In case of a tie... Hm, how do we get the most publicity out of a tie... (cause that's the goal of all this) Maybe ask a prominent personality? Ask CERN or NASA to flip a coin for us? Have another contest round?
Anything that makes most sense from a marketing perspective, I guess. Sent from my iPhone On 2013/05/09, at 11:28, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > And if there is a tie? The PMC votes? > > Gary > > On May 8, 2013, at 22:21, Remko Popma <rem...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Okay, I guess we could filter out the turd icons before we ask people to >> choose... >> >> But after that we should accept their decision, or we might as well not ask >> in the first place. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 2013/05/09, at 11:06, Nick Williams <nicho...@nicholaswilliams.net> wrote: >> >>> Hah, that's funny, because that chaos is exactly why I DO think there >>> should be a veto power. :-P >>> >>> Nick >>> >>> On May 8, 2013, at 8:02 PM, Remko Popma wrote: >>> >>>> I should clarify that this TED talk is the reason I don't like the idea of >>>> a veto. >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> On 2013/05/09, at 10:00, Remko Popma <rem...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> One of the reddit founders did an interesting (and short) TED talk on >>>>> this. Search for "ted talk reddit mister splashy pants". >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>> On 2013/05/09, at 9:11, Nick Williams <nicho...@nicholaswilliams.net> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> 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
