2013/1/8 Robert Schweikert :

On 01/08/2013 08:08 AM, Henne Vogelsang wrote:

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Hey,

before we, in the promo team, can get anything done we need a theme and motto for the conference. It's the starting point for everything: Logo, website, posters etc.

The motto should reflect what we emphasize at oSC13 and the theme should reflect how oSC13 will feel. To explain what I mean look at the last couple of events we held:

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My personal suggestion would be:

Motto: Power to the Geeko.

I like it, "Power to the Geeko"

A variant of "Power to the People" [1].

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Emphasize the empowerment that you so easily get in openSUSE. Theme: Politics, Greek Democracy, Greece

I'd rather stay away from politics or terms that imply politics, how about

Summer Fun, Beach, Freedom, Greece

as theme?

Robert

I would also prefer "Power to the Geeko" since I find it a bit symbolic for this years conference :D Also people from the Artwork Team there is an idea on Trello about making a promo T-shirt with the moto "Summer is comming - oSC13 - Greece" any ideas on that? I would really like to have people running around FOSDEM and other Events with those T-shirts, if you like the idea and someone can work on this, take a look at: https://trello.com/board/promo/50c9f627390884e80700997e "T-Shirts for promotion to communities" Kostas

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On Tue, 2013-01-08 at 16:41 +0100, Henne Vogelsang wrote:

Hey,

On 08.01.2013 15:53, Robert Schweikert wrote:

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On 01/08/2013 08:08 AM, Henne Vogelsang wrote:

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before we, in the promo team, can get anything done we need a theme and motto for the conference. It's the starting point for everything: Logo, website, posters etc.

The motto should reflect what we emphasize at oSC13 and the theme should reflect how oSC13 will feel. To explain what I mean look at the last couple of events we held:

<snip>

...

My personal suggestion would be:

Motto: Power to the Geeko.

I like it, "Power to the Geeko"

A variant of "Power to the People" [1].

...

Emphasize the empowerment that you so easily get in openSUSE. Theme: Politics, Greek Democracy, Greece

I'd rather stay away from politics or terms that imply politics, how about

Ok

...

Summer Fun, Beach, Freedom, Greece

as theme?

That collides with the summit which also will happen again this year as far as I can see. That's why I would stay away from summer and beach. I also think it's not a very good fit for the the motto...

What do you guys think about the port, dock workers, unions etc?

Henne

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The mottoes and themes of the past have generally been meant to support an overarching goal of the Project as a whole. RWX because we needed our community to get to work. Engage Invigorate etc. beause we needed the U.S. community to step up and get more involved in the Project. And so on... And the retro look and feel of oSC11 also contributed to the overall perception we portray about openSUSE, a community that is run by the community itself and that openSUSE is what we make of it. It, by far, exceeded any other event we've had for the "Have a lot of fun!" motto that is integral to openSUSE. So, now we have oSC13 in a new location, much further away than previous oSC's. Resources and the availability will be different. At the same time, we're in a jumpstart year. The message and theme has to resonate more widely than just around the walls of the conference itself. It is a new travel destination and time of year, which greatly impacts the question of "will they come?" And I hope they do. The theme and motto needs to be made much louder and reverberate more globally for the oSC to achieve its goals. Bryen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-conference+owner@opensuse.org

On 08/01/13 17:08, Henne Vogelsang wrote:

Hey,

On 08.01.2013 17:00, Bryen M Yunashko wrote:

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The theme and motto needs to be made much louder and reverberate more globally for the oSC to achieve its goals.

Louder and more globally than the previous years? Or louder and more globally than what I proposed?

Certainly more than last year, and sooner and outside the physical attendees. Even as one of the organisers, but not being physically present, it was much like hearing someone setting off firecrackers in a nuke shelter, from outside with the doors closed. WIll -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-conference+owner@opensuse.org

On 01/08/2013 10:41 AM, Henne Vogelsang wrote:

Hey,

On 08.01.2013 15:53, Robert Schweikert wrote:

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On 01/08/2013 08:08 AM, Henne Vogelsang wrote:

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before we, in the promo team, can get anything done we need a theme and motto for the conference. It's the starting point for everything: Logo, website, posters etc.

The motto should reflect what we emphasize at oSC13 and the theme should reflect how oSC13 will feel. To explain what I mean look at the last couple of events we held:

<snip>

...

My personal suggestion would be:

Motto: Power to the Geeko.

I like it, "Power to the Geeko"

A variant of "Power to the People" [1].

...

Emphasize the empowerment that you so easily get in openSUSE. Theme: Politics, Greek Democracy, Greece

I'd rather stay away from politics or terms that imply politics, how about

Ok

...

Summer Fun, Beach, Freedom, Greece

as theme?

That collides with the summit which also will happen again this year as far as I can see.

Hmm, the summit is in November, but I can certainly see how a "Summer" and "Tropical" theme could collide. That's why I would stay away from summer and beach. I

also think it's not a very good fit for the the motto...

What do you guys think about the port, dock workers, unions etc?

port - sounds good to me in reference to location (Thessaloniki is a port city) and it also implies a certain international flair Not too thrilled about doc workers and unions. Unions is a heavily politicized topic, at least in the US, and "doc workers" reminds me of hard grunt work. How about: play - Thessaloniki will be the European Youth Capital in 2014 [1], thus this would play in with a future cultural event of our host city and also pays homage to the SUSE motto think - Thessaloniki is home to Aristotle University [2] and of course we want to have people think before they send their SRs to factory ;) Later, Robert [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Youth_Capital [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessaloniki -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU SUSE-IBM Software Integration Center LINUX Tech Lead rjschwei@suse.com rschweik@ca.ibm.com 781-464-8147 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-conference+owner@opensuse.org

2013/1/8 Stathis Iosifidis (aka diamond_gr) :

Στις 08/01/2013 06:15 μμ, ο/η Robert Schweikert έγραψε:

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On 01/08/2013 10:41 AM, Henne Vogelsang wrote:

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Hey,

On 08.01.2013 15:53, Robert Schweikert wrote:

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On 01/08/2013 08:08 AM, Henne Vogelsang wrote:

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before we, in the promo team, can get anything done we need a theme and motto for the conference. It's the starting point for everything: Logo, website, posters etc.

The motto should reflect what we emphasize at oSC13 and the theme should reflect how oSC13 will feel. To explain what I mean look at the last couple of events we held:

<snip>

...

My personal suggestion would be:

Motto: Power to the Geeko.

I like it, "Power to the Geeko"

A variant of "Power to the People" [1].

...

Emphasize the empowerment that you so easily get in openSUSE. Theme: Politics, Greek Democracy, Greece

I'd rather stay away from politics or terms that imply politics, how about

Ok

...

Summer Fun, Beach, Freedom, Greece

as theme?

