SCN: logo ideas

[Doug Schuler]

I don't like the logo change idea and I don't like the 
slogan change idea.

"Democratic Technology for all" is more inclusive and broad.

"Powering our communities with technology" is technocratic.

I would think that we'd rather put the emphasis on DEMOCRACY
not on TECHNOLOGY.

Can somebody remind me why this is happening?

-- Doug

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On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, patrick fisher wrote:

> Joe,
> 
> Thanks for the comments. The logo issue is out of my hands, as far as I know.
> 
> There will be a different slogan. I think it is: Powering Our Communities with
> Technology.
> 
> It would be nice, as you say, to have different variations of the logos for
> different uses.
> 
> I will put the PDF up on a web page. I will have to take a screen sshot and past it
> as an image, though.
> 
> Thanks!
> Patrick
> 
> 
> --- Joe Mabel <jmabel at speakeasy.org> wrote:
> > Any logo with relatively small letters in the design (e.g. the "democratic 
> > technology for all" writtenrat the bottom) is liable to scale down badly.  
> > Before adopting it, we should play with how it scales down and consider whether 
> > it will be acceptable at the smallsst size we intend to use.
> > 
> > One standard solution to this is to adopt several variations of a logo 3-5 
> > different sizes, possibly a color and a B&W version at each size.  Major graphic 
> > elements should stay the same, but details may vary: for example, text might not 
> > be exactly proportional at the different sizes, to improve readability.
> > 
> > In any event, rather than sending candidate logos out by PDF through email, 
> > can't we please post them on SCN itself somewhere & have one central place 
> > people can look at the possibiities?
> > 
> > That said, I do sense a bit af rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic here: 
> > Except for people who have no other SCN activities they can contribute to, this 
> > seems like a pretty low-return use of volunteer time.  I would not put a new 
> > logo among SCN's 50 greatest needs at the moment.
> > 
> > --------------------
> > Joe Mabel
> > 
> > On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, patrick fisher wrote:
> > 
> > > Here are some logo ideas in PDF format.
> > > 
> > > Please make specific, exact comments on what you like or do not like
> > > about the logos. 
> > > 
> > > Everyone's comments will be taken into consideration.
> > > 
> > > If PDF does not work for you, please let me know and I will work
> > > something out.
> > > 
> > > Thank you,
> > > Patrick
> > > 
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