I would remove any fallen f discussion and just be positive about good proposals. Wouldn't want to be picking at anyone. On Jan 26, 2012 11:54 PM, "Doug Arthur" <dougart...@apache.org> wrote:
> Here's my blog post proposal, I will post it tomorrow if no one opposes. > -Doug > > ------------------- > Logo Contest Update: > > The logo contest was a major milestone for our project. The community > and PPMC members came together and voted on a logo, and were in-sync > for the entire ride. The community and PPMC members both chose #42 and > #49 as the top choices in the first round. This was a clear sign that > the community and PPMC are in-sync. This contest has shown how > thriving and active this community is, and suggests it will continue > to be. Not only has this contest been evidence of the cohesion of the > community as a unit, but the sheer amount of topics and active > community members engaging in these discussions have made this a great > project to be a part of. > > There a lot of awesome discussions going on, and some of those > discussions are even a little bit difficult, but they are still > incredibly productive. There was a bit of discussion surrounding the > impact of the logo and how it would reflect as the image for our > project. Of the top two logos, #49 by Julien Brehier, was considered > to be viewed as a fallen "F", or a sinking ship. Others thought it > represented an A, merged with an F, and peaking for success (my > personal favorite). This was discussed in the second round of voting. > While #42 came out on top in the second round, #49 did have a top spot > with the community for the first round. A very good accomplishment, I > must say, for Julien. Congratulations! > > Now that the contest has wrapped up, the next step is to potentially > make some small tweaks to the logo. Some discussion has been made > regarding the color of the logo, and even the placement of the word > "apache" in the logo. If you subscribe to the flex-dev mailing list, > you can follow along as these developments unfold. > > These are some exciting times for Apache Flex, and I look forward to > being a part of this project. In addition, everyone involved should be > proud and excited to be part of this project and its future. >