That collides with the summit which also will happen again this year as far as I can see.

Hmm, the summit is in November, but I can certainly see how a "Summer" and "Tropical" theme could collide.

That's why I would stay away from summer and beach. I

...

also think it's not a very good fit for the the motto...

What do you guys think about the port, dock workers, unions etc?

port - sounds good to me in reference to location (Thessaloniki is a port city) and it also implies a certain international flair

Not too thrilled about doc workers and unions. Unions is a heavily politicized topic, at least in the US, and "doc workers" reminds me of hard grunt work. How about:

play - Thessaloniki will be the European Youth Capital in 2014 [1], thus this would play in with a future cultural event of our host city and also pays homage to the SUSE motto

think - Thessaloniki is home to Aristotle University [2] and of course we want to have people think before they send their SRs to factory ;)

Later, Robert

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Youth_Capital [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessaloniki

Hello from me,

Maybe combined with Robert's.

History: You know that Thessaloniki has tons of history behind. Can also combine with computer related (maybe how SuSE started etc).

Present (or play): Same as Robert's

Future: Focus on technology and that's what the moto Power to the Geeko is all about.

Stathis

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I would also like to hear other peoples thoughts and maybe put a short term vote on Connect and let the people decide. How do you feel about it? Kostas -- --- \m/ --- http://opensuse.gr http://os-el.gr http://amb.opensuse.gr http://www.kde.gr http://warlordfff.tk --- \m/ --- me I am not I --- \m/ --- Time travel is possible, you just need to know the right aliens -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-conference+owner@opensuse.org

On Tue, 2013-01-08 at 14:45 -0500, Robert Schweikert wrote:

I think the decision is up to the promotion and organization teams. Those that feel strongly about things like this can and could have signed up to help. I think taking the step to solicit feedback on the list is great, but I see no reason to put this up for a vote.

It might be useful to post what we have so far to the -project list and get more feedback there. Then next week during the oSC team meeting a decision can be reached and that's what we will run with.

My $0.02 Robert

I agree. It is not an absolute necessity to put it to a general community vote. People who see oSC will know it is the people who organized it that decided and planned around it. The deciding theme/motto is a symptom of the vision that the team creates. I think essentially what happened here is that a page was taken out of the Summit's name-voting process. But even then, the list of names to vote on was based on a clearly defined goal of the event. And as I did not want to be seen as the dictator/decider of the name, we put it up to a vote. But only those names that reflected the goal were in the list. Here, you have a larger team, therefore no need to put it to an outside vote. Just be clear to define the goal before you come up with theme/motto. Ask yourself first and foremost: WHY are we having this oSC? WHY is it important this year? WHAT do we intend to achieve this year? Once you answer those three... the theme/motto will literally fall into your laps. :-) Bryen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-conference+owner@opensuse.org

On Wed, 2013-01-09 at 11:24 +0100, Henne Vogelsang wrote:

Hey,

On 09.01.2013 03:23, Bryen M Yunashko wrote:

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Once you answer those three... the theme/motto will literally fall into your laps. :-)

Dude, what do you think we're trying to do here? I'm sure you have something to contribute other than clever advice :)

Henne

You're right. I'll step aside. Thanks for reminding me. Bryen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-conference+owner@opensuse.org

On Wednesday 09 January 2013 14:50:42 Stella Rouzi wrote:

Hey all,

CFP announcement is ready (or at least drafted in a final stage) from the Program Committee (Robert really did the actual work) and can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10kZwx25AgyyLv3xxbD1VHyqaQULdxv89zprxg lcKua0/edit

Cool. Based on that and the proposed theme I wrote this: https://news.opensuse.org/?p=14908&preview=true Probably still needs work, suggestions welcome. Now we need a logo (thinking geeko with beach behind?). We can ask Shayon if he can prepare a website instance like for the previous conf so we can start writing texts..

Link is also present in relevant trello task of CFP in Program board.

About Moto / Theme:

I like the Moto. I agree with *avoid* politics, specially since international news overpresent the situation. I agree to reflect the cultural part (history/philosophy/freedom struggle etc), since it is (or should be) one of the main things that come in mind when referring to Greece. And I would definitely like to see some beach background in some artwork.

On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 1:47 PM, Jos Poortvliet wrote:

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On Tuesday 08 January 2013 14:08:48 Henne Vogelsang wrote:

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Hey,

before we, in the promo team, can get anything done we need a theme and motto for the conference. It's the starting point for everything: Logo, website, posters etc.

The motto should reflect what we emphasize at oSC13 and the theme should reflect how oSC13 will feel. To explain what I mean look at the last couple of events we held:

* oSC12 Motto: Bootstrapping Awesome. We emphasized bootstrapping a new Linux event in the Czech republic. Theme: Urban, Big City, Prague monuments

* Summit 2012 Motto: Engage! Collaborate! Invigorate! Emphasizing the hope to build a new American openSUSE community. Theme: Summer, Tropical, Beach

* oSC11 Motto: RWX³. Everyone is able to do everything. We emphasize doing things together instead of just talking. Theme: Retro, Old Factory

This wasn't always a very conscious decision so this year I would like to make it one. What are we going to emphasize this year and how will oSC13 feel?

My personal suggestion would be:

Motto: Power to the Geeko. A variant of "Power to the People" [1]. Emphasize the empowerment that you so easily get in openSUSE. Theme: Politics, Greek Democracy, Greece

What do you think?

Henne

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_to_the_people_(slogan)

Based on Bryen's 'clever advice', I thought about the why of this event and it's importance and what we intend to archieve.

Clearly so did Henne with the 'power to the Geeko'.

But politics is a touchy subject and the empowerment in openSUSE we already emphasized with the RWX³ conference. Not saying that governance isn't important but I think we can get there indirectly. So what coud that be?

The thinking about history, the age of thinkers over 2000 years ago in Greece - that resonates very well with me and clearly with others on this list.. We're a bunch of forward thinkers, aren't we? It is about transforming society - the Greek history has formed ours and now technology and openness (Free Software, Linux) are transforming ours, forming the future.

As all seem to like 'Power to the Geeko', let's keep that. But let's add history, replacing politics, and changing the world over empowerment and governance:

Motto: Power to the Geeko. A variant of "Power to the People" [1]. Emphasize how we've got the power to change the word. Theme: Philosophy, Greek history and thinking, Changing the world.

Brings a more 'deep', grounded, yet global theme, less controversial, yet very close to the initial proposal we actually, deep inside, all like :D

As you might notice I basically summarized the discussion and took the conclusion from there...

On a related note. If there's not too much disagreement, let's get this to any artist we know ASAP. Because really, the MOST urgent thing I can think of, aside from getting the venue fixed, is *artwork*. We MUST have a logo and some banners and things as they 'carry' all announcements and marketing work, as our Social Media team (Zoumpis & diamond_gr) already pointed out last year.

