I don't see that as a problem at all, typically designers will start with a
few ideas, get feedback from the client, then make the final. The vote could
identify the leading candidate, but then we would likely need to give some
final guidance to the designer which would need to be distilled from group
comments. We would also still need at one individual (/me takes one large
step back) to be the designer contact. They won't want to deal with a group.
But voting seems fine to me.
Roy


On 9/19/08 9/19/08 € 8:39 PM, "Kevin S. Clarke" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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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