+1 #49 On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Jeremy Tellier <jeremytell...@gmail.com>wrote:
> +1 #42 > > Jeremy > > On Jan 23, 2012, at 6:37 PM, Doug Arthur <dougart...@apache.org> wrote: > > > Hello thriving community! > > > > We have had a great Logo contest so far. There were a lot of votes, > > and a lot of discussion. All of the submission were great, and we > > truly appreciate the contribution of such great work. The PPMC members > > have been carefully dissecting what the next steps should be. This has > > been a difficult task on its own, as we don't want to offend anyone's > > great work and contribution. We also want to make sure we communicate > > effectively with the community, therefore we had some private > > discussions on how to proceed carefully and cautiously. > > > > With that said, the tallies are posted [1]. > > > > [2] #49: > > Total: 106.5 Pts > > Community: 83.5 * > > PPMC: 23 > > > > [3] #42: > > Total: 99.5 > > Community: 68.5 > > PPMC: 31 * > > > > [4] #40: > > Total: 65 > > Community: 63 > > PPMC: 2 > > > > There are more community votes for #49 over #42 by only ~15. While the > > PPMC members also had #49 in their top list, #42 came out on top, > > while #40 was not favored by PPMC. Since there is no clear winner > > between #42 and #49, we are conducting another round of voting for > > those submissions. So with that warrants a congratulations to Tomasz > > Maciag and Julien Brehier for their submissions and making it to > > another round. > > > > Overall we should all be extremely happy with the votes as #42 and #49 > > were both the top two choices for the PPMC and the community. A clear > > sign that the community and PPMC are in-sync. We passed an early and > > important test! And congratulations to everyone else that submitted a > > logo as well! > > > > With this round of voting, we're only going to have a +1 to which logo > > you prefer (#42 or #49). Remember, PPMC members votes are the final > > say, and ultimately, that will be the what final decision becomes, but > > the community votes help the PPMC members make their decisions, so get > > voting, and let us know which you like the best! > > > > With everything said, some of our discussions included concerns on how > > each logo represents the future of Apache Flex. One specific concern > > was how #49 appeared to some of the PPMC members, and feeling that > > some users could look at the logo as negative. Not saying at all that > > the logo truly has any negative context, but there are some concerns > > surrounding it. I don't want to spell them out, as to not give the > > community a new vision on what the PPMC members are seeing. Just take > > a careful and close look at which logo you choose, and choose wisely! > > > > Let the voting commence, and good luck to Tomasz Maciag and Julien > > Brehier in this showdown of the new Apache Flex logo! > > > > > > [1] http://people.apache.org/~dougarthur/apache_flex_logo_votes.xlsx > > [2] http://s.apache.org/af-logo-49 > > [3] http://s.apache.org/af-logo-42 > > [4] http://s.apache.org/af-logo-40 > > > > > > - Doug >