To help kickstart things I've gone over the list of articles we've created in the last few years and made a plan for announcements. See https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Conference_promotion_todo_list

I'm preparing a CfP article and will try to prepare all the articles on that list and keep them up to date with the info that comes in. That means artwork (as soon as some is ready), CfP data, speakers etcetera.

Feedback welcome :D

Hugs, Jos

On Wed, 2013-01-09 at 15:26 +0100, Jos Poortvliet wrote:

We can ask Shayon if he can prepare a website instance like for the previous conf so we can start writing texts..

Shayon has suddenly moved back to India for personal/health reasons. I suspect he'll be less available this year while he tends to his personal matters. Nevertheless, unless you want last year's nanoc design revamped, I am certain all you need to do is copy over the files from the existing instances and then modify content, which you already know how to do. Bryen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-conference+owner@opensuse.org

On 01/09/2013 09:26 AM, Jos Poortvliet wrote:

On Wednesday 09 January 2013 14:50:42 Stella Rouzi wrote:

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Hey all,

CFP announcement is ready (or at least drafted in a final stage) from the Program Committee (Robert really did the actual work) and can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10kZwx25AgyyLv3xxbD1VHyqaQULdxv89zprxg lcKua0/edit

Cool. Based on that and the proposed theme I wrote this:

https://news.opensuse.org/?p=14908&preview=true

I like the general drift of the intro, however, IMHO the intro would mesh better with the conference announcement to the world than the CfP. I think the CfP should not have much, if any intro. By the time someone gets to the CfP the person should already know about the conference, thus there is no reason to tie the CfP into a bigger theme with an intro. The CfP should be reasonably short and focus on the dates and topics with as little fluff as possible. My $0.02 Robert -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU SUSE-IBM Software Integration Center LINUX Tech Lead rjschwei@suse.com rschweik@ca.ibm.com 781-464-8147 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-conference+owner@opensuse.org

On 01/09/2013 11:43 AM, Jos Poortvliet wrote:

On Wednesday 09 January 2013 10:46:06 Robert Schweikert wrote:

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On 01/09/2013 09:26 AM, Jos Poortvliet wrote:

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On Wednesday 09 January 2013 14:50:42 Stella Rouzi wrote:

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Hey all,

CFP announcement is ready (or at least drafted in a final stage) from the Program Committee (Robert really did the actual work) and can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10kZwx25AgyyLv3xxbD1VHyqaQULdxv89zpr xg lcKua0/edit

Cool. Based on that and the proposed theme I wrote this:

https://news.opensuse.org/?p=14908&preview=true

I like the general drift of the intro, however, IMHO the intro would mesh better with the conference announcement to the world than the CfP. I think the CfP should not have much, if any intro. By the time someone gets to the CfP the person should already know about the conference, thus there is no reason to tie the CfP into a bigger theme with an intro. The CfP should be reasonably short and focus on the dates and topics with as little fluff as possible.

Good points. The intro paragraph is quite separate and can easily be removed. It could be used on the first page of the conference website or so... Or moved down as description of the event. Let me do that, see if it works for you guys & girls.

Meanwhile, I also prepared a "conference registration is open, website good to go" announcement: https://news.opensuse.org/?p=14916&preview=true

Looks good to me. Once we sort out how we collect the money (separate discussion I am trying to drive to conclusion) we should turn the Supporter (Eur 30/USD 50) Professional (Eur 300/USD 500) entries into links directly to the "sales" portal. Certain is that we will have "ticket sales" from the suse.com store but other options may also materialize. Best would be shop.opensuse.org, but at this point I do not know who controls the content and money collection for the openSUSE store. Later, Robert -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU SUSE-IBM Software Integration Center LINUX Tech Lead rjschwei@suse.com rschweik@ca.ibm.com 781-464-8147 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-conference+owner@opensuse.org

On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 3:23 AM, Henne Vogelsang wrote:

Hey,

On 09.01.2013 22:17, Robert Schweikert wrote:

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Best would be shop.opensuse.org, but at this point I do not know who controls the content and money collection for the openSUSE store.

As usual, I do ;) shop.opensuse.org is just a shop from spreadshirt.net. It's not possible to add items...

Henne

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I thought of a couple of ideas today about a possible logo for osc 13. I tried looking for iconic ideas about Greek culture. Hopefully this early proposals can guide our thoughts. https://www.dropbox.com/s/o44ofzblyjp2f4e/2013-01-09%2019.19.14.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/tyzfosst9wji0od/2013-01-09%2019.17.55.jpg Andy (anditosan) PS: Sorry if this is a repeat. The last time I wrote something in it didn't work. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-conference+owner@opensuse.org

On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 5:44 AM, Henne Vogelsang wrote:

Hey Andres,

On 11.01.2013 02:25, Andres Silva wrote:

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I thought of a couple of ideas today about a possible logo for osc 13. I tried looking for iconic ideas about Greek culture. Hopefully this early proposals can guide our thoughts.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/o44ofzblyjp2f4e/2013-01-09%2019.19.14.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/tyzfosst9wji0od/2013-01-09%2019.17.55.jpg

Okay who does, decides! :-)

I especially like the second one. Are you going to work on it further?

Henne

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Yes, if liked, I was going to make them more like a logo with thicker looks for all those elements. I can come up with something more final later this week. Thank you Andy (anditosan) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-conference+owner@opensuse.org

On 01/11/2013 07:44 AM, Henne Vogelsang wrote:

Hey Andres,

On 11.01.2013 02:25, Andres Silva wrote:

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I thought of a couple of ideas today about a possible logo for osc 13. I tried looking for iconic ideas about Greek culture. Hopefully this early proposals can guide our thoughts.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/o44ofzblyjp2f4e/2013-01-09%2019.19.14.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/tyzfosst9wji0od/2013-01-09%2019.17.55.jpg

Okay who does, decides! :-)

I especially like the second one.

+1 The first image would make a great stand up poster for the registration, I think. Later, Robert -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU SUSE-IBM Software Integration Center LINUX Tech Lead rjschwei@suse.com rschweik@ca.ibm.com 781-464-8147 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-conference+owner@opensuse.org

On Friday 11 January 2013 09:52:11 Andres Silva wrote:

On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Robert Schweikert wrote:

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On 01/11/2013 07:44 AM, Henne Vogelsang wrote:

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Hey Andres,

On 11.01.2013 02:25, Andres Silva wrote:

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I thought of a couple of ideas today about a possible logo for osc 13. I tried looking for iconic ideas about Greek culture. Hopefully this early proposals can guide our thoughts.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/o44ofzblyjp2f4e/2013-01-09%2019.19.14.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/tyzfosst9wji0od/2013-01-09%2019.17.55.jpg

Okay who does, decides! :-)

I especially like the second one.

