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ScottKeeler - Template:Yes
Vinh Nguyen - Template:Yes
John Stanton - Template:Yes.
Brandon CS Sanders - YES Soooooooo happy
Isabel - YES Love it- clean, modern, simple.
MarkDilley - Template:Yes
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No matter how hard I try, I can't see the AboutWs. MarkDilley

I agree Mark, I was/is not very apparent to me either. However, I do understand how one could see it and have made some adjustments to hopefully push this along. Aside from the two colors, the curves at the bottom of the text should hopefully undulate a little less now. Vinh Nguyen

Tanwir Shah: The leaf, and the three abstract shapes creating it, aren't supposed to specifically convey a "global community collaborating in one collective aim." Instead the logo attempts to evoke ideas of collaboration, growth and emergent ideas/communities. In that sense I believe the proposed logo is on target. Also, the emergent leaf works on a worldly level in that we as animals are familiar with flora and nature as part of our lives; it's a bit more universal than, say, curved lines that resemble orbits circling something else feigning a globe. As for what we are all about, I'd like to hear more of your thoughts on this topic. To me, AboutUs seems almost too rapidly developing to be able to nail down a specific mission. --Vinh Nguyen

As I mentioned above, this logo is flexible in uses and should be able to be used in various derivatives. But, more importantly, it also speaks to future projects, like TopSoil, that may very well be served by this identity. Hope you like!--Vinh Nguyen

Tak, the undetermined catchphrase really shouldn't be considered at this point in time. I apologize for causing any confusion by including that bit of text. All I was trying to do was illustrate a possible use of the logo and text--which, by the way, I initially tested with "Co-elaborating the web." --Vinh Nguyen

Vinh Nguyen: Hmm, yes, I see what you mean. I'm also not completely sure what we are about. The About Us identity is gradually emerging and is yet to form any kind of concrete shape. I must admit that after reading some of the comments on what others thought we were about, I felt a little depressed. some people feel that this is a directory of other websites. I'd like to think we are much more than that. We have the potential to be many things to many people and I felt these comments were pidgeonholing this site into a particular role. I came to work on Monday feeling that if we were only a directory then I was really wasting my time on TheStorytellersBazaar that I have been working on. A discussion at work put things right though.

I see your point about your logo design too. In fact this new design does give me a feeling of growth. I especially like the box around the leaves and how one of the leaves grows beyond the box's border. This last thing has won me over to this design as to me it suggests growth beyond the barriers that are imposed on us or we impose on ourselves. It feels very liberating. The only down side is that when the leaf in the logo emerges from this barrier it is already dying. The yellow colour (to me) suggests Autumn and the approach of death. i would like to see a vibrant bright green leaf emerging from the box. Having said that I do like the combination of colours you have used so the yellow does play an important role in the logo. Have you tried having one of the other leaves in yellow or does that mess things up? Tanwir Shah

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