AboutUsLogo:Status/TakKendrick
YES I'm glad we're finally here. I'm removing my previous concerns which really amounted to my wanting to make sure the the community members' concerns were being heard (which I believe they now have). If you're interested in see the entirety of my post, it's available in the history and in the discussion below. 
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Tak, is the latest version of the new logo "good enough" to use it now to replace the listening man? Would it make a difference to you if the agreement was for us to immediately start another logo process when this one was done? I'm just asking. :-) TedErnst
- Tak, I think you are raising a huge issue that we haven't addressed at all. How the logo may be used, and whether there can be other versions or if there is only "one true version". It feels to me like it would be most effective to agree on the "spirit of the logo" and then adapt it to particular usage cases. It also feels important to me to not completely lock down the logo and say "these are the only versions you can use", but rather recognize that each opportunity to use the logo may require some adaptation of it. For example, a horizontal version may be more appropiate for business cards ... so when we need to make business cards we use a horizontal version that maintains the spirit of the design we are agreeing to. I added the below line to the document in an attempt to begin to address this important concern. What do you think?
- We anticipate new and unforseen uses of this logo to represent our collective identity, and expect our members will adapt the logo to suit the needs of the moment.
Tak, just a note to thank you for expressing so clearly your concerns. TedErnst
Tak, the GoTimer is now running as we've met all of our thresholds. Just wanted to let you know so you could have a chance to have your needs met by the process. TedErnst
- Here's my previous concerns, purely for archival purposes. I'm quite content now with where the logo poll is at. -- Let me try to express my concerns better. The reason why I like the catch phrase was that it presented an opportunity to better explain why we chose a leaf to represent us. Looking at the community concerns over the logo, they all lead to confusion over message and the catch phrase allows for a statement of purpose that a leaf just doesn't express (really, there's a point here, if you don't know anything about AboutUs or wiki-think, the leaf does make us look like a gardening/nursery website).
- I just believe that someone on staff needs to stand on principle for this concern, because I don't feel that the community's beliefs/conceptions of what we are is being heard or answered, and the catchphase is another place where we can really nail the message. (Which, honestly, I feel we are weak on.)
- This isn't a "new or unforeseen" concern or use, this is something we've been dealing with for months and I feel that taking it out of the logo process is obscuring the need for a refactoring of message as a top priority for this community and (as by-product, this company).
- Let me also reiterate what I've said to Vihn, Scott and several other staff members that when the levels on this consensus poll are at the point when enough Community Members are in agreement, I won't stand in the way of this and will switch to a yes, even if my concerns haven't been fully addressed.