+1

The first image would make a great stand up poster for the registration, I think.

Later, Robert

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I can work on both of them more over the weekend and see what comes out.

Andy (anditosan)

I love them a lot, too, awesome. So, what do YOU like, Andi? Does the Power to the Geeko work for you? And Warlordff, how is it for you? Ask around among your co-organizers in Greece, this should be YOUR conference... And what concepts around the Power to the Geeko? Philosophy, History and Change - or more focus on fun? Thinking at the Beach? Happy thinking? Happy History? Sunny Philosophy? Sunny History? Happy Change? /me is out of ideas...

On Friday 11 January 2013 18:28:15 Jos Poortvliet wrote:

On Friday 11 January 2013 09:52:11 Andres Silva wrote:

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On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Robert Schweikert

wrote:

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On 01/11/2013 07:44 AM, Henne Vogelsang wrote:

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Hey Andres,

On 11.01.2013 02:25, Andres Silva wrote:

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I thought of a couple of ideas today about a possible logo for osc 13. I tried looking for iconic ideas about Greek culture. Hopefully this early proposals can guide our thoughts.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/o44ofzblyjp2f4e/2013-01-09%2019.19.14.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/tyzfosst9wji0od/2013-01-09%2019.17.55.jpg

Okay who does, decides! :-)

I especially like the second one.

+1

The first image would make a great stand up poster for the registration, I think.

Later, Robert

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I can work on both of them more over the weekend and see what comes out.

Andy (anditosan)

I love them a lot, too, awesome. So, what do YOU like, Andi? Does the Power to the Geeko work for you? And Warlordff, how is it for you? Ask around among your co-organizers in Greece, this should be YOUR conference...

And what concepts around the Power to the Geeko? Philosophy, History and Change - or more focus on fun? Thinking at the Beach? Happy thinking? Happy History? Sunny Philosophy? Sunny History? Happy Change?

/me is out of ideas...

Feedback please. https://news.opensuse.org/?p=14908&preview=true

Στις 11/01/2013 06:52 μμ, ο/η Andres Silva έγραψε:

On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Robert Schweikert wrote:

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On 01/11/2013 07:44 AM, Henne Vogelsang wrote:

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Hey Andres,

On 11.01.2013 02:25, Andres Silva wrote:

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I thought of a couple of ideas today about a possible logo for osc 13. I tried looking for iconic ideas about Greek culture. Hopefully this early proposals can guide our thoughts.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/o44ofzblyjp2f4e/2013-01-09%2019.19.14.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/tyzfosst9wji0od/2013-01-09%2019.17.55.jpg

Okay who does, decides! :-)

I especially like the second one.

+1

The first image would make a great stand up poster for the registration, I think.

Later, Robert

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I can work on both of them more over the weekend and see what comes out.

Andy (anditosan) I liked them both. Andy, I wrote something on Trello about my city. If you can also come up with ideas about local logos:

There's a facebook page [1] with many pictures of my city. The ultimate symbol is the White Tower [2]. Others are: - Statue of Alexander the Great [3] - Rotunda church (or mosque) [4] - The arch of Galerious [4] - International Trade Fair with the telecommunication tower [5] - Castle of Thessaloniki [6] There are also some places such as Ancient Market, Aristotelous square, Navarino square, Port, Ladadika etc I guess you can figure something out of that. Stathis [1] https://www.facebook.com/thessaloniki.city [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Tower_of_Thessaloniki [3] http://aphs.worldnomads.com/meggievoogt/29373/85.jpg [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_of_Galerius_and_Rotunda [5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessaloniki_International_Trade_Fair [6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heptapyrgion_%28Thessaloniki%29 -- http://about.me/iosifidis http://eiosifidis.blogspot.gr http://blogs.gnome.org/eiosifidis http://www.linuxtracker.gr -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-conference+owner@opensuse.org

On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Stella Rouzi (differentreality) wrote:

On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Stathis Iosifidis (aka diamond_gr) wrote:

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Στις 11/01/2013 06:52 μμ, ο/η Andres Silva έγραψε:

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On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Robert Schweikert wrote:

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On 01/11/2013 07:44 AM, Henne Vogelsang wrote:

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Hey Andres,

On 11.01.2013 02:25, Andres Silva wrote:

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I thought of a couple of ideas today about a possible logo for osc 13. I tried looking for iconic ideas about Greek culture. Hopefully this early proposals can guide our thoughts.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/o44ofzblyjp2f4e/2013-01-09%2019.19.14.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/tyzfosst9wji0od/2013-01-09%2019.17.55.jpg

Okay who does, decides! :-)

I especially like the second one.

+1

The first image would make a great stand up poster for the registration, I think.

Later, Robert

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I can work on both of them more over the weekend and see what comes out.

Andy (anditosan)

I liked them both. Andy, I wrote something on Trello about my city. If you can also come up with ideas about local logos:

There's a facebook page [1] with many pictures of my city.

The ultimate symbol is the White Tower [2].

Others are:

- Statue of Alexander the Great [3]

- Rotunda church (or mosque) [4]

- The arch of Galerious [4]

- International Trade Fair with the telecommunication tower [5]

- Castle of Thessaloniki [6]

There are also some places such as Ancient Market, Aristotelous square, Navarino square, Port, Ladadika etc

I guess you can figure something out of that.

Stathis

[1] https://www.facebook.com/thessaloniki.city [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Tower_of_Thessaloniki [3] http://aphs.worldnomads.com/meggievoogt/29373/85.jpg [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_of_Galerius_and_Rotunda [5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessaloniki_International_Trade_Fair [6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heptapyrgion_%28Thessaloniki%29

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Hey all :)

Friendly warning, this is one of those long emails of mine.

There was some controversy about the beach element. Maybe we can solve it and satisfy both sides (me being one of those that want the element of sea present).

One, of the many, characteristics of Thessaloniki is the fact that is built literaly next to the sea. Which means that in the center of Thessaloniki we have a promenade where you can walk next to the sea [1].

I think we can use a photo of tha promenade to show the element of sea without implying the totally relaxed scenery of beach/sun.

Moreover, the promenade at some points passes right in front of the White Tower (the main symbol of Thessaloniki) [2].

