Sounds good - less than a week for submissions (I'm presuming PPMC approval will take a day or two) seems tight...but if this goes the way paper submissions go, 80% of the submissions will be on the last day, anyways. Just need to make sure we get the word out to folks.
John On Apr 24, 2012, at 12:09 PM, Peder Ulander wrote: > Now that CloudStack is an Apache incubation project, it feels like it > should have a mascot to help establish its own unique identity, similar to > the Hadoop elephant, Linux penguin and Tomcat um, cat. > > > > I’d like to propose we do this in a way that allows the community to > solicit ideas of for the mascot, then to vote on the final winner from a > list of candidates. The idea is pretty simple: > > > > a) Put out a “call for submissions” and ask community members [you] to > reply with their thoughts on what “Cloudy” should look like, and why. For > example, a submission might say “I would design Cloudy as two lightning > bolts with a blue cloud behind them. This would represent the scalability > and power of CloudStack to build real production clouds.” (Note that I’ve > been referring to the mascot as “Cloudy”, but if people have better ideas > for the name, they could suggest that as well.) > > > > b) Have an independent designer read all the inputs, and create a > series of cool design options based on the community input. > > > > c) Put up a website where everyone can vote on the best option. I’d > propose we do it as a tournament style bracket where the mascots face off > against each other, with the winners moving on based on community votes > until we have a final winner. > > > > I’ve talked with the Citrix team about this. They agree with the goal and > are very supportive of making sure CloudStack looks and feels like a true > Apache project, not a commercial Citrix product. They have even volunteered > to fund the designer and website (these would not be done by Citrix > employees or have any Citrix branding – they’re only offering to fund them > to help the goal of Apache CloudStack establishing its own identity and > doing so in a fun, engaging way.) > > > > The final decision, of course, would need to be ratified by the PPMC, so > after the community votes, we can take a vote in the PPMC to ratify their > selection. Would be a simple up or down vote to accept the entry with the > most votes. > > > > Proposed timeline: > > > > · “Call for Submissions” to be sent out to cloudstack-dev as soon > as the PPMC approves this proposal > > · Submissions would be due by the end of the month (April 30) > > · Give the independent designer a week to do the designs > > · Launch the voting website at the beginning of the following week > (May 7) > > · Let the voting run for a couple of weeks, depending on how many > options are in the brackets > > · After the voting is complete, put the winning mascot choice out > to PPMC for up/down vote to ratify (mid-to-late May) > > > > Feels like this would be a fun and engaging way to begin establishing a > unique identity for CloudStack that’s clearly and visually independent from > Citrix, and do it in a fun, engaging way that involves the broader > community. Time is short, but if we keep to the above timeline, we could > get the voting site up and running before the Citrix Synergy conference, > which I think would be good for community optics. If folks like the general > idea, we could call for a PPMC vote to move forward quickly. > > > > Peder Stratosec - Secure Infrastructure as a Service o: 415.315.9385 @johnlkinsella
