SCN: logo ideas

[patrick fisher]

Doug,

Like I said this is out of my hands and I do not know what is going on with this,
either the logo or the slogan.

Patrick
--- Doug Schuler <douglas at scn.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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