I was thinking we could use the following (as a horizontal header, basically for the website): Promenade, left side White Tower, right side some other monument. - Other monument: * That could be a part of the walls of Thessaloniki [3] or the Arch of Galerius [4] * Or we can use Aristotelous Square. [5] This is the most known square in Thessaloniki, it goes vertically in the center of Thessaloniki and ends up by the sea. It is a bit farther away from the White Tower, but if we use it, it will be as if we are showing a miniature (ok, a bit out of porportion compared to real distance) of Thessaloniki center (looking at it from the sea). There are excellent photos of Aristotelous Square at night (and the rest, promenade & White Tower could still be shown in daylight) and make some sort of contrast. (IF that would look nice, because my artwork skills are non-existent)

- Geeko: * We can have a geeko on the white tower (now our artist can further work with contrast and angles and blur to actually show the geeko clearly) * Or perhaps some family-geeko walking down the promenade towards the White Tower

Also, a long shot: It would look extremely sophisticated (and would depict some more historical and cultural sense, which is what we want to give) if we did not use photos but a hand sketch of all the above. @Andy: I saw you did the logo drafts by hand and I got ideas in my head. As I said, longshot but I thought it was worth mentioning just in case.

Logos:

Absolutely great logo drafts, both of them. I would not, however, go with the first one, because it reminds more of Parthenon (which is a major symbol of Greece, but is in Athens, not in Thessaloniki) and that could be confusing.

I find the connotation of the second really amusing actually (in a good way). It is interesting and definitely takes you to another era.

Depending on the header image, if we go with geek on white tower, that could also be made into a logo.

Or geeko with leaves (2nd draft) can be put on white tower. And we also have the idea of Juergen for geeko in thinker pose, which goes very very well with 2nd logo draft.

Motto/Theme: I am not very good at this, and I just want to make a note of sth. Going through all the emails that were sent over and over again, the words I saw made a pattern (if put in correct order), a pattern of Greece's history. There were words like culture, philosophy, history, freedom and then we have Power to the Geeko for possible motto and then we wanted some "Future" reference and to put a bit of the word play inside and associate it with critical thinking (maybe as in thinking before playing, sth like Robert mentioned).

So what comes in my mind, reads sth like that:

Past - Present - Future: Power to the Geeko History of the past has cultivated the greek culture of philosophy and critical thinking, and shaped the sense of democracy, as we know it today. As history went along, there was war and struggle to get Freedom for Greece. The fight for Freedom ultimately offered independence and (modern) democracy, which we presently enjoy. Thinking about the future, we have to preserve democracy and use it to people's best interest. Power has to come together with critical thinking for the general/wider good. Using one's power has to be about motivation of other people to create and build stuff using all their abilities, aiming to providing joy and well-being for everybody.

I hope that we all get how these things coincide quite a bit with openSUSE community, Jos presented most of it in his email.

We are definitely going for more power to the community, we have a more community-organized event this year and we intend to make it a successful one (defining successful as: having many interesting talks, increasing number of workshops so that some actual work can be done during conf, happy attendees that fulfill their goals to meet people, attend interesting presentations and leave with a bit of extra knowledge) So we have Power to the community (and prove that community can take the power and build stuff and take the community one step ahead), the power of the Geeko! Because geeko can! So we have to Think, Create and Develop.

Do you also see some combination of these texts as the next announcement we make about osc? The idea is that we make 1 announcement before we announce CFP, right? An announcement to give to people the whole concept behind the conf. Maybe some greek elements are nice (note how nicely Robert has already used in the call for volunteers the word plethora), even a bit of greek history (not boring endless lines, one-two lines if they can be combined with openSUSE history/goal/vision).

Now decision of motto is something that makes my life difficult, because I liked a bunch of them.

* Power to the Geeko [I like it because it goes straight to the point. The geeko has power. The geeko will now do stuff. Power to the Geeko. *Maybe* the word power has some bad connotations as well, but still it sounds strong and confident. ]

* Think, Create, Develop [This can be more like a sub-motto? And we can use it to finish the articles too. Think. Create. Develop. Power to the Geeko!]

* The voyage to freedom [This I also like a lot! I find it to fit nicely with greek and openSUSE history. Is it just me? Would nicely go at the end of articles too, I think. Think. Create. Develop. Off to the voyage to/for freedom. I like the fact that we put inside the word voyage which is french, the whole thing starts getting an actual international sense. And freedom implies power too in some way.]

* The port of freedom [Same as the above but I like voyage better.]

* Off to new shores: The Green Voyage [I am not sure if we want to talk about change (again). I feel I have heard about change quite a few in the project. Maybe we don't need to shout change any more, and focus to stability and certainty instead. Certainty also having an implication for steady/realiable software etc.]

Random note: Juergen wrote in his email "Power to ThesSUSEniki", in greek that actually read as "Power to the SUSE win" (niki = win in greek).

More inspiration for the artwork team could also be found in the geeko-stories video of Pavlos: http://blip.tv/openSUSEtv/geeko-stories-thessaloniki-greece-6470971

Links: --------- [1] Promenade in Thessaloniki: http://www.greeka.com/members/view_image_large.php?img=99351&username=lauramou

http://bit.ly/X4K370

[2] The white tower: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Tower_of_Thessaloniki

[3] The walls of Thessaloniki: - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Walls_of_Thessaloniki - http://blip.tv/openSUSEtv/geeko-stories-thessaloniki-greece-6470971 Go to 00:39 until 00:54 in the video

[4] The arch of Galerius: http://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%81%CF%87%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF:THES_Arch_...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_of_Galerius_and_Rotunda

[5] Aristotelous Square: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotelous_Square

http://bit.ly/VU61wQ http://bit.ly/VWk6HX http://bit.ly/13qBIRt

Thinking about the future references that were made, I have an alternative logo to propose. Instead of going with the more tranditional/retro design we are currently exploring, we could also consider a more futuristic one. A very modern photo of the white tower with a geeko on top of it: White tower photo taken during night, with the different lightning and all [1] with a photo of the huge geeko that we had in Prague [2]. Something that looks more modern and surrealistic, a very vivid image with bright shiny colors (like the ones used in posters for science fiction movies). Photos are of course samples, just so that you can get a rough idea of what I am talking about. [1] http://bit.ly/WSdokv [2] http://bit.ly/UgSBt1 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-conference+owner@opensuse.org

Hey Stathis, Stella, it's understandable that you like Thessaloniki, your city, and it's landmarks and monuments. One's own home always evokes a lot of feelings. But if it's not your home and you haven't even been to the place, the white tower is just some old tower and the promenade is just a street by the sea. Unless you're into castles and water-side-architecture they won't evoke any big feelings from you. The vast majority of people to come to oSC13 will not be from Thessaloniki or even Greece so using landmarks as theme for the conference doesn't make much sense. It should be something anybody from anywhere can connect to. Henne -- Henne Vogelsang http://www.opensuse.org Everybody has a plan, until they get hit. - Mike Tyson -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-conference+owner@opensuse.org

The vast majority of people to come to oSC13 will not be from Thessaloniki or even Greece so using landmarks as theme for the conference doesn't make much sense.

