[Eg-oversight-board] Swag!

[Stephen G. Wills]

Is the offiial art in git somewhere?  I can pass it by someone here if it will help.  Is might be usefull to document the team colors :-)    The is not something that should block swag, however.

Lori Bowen Ayre <lori.ayre at galecia.com> wrote:

>I don't think there was any issue with the color. We don't really have any
>"design" people on the web team so I don't think they would be the ones to
>ask.  Probably okay to stick with your design folks at PINES.
>
>Lori
>
>
>On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 10:02 AM, McKinney, Elizabeth <
>emckinney at georgialibraries.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> I agree with Dan on being hesitant to change the logo.  However, I seem to
>> remember the green color being difficult to work with. Lori, do you think
>> the website team would want to tweak the green a bit before we proceed?
>>
>> Hurray for swag!
>>
>> Elizabeth McKinney
>> PINES Program Director
>> Georgia Public Library Service
>> A Unit of the University System of Georgia
>> 1800 Century Place, Suite 150
>> Atlanta GA 30345
>> 404.235.7141
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>> http://www.georgialibraries.org/
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>>
>>
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>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Lori Bowen Ayre" <lori.ayre at galecia.com>
>> To: "Rogan Hamby" <rogan.hamby at gmail.com>
>> Cc: eg-oversight-board at list.evergreen-ils.org, evergreen at sfconservancy.org
>> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 12:48:31 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Eg-oversight-board] Swag!
>>
>>
>> If no interest in changing the logo in any way, fine by me. Go forward
>> with swag!
>>
>>
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>> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 7:00 AM, Rogan Hamby < rogan.hamby at gmail.com >
>> wrote:
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>>
>> My recollection (and again no citation) is vague but I think the
>> discussion centered around merchandising opportunities.
>>
>> My opinion is that if you change a logo just to change it ... well,
>> you dilute it's purpose. Unless someone came up with an amazing
>> design that had huge advantages I don't think it would be worthwhile.
>> With that said, if someone was really passionate about this I'd let
>> them come up with proposals and consider them (even if my gut feeling
>> is that it's a waste of time and the odds of my being proven wrong on
>> this are slim). But, it doesn't seem that anyone is passionate.
>> We're groping around for the resources. We seem to be doing it
>> because once upon a time it was discussed. I've been happy to let the
>> conversation lapse into non-existence and would be glad to do so
>> again.
>>
>>
>>
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>> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 9:49 AM, Corridan, Jim (ICPR)
>> < jcorridan at icpr.in.gov > wrote:
>> > I would tend to agree with Dan.
>> >
>> > Jim
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Dan Scott [mailto: dan at coffeecode.net ]
>> > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 9:49 AM
>> > To: Kathy Lussier
>> > Cc: Lori Bowen Ayre; Galen Charlton;
>> eg-oversight-board at list.evergreen-ils.org ; < evergreen at sfconservancy.org>
>> > Subject: Re: [Eg-oversight-board] Swag!
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 09:48:50AM -0500, Kathy Lussier wrote:
>> >> Hi Lori,
>> >>
>> >> I wasn't a member of the Board when the idea to redesign the logo
>> >> was first raised and only came in at the tail end of the discussion
>> >> when some logos were passed around at the meeting in Indianapolis.
>> >> Could somebody give me some background on why we were considering a
>> >> new logo? I've been involved in re-branding efforts before, but
>> >> they've typically happened when a logo has become dated, stale, or
>> >> sometimes just plain ugly. I've always found the current logo to be
>> >> clean,simple, and effective at identifying the Evergreen product.
>> >>
>> >> I'm not necessarily opposed to change, but just curious about the
>> >> previous discussions I missed. I'm also hoping a logo redesign
>> >> doesn't delay any efforts to have some swag available in time for
>> >> this year's conference. I'm anxious to buy all sorts of Evergreen
>> >> stuff for the family! :)
>> >
>> > Thanks for raising this, Kathy. For what it's worth, I am opposed to
>> > change when it comes to changing a brand that has been established over
>> > more than 6 years, unless there's a really good reason for it (for
>> > example, if the logo is offensive to some cultural group, or of
>> > questionable copyright status). And I'm not sure that such a reason has
>> > been expressed to date.
>>
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