The results of the second logo vote are in[1], and Professional Option 1 was
the winner:

We accept Stephanie Brinley's kind offer, request a few different ideas,
vote on those ideas to settle on one, and the final version is created from
the winning idea.

The results were:

75     Professional Option 1
67     Combo Option
23     Professional Option 2

I think at this point it would be good to get some volunteers to help
shepherd the process. This is just to keep the process on track, all
decisions will be made, as always, by group vote. If you want to volunteer
to help out, let me know.

Also, Leslie Johnston said at one point "The key to working with a
professional is in identifying the design "program" ‹ what the
organization's "story" is, who its community is, and who you want to get
your message to with the branding, as well as identifying what uses the logo
will be used for ‹ print, promotional items (t-shirts, hats, temporary
tatoos, whatever), online ‹ which has on effect on the deliverables, e.g.
file sizes and formats." David Cloutman also talked about developing a
"requirements document" that could be vetted on the list. I'd like to
suggest that those who volunteer to manage the process draft something of no
more than one page in length to give to Stephanie to help provide her with
some background and guidance. We will then post it to the list for wider
feedback, revise it based on that feedback, and then contact Stephanie.

Please let me know if you want to help with this. Thanks,
Roy


[1] http://dilettantes.code4lib.org/voting_booth/election/results/6


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From: Roy Tennant <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:53:07 -0700
To: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Logo vote

The logo voting seems to have died down at 109 votes cast, and it breaks
down like this (you can see these results at
<http://www.micropoll.com/akira/mpresult/479444-107406>):

No logo: 8%
Do it ourselves: 8%
Combo of professional designer and ourselves: 26%
Don't care: 27%
Professional designer: 31%

Since there was no clear majority, I think we should have a run-off between
the "combo" option and only a professional designer.

But I think the options should be more clearly stated than they were before
(sorry!):

Combo Option:
One person would receive all the designs from both internal designers and
any professional designers willing to submit designs for free, and they are
put up for a vote without anyone knowing who did which design.

Professional Option 1:
We accept Stephanie Brinley's kind offer, request a few different ideas,
vote on those ideas to settle on one, and the final version is created from
the winning idea.

Professional Option 2:
Hire a different professional designer (to be determined) from whom we
solicit a few different ideas, vote on the ideas, and the final version is
created from the winning idea.

Yes, consensus is tedious. Competing ideas, objections, embellishments
welcome. Otherwise, I'll set up another vote on the three options above and
the one with the most votes takes it.
Roy



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