True that the main attendance will not be from Greece. But we are going to have a logo anyway, aren't we? We could make it be something relevant with the city - why not? As long as it looks nice of course, I don't see why it should not be related to the city that hosts the conference. In any case, as you said Henne let's see what's the progress on logo drafts and relevant artwork and we will see how to proceed. We are all in agreement that this should be completed the soonest possible, even though I would not mind spending one more week on the issue. Artwork is basically the first thing someone notices and it makes sense to make it nice. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-conference+owner@opensuse.org

On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 6:43 AM, Henne Vogelsang wrote:

Hey,

On 14.01.2013 14:17, Stella Rouzi (differentreality) wrote:

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The vast majority of people to come to oSC13 will not be from Thessaloniki or even Greece so using landmarks as theme for the conference doesn't make much sense.

True that the main attendance will not be from Greece.

But we are going to have a logo anyway, aren't we?

Sure.

...

We could make it be something relevant with the city - why not?

Because it doesn't mean much to people not from Thessaloniki. We want the motto/theme to mean something to as many visitors as possible.

Henne

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Hello I just finished working on these possible logos. I consider these close to final so let me know if they work or if you have a preference over any others. I think we should chose one and then start producing artwork based on them. Notice the strong Greece flag blue and white. I think they go well with these elements and I can see these logos placed on brochures and banners. http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h414/anditosan/WhiteTower_zps7a978f13.pn... http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h414/anditosan/ChameleonBust_zps891d380d... http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h414/anditosan/chameleon_zpsa266674d.png Thank you Andy (anditosan) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-conference+owner@opensuse.org

Hello

I just finished working on these possible logos. I consider these close to final so let me know if they work or if you have a preference over any others. I think we should chose one and then start producing artwork based on them.

Notice the strong Greece flag blue and white. I think they go well with these elements and I can see these logos placed on brochures and banners.

http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h414/anditosan/WhiteTower_zps7a978f13.pn...

http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h414/anditosan/ChameleonBust_zps891d380d...

http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h414/anditosan/chameleon_zpsa266674d.png

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I like the first very much. Actually they are pretty good. What I would might change would be the font. The geeko is pretty cool too (would be awesome though if we had a This is Sparta style one too :P) -- The bird of Hermes is my name, eating my wings to make me tame. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-conference+owner@opensuse.org

On 01/15/2013 07:53 AM, Henne Vogelsang wrote:

Hey Andy,

great work! Thank you very much.

On 15.01.2013 04:00, Andres Silva wrote:

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http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h414/anditosan/chameleon_zpsa266674d.png

Still my favorite and the only one that speaks to everybody that I showed this too.

Can you try one thing? Make it look a little less sad/dreamy? It doesn’t have to smile but a little bit less serious would transport our message better imho.

+1 I like the geeko best, but it should look a bit friendlier, after all openSUSE is the "Have a lot of fun!" distro and community. Thanks for knocking this out. Robert -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU SUSE-IBM Software Integration Center LINUX Tech Lead rjschwei@suse.com rschweik@ca.ibm.com 781-464-8147 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-conference+owner@opensuse.org

Hello all and dear artist friends. Last night I did some work after the meeting and I would like to share here and ask for my friends at the artwork-team (cc field) for some feedback about that. I hope you enjoy it. In the following link you will find 6 ideas (all pretty much similar with each other) and one totally crazy based in kostas idea https://picasaweb.google.com/104830275042059445407/OSC13# CarlosRibeiro 2013/1/15 Andres Silva :

I can do that!

Andy (anditosan)

Sent from my iPhone

On Jan 15, 2013, at 10:09 AM, Robert Schweikert wrote:

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On 01/15/2013 07:53 AM, Henne Vogelsang wrote:

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Hey Andy,

great work! Thank you very much.

On 15.01.2013 04:00, Andres Silva wrote:

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http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h414/anditosan/chameleon_zpsa266674d.png

Still my favorite and the only one that speaks to everybody that I showed this too.

Can you try one thing? Make it look a little less sad/dreamy? It doesn’t have to smile but a little bit less serious would transport our message better imho.

+1

I like the geeko best, but it should look a bit friendlier, after all openSUSE is the "Have a lot of fun!" distro and community.

Thanks for knocking this out.

Robert

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Hello Robert, Thanks for the feedback. I change the format of the boat file and I've upload again. the direct link of the file is https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X_kg9DQzQWI/UPXg9Lyh-5I/AAAAAAAAGw8/RGwe_... Yeaah or I should say "on target" rsrs When I was creating the second one "template02" that only have oSC'13 I was thinking about badge ;-) 2013/1/15 Robert Schweikert :

On 01/15/2013 03:57 PM, Carlos Ribeiro wrote:

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Hello all and dear artist friends.

Last night I did some work after the meeting and I would like to share here and ask for my friends at the artwork-team (cc field) for some feedback about that.

I hope you enjoy it.

In the following link you will find 6 ideas (all pretty much similar with each other) and one totally crazy based in kostas idea https://picasaweb.google.com/104830275042059445407/OSC13#

I especially like the black and white images. I'd love to see the second one that just say "oSC'13" printed on the name badges.

The one with the boat is not working for me in any way shape of form.

Later,

Robert

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On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 6:02 PM, Dimitris Papapoulios wrote:

On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 1:14 AM, Carlos Ribeiro wrote:

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Hello Robert,

Thanks for the feedback. I change the format of the boat file and I've upload again. the direct link of the file is https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X_kg9DQzQWI/UPXg9Lyh-5I/AAAAAAAAGw8/RGwe_...

Yeaah or I should say "on target" rsrs When I was creating the second one "template02" that only have oSC'13 I was thinking about badge ;-)

2013/1/15 Robert Schweikert :

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On 01/15/2013 03:57 PM, Carlos Ribeiro wrote:

...

Hello all and dear artist friends.

Last night I did some work after the meeting and I would like to share here and ask for my friends at the artwork-team (cc field) for some feedback about that.

I hope you enjoy it.

In the following link you will find 6 ideas (all pretty much similar with each other) and one totally crazy based in kostas idea https://picasaweb.google.com/104830275042059445407/OSC13#

Nice!

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Great work Carlos! ----- Here is the latest version of the Chameleon as suggested by henne and differentreality. I tried to mimic a simple smile on the geeko. http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h414/anditosan/ChameleonSmile_zps6edb771... Andy (anditosan) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-conference+owner@opensuse.org

Great work, I knew that we can have something great on time :D Hey Carlos why don't you show people that other artwork you send to me yesterday morning? Kostas 2013/1/16 Carlos Ribeiro :

Oh yeah!!!

a smile, even a shy and timid smile is much better ;-)

2013/1/15 Andres Silva :

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On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 6:02 PM, Dimitris Papapoulios wrote:

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On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 1:14 AM, Carlos Ribeiro wrote:

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Hello Robert,

Thanks for the feedback. I change the format of the boat file and I've upload again. the direct link of the file is https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X_kg9DQzQWI/UPXg9Lyh-5I/AAAAAAAAGw8/RGwe_...

