I like the idea.  A real logo would be nice.  My one caveat is I'd
still like everyone who'd like to have a voice to have one (I like
voting).  I'd be less in favor of a committee of volunteers to make
the decision.  I don't know how that would work with a professional
graphic designer though.  Could they give us several options and open
it up to a vote?

Kevin



On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 11:29 PM, Roy Tennant <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I was in the middle of writing a blog post about Code4Lib going regional
> when it hit me -- here we have this incredibly successful brand and yet we
> lack a t-shirt. But I guess we lack a t-shirt because we lack a logo to put
> on it. The closest we get are the items that decorate our web site. Are we
> at the point where we're ready to establish an official graphic identity,
> that can grace our web site, journal, conference, etc.? I think so.
>
> So here's my proposal: we take some of the money that has been passed down
> from conference to conference and we hire a graphic designer to do a
> professional job of it. Branding is best not left to amateurs. We put
> together a committee of volunteers to handle it.
>
> I know of at least one design firm that I think would do a good job, since
> they just designed a t-shirt for OCLC that we really liked, and they were
> delighted to work with library coders. See
> <http://www.sanchezcircuit.com/catalog/>. There are no doubt others as well.
>
> One of the nice things about a logo is that although it establishes a solid
> graphic identity, it doesn't really take any organizational infrastructure
> to do it, which seems to fit right in with the c4l vibe. So am I crazy?
> Stupid? Or right? You decide.
> Roy
>



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