Hello Andrew,
On 5/17/07, Andrew Whitworth <wknight8111(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
The
marketing committee has been working on a series of changes and will
present
soon to the board a document summing up this work. The name of this
document
is "Strengthening and unifying the visual identity of Wikimedia
projects",
Guillom, it appears you have all the answers (or all the answers that are
available), so let me ask you this directly: If the marketing committee is
working on this proposal for presentation to the board, should any logo
discussions just wait until that happens? I mean, I dont want to set up a
logo vote/discussion now if the board is just going to go in a different
direction from us. In short, should we wait for the marketing committee to
present?
I certainly don't have all the answers :-) But when I have seen you raising
the logo issue on this list, I have thought it would be good to let you know
about the ongoing works. I have talked about the works from the marketing
committee. Robert has mentioned Erik's proposal; they are not contrary, but
they both show there are global ongoing discussions whose conclusions will
impact the visual identity of all projects, including Wikibooks. In my
humble opinion, both our work and Erik's proposal should encourage you to
wait a little :-)
I want to get the ball rolling on a new logo discussion ASAP, but i'm not
going to waste my time with it if the board
changes the rules in mid vote.
I fully agree, and this is precisely why I have taken part in this thread:
to prevent Wikibookians from rushing into discussions about logos if the
rules change soon.
Thanks Guillaume, and fair points in this thread.
I look forward to more work on this issue - it's an interesting one,
and I fully trust both the goodwill and the expertise of the current
marketing committee members. I'd like for this to be a more
Wikimedia-wide process too - as Robert says and as you acknowledge,
not many people have heard of (or remember hearing of) the marketing
committee. :-) Added to this of course is that this is a matter close
to many people's hearts - the identity and image of their pet
projects. :-)
Cormac