Yeaah or I should say "on target" rsrs When I was creating the second one "template02" that only have oSC'13 I was thinking about badge ;-)

2013/1/15 Robert Schweikert :

...

On 01/15/2013 03:57 PM, Carlos Ribeiro wrote:

...

Hello all and dear artist friends.

Last night I did some work after the meeting and I would like to share here and ask for my friends at the artwork-team (cc field) for some feedback about that.

I hope you enjoy it.

In the following link you will find 6 ideas (all pretty much similar with each other) and one totally crazy based in kostas idea https://picasaweb.google.com/104830275042059445407/OSC13#

Nice!

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Great work Carlos!

----- Here is the latest version of the Chameleon as suggested by henne and differentreality. I tried to mimic a simple smile on the geeko.

http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h414/anditosan/ChameleonSmile_zps6edb771...

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On 01/16/2013 05:58 AM, Henne Vogelsang wrote:

Andy,

On 16.01.2013 02:11, Andres Silva wrote:

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Here is the latest version of the Chameleon as suggested by henne and differentreality. I tried to mimic a simple smile on the geeko.

http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h414/anditosan/ChameleonSmile_zps6edb771...

Hm I don't think that's it, it's still looking very grave. I think you need to turn the corner of the mouth more upwards.

Forgive my crude hack, but like this:

http://susepaste.org/images/25120798.png

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On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Andres Silva wrote:

k henne. I get your idea. Will work on it! :)

Andy (anditosan)

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On Jan 16, 2013, at 3:58 AM, Henne Vogelsang wrote:

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Andy,

On 16.01.2013 02:11, Andres Silva wrote:

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Here is the latest version of the Chameleon as suggested by henne and differentreality. I tried to mimic a simple smile on the geeko.

http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h414/anditosan/ChameleonSmile_zps6edb771...

Hm I don't think that's it, it's still looking very grave. I think you need to turn the corner of the mouth more upwards.

Forgive my crude hack, but like this:

http://susepaste.org/images/25120798.png

Henne

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Ok, here is another version with a more pronounced smile for this possible logo. http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h414/anditosan/ChameleonSmile_zps2d5cc6e... Is this then the logo you are going with? What other marketing elements are expected to be created? Such as banners, business cards, brochures, etc? Thank you Andy (anditosan) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-conference+owner@opensuse.org

Στις 17/01/2013 12:31 μμ, ο/η Jos Poortvliet έγραψε:

On Wednesday 16 January 2013 21:41:30 Andres Silva wrote:

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On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Andres Silva wrote:

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k henne. I get your idea. Will work on it! :)

Andy (anditosan)

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On Jan 16, 2013, at 3:58 AM, Henne Vogelsang wrote:

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Andy,

On 16.01.2013 02:11, Andres Silva wrote:

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Here is the latest version of the Chameleon as suggested by henne and differentreality. I tried to mimic a simple smile on the geeko.

http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h414/anditosan/ChameleonSmile_zps6 edb7717.png>> Hm I don't think that's it, it's still looking very grave. I think you need to turn the corner of the mouth more upwards.

Forgive my crude hack, but like this:

http://susepaste.org/images/25120798.png

Henne

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- Mike Tyson Ok, here is another version with a more pronounced smile for this possible logo.

http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h414/anditosan/ChameleonSmile_zps2d5cc 6ec.png

Is this then the logo you are going with? What other marketing elements are expected to be created? Such as banners, business cards, brochures, etc? Most urgently, we need a poster design probably most - with date, location etc on it. Incl the 'Power to the Geeko' slogan. Would really have to be ready end of next week - so we can print a bunch and bring them to FOSDEM!

Maybe a small and a large version - something which works on a postcard- format and something that works A3 (that's approx double letter in crazy- world-format, I believe). If those are in SVG we can adopt them to other sizes where needed (as esp US and the rest of the world have different paper formats).

A banner for the website (probably similar banners like we had last year) would be helpful too - but if we have one base banner design in SVG it is again not too hard to adopt.

Cheers, Jos

It'll be cool if you use some ancient greek fonts. I made a file of some fonts I have. Check it out: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/53534387/ancient_fonts.pdf I wrote openSUSE and use size 18. Then I changed the fonts. Take care, Stathis -- http://about.me/iosifidis http://eiosifidis.blogspot.gr http://blogs.gnome.org/eiosifidis -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-conference+owner@opensuse.org

On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 7:25 AM, Andres Silva wrote:

On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:31 AM, Jos Poortvliet wrote:

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On Wednesday 16 January 2013 21:41:30 Andres Silva wrote:

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On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Andres Silva wrote:

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k henne. I get your idea. Will work on it! :)

Andy (anditosan)

Sent from my iPhone

On Jan 16, 2013, at 3:58 AM, Henne Vogelsang wrote:

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Andy,

On 16.01.2013 02:11, Andres Silva wrote:

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Here is the latest version of the Chameleon as suggested by henne and differentreality. I tried to mimic a simple smile on the geeko.

http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h414/anditosan/ChameleonSmile_zps6 edb7717.png>> Hm I don't think that's it, it's still looking very grave. I think you need to turn the corner of the mouth more upwards.

Forgive my crude hack, but like this:

http://susepaste.org/images/25120798.png

Henne

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- Mike Tyson

Ok, here is another version with a more pronounced smile for this possible logo.

http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h414/anditosan/ChameleonSmile_zps2d5cc 6ec.png

Is this then the logo you are going with? What other marketing elements are expected to be created? Such as banners, business cards, brochures, etc?

Most urgently, we need a poster design probably most - with date, location etc on it. Incl the 'Power to the Geeko' slogan. Would really have to be ready end of next week - so we can print a bunch and bring them to FOSDEM!

Maybe a small and a large version - something which works on a postcard- format and something that works A3 (that's approx double letter in crazy- world-format, I believe). If those are in SVG we can adopt them to other sizes where needed (as esp US and the rest of the world have different paper formats).

A banner for the website (probably similar banners like we had last year) would be helpful too - but if we have one base banner design in SVG it is again not too hard to adopt.

