwest U.S. they have lumberjack contests where the guy who can stay on >> the log longest wins. >> >> Ralph >> >> On May 8, 2013, at 2:02 PM, Christian Grobmeier wrote: >> >> > I am sorry to say that I never liked the log4j logo. I always found it >> > 100% ugly. >> > Recently somebody else said, he doesn't know what a green cup has to >> > do with logging. I agree with him. >> > >> > Now the log4j 1.x logo is a green cup. No doubt about it. >> > >> > But log4j 2.x is different. In my opinion we should get the word out >> > and have some kind of logo contest. I am willing to assist and lead, >> > once the current discussion on other places calm down. >> > >> > My hope is, we would release the first stable version of log4j 2.x >> > with a new logo. We are a fresh team, we have a new atmosphere and >> > log4j 2.x is somewhat great. I believe we simply need a logo which >> > expresses all that. >> > >> > Any thoughts around this? >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-dev-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org >> > For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-dev-h...@logging.apache.org >> > >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-dev-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-dev-h...@logging.apache.org >> >>
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