Cheers, Jos

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Thank you

Andy (anditosan)

Thank you, I will try to come up with some proposals. By the way, I put all the svg sources and fonts on the artwork GIT. It should be under /osC 2013

Thank you Andy (anditosan)

I got an idea this morning. For the last openSUSE Summit there was a small reception in which we were awarded a diploma for participation. It was really cool to get a small little reminder of our participation. Since the development of the logo I thought makes up also for a good small price. Maybe a "medal" (plastic) with the leaves that usually go on coins. They link to the logo. Or maybe get actual leaves' crowns (that one is a little crazier but seems fun) for those who get recognized. What do you think? Andy (anditosan) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-conference+owner@opensuse.org

Maybe the medals, if the others like this idea, could be printed in 3D printer instead of be a soap. Is this possible? 2013/1/19 Andres Silva :

On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 7:25 AM, Andres Silva wrote:

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On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:31 AM, Jos Poortvliet wrote:

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On Wednesday 16 January 2013 21:41:30 Andres Silva wrote:

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On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Andres Silva wrote:

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k henne. I get your idea. Will work on it! :)

Andy (anditosan)

Sent from my iPhone

On Jan 16, 2013, at 3:58 AM, Henne Vogelsang wrote:

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Andy,

On 16.01.2013 02:11, Andres Silva wrote: > Here is the latest version of the Chameleon as suggested by henne and > differentreality. I tried to mimic a simple smile on the geeko. > > http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h414/anditosan/ChameleonSmile_zps6 > edb7717.png>> Hm I don't think that's it, it's still looking very grave. I think you need to turn the corner of the mouth more upwards.

Forgive my crude hack, but like this:

http://susepaste.org/images/25120798.png

Henne

-- Henne Vogelsang http://www.opensuse.org Everybody has a plan, until they get hit.

- Mike Tyson

Ok, here is another version with a more pronounced smile for this possible logo.

http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h414/anditosan/ChameleonSmile_zps2d5cc 6ec.png

Is this then the logo you are going with? What other marketing elements are expected to be created? Such as banners, business cards, brochures, etc?

Most urgently, we need a poster design probably most - with date, location etc on it. Incl the 'Power to the Geeko' slogan. Would really have to be ready end of next week - so we can print a bunch and bring them to FOSDEM!

Maybe a small and a large version - something which works on a postcard- format and something that works A3 (that's approx double letter in crazy- world-format, I believe). If those are in SVG we can adopt them to other sizes where needed (as esp US and the rest of the world have different paper formats).

A banner for the website (probably similar banners like we had last year) would be helpful too - but if we have one base banner design in SVG it is again not too hard to adopt.

Cheers, Jos

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Thank you

Andy (anditosan)

Thank you, I will try to come up with some proposals. By the way, I put all the svg sources and fonts on the artwork GIT. It should be under /osC 2013

Thank you Andy (anditosan)

I got an idea this morning. For the last openSUSE Summit there was a small reception in which we were awarded a diploma for participation. It was really cool to get a small little reminder of our participation. Since the development of the logo I thought makes up also for a good small price. Maybe a "medal" (plastic) with the leaves that usually go on coins. They link to the logo. Or maybe get actual leaves' crowns (that one is a little crazier but seems fun) for those who get recognized.

What do you think?

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On 01/17/2013 07:48 AM, Henne Vogelsang wrote:

Hey,

On 17.01.2013 05:41, Andres Silva wrote:

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Ok, here is another version with a more pronounced smile for this possible logo.

http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h414/anditosan/ChameleonSmile_zps2d5cc6e...

Very nice :-)

+1

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Is this then the logo you are going with?

Yes definitively.

+1

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What other marketing elements are expected to be created? Such as banners, business cards, brochures, etc?

What you see on trello in the promo board[1]. I see you already found it :)

Henne

[1] https://trello.com/board/promo/50c9f627390884e80700997e

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On Tuesday 15 January 2013 18:57:23 Carlos Ribeiro wrote:

Hello all and dear artist friends.

Last night I did some work after the meeting and I would like to share here and ask for my friends at the artwork-team (cc field) for some feedback about that.

I hope you enjoy it.

In the following link you will find 6 ideas (all pretty much similar with each other) and one totally crazy based in kostas idea https://picasaweb.google.com/104830275042059445407/OSC13#

Simple yet powerful, I think these are real nice.

CarlosRibeiro

2013/1/15 Andres Silva :

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I can do that!

Andy (anditosan)

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On Jan 15, 2013, at 10:09 AM, Robert Schweikert wrote:

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On 01/15/2013 07:53 AM, Henne Vogelsang wrote:

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Hey Andy,

great work! Thank you very much.

On 15.01.2013 04:00, Andres Silva wrote:

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http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h414/anditosan/chameleon_zpsa2666 74d.png>>> Still my favorite and the only one that speaks to everybody that I showed this too.

Can you try one thing? Make it look a little less sad/dreamy? It doesn’t have to smile but a little bit less serious would transport our message better imho.

+1

I like the geeko best, but it should look a bit friendlier, after all openSUSE is the "Have a lot of fun!" distro and community.

Thanks for knocking this out.

Robert

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Hey, On 09.01.2013 12:47, Jos Poortvliet wrote:

Motto: Power to the Geeko. A variant of "Power to the People" [1]. Emphasize how we've got the power to change the word. Theme: Philosophy, Greek history and thinking, Changing the world.

I must say that I don't find that many strong visual representations of "Philosophy" and in combination with Greece you will even get less. Please remember the theme is mainly something we need as starting point for creatives, it doesn't have to make much sense, it just should have some connection to oSC13 and the motto. I also find it a bit dull to go for the most obvious thing. I must say, I'm not convinced. Henne -- Henne Vogelsang http://www.opensuse.org Everybody has a plan, until they get hit. - Mike Tyson -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-conference+owner@opensuse.org

On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 8:40 AM, Robert Schweikert wrote:

On 01/09/2013 09:46 AM, Henne Vogelsang wrote:

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Hey,

On 09.01.2013 12:47, Jos Poortvliet wrote:

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Motto: Power to the Geeko. A variant of "Power to the People" [1]. Emphasize how we've got the power to change the word. Theme: Philosophy, Greek history and thinking, Changing the world.

I must say that I don't find that many strong visual representations of "Philosophy" and in combination with Greece you will even get less.

Please remember the theme is mainly something we need as starting point for creatives, it doesn't have to make much sense, it just should have some connection to oSC13 and the motto.

I also find it a bit dull to go for the most obvious thing. I must say, I'm not convinced.

I have to agree with Henne. If I had to think about artwork, and I do not claim to be an artist, and the motto to create artwork around is "Philosophy" then there are few things that come to mind that I can associate with the term. However, a word like "Play" creates a much richer word and concept association to have fun with when creating artwork.

Later,

Robert

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Greece has a lot of iconic elements to its culture. It would not be hard to come up with something visual that can help further a particular theme or motto. Philosophy is a good one, what about "history," "knowledge"? Andy (anditosan) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-conference+owner@opensuse.org

2013/1/9 Stathis Iosifidis (aka diamond_gr)

Στις 09/01/2013 05:58 μμ, ο/η Andres Silva έγραψε:

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On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 8:40 AM, Robert Schweikert wrote:

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On 01/09/2013 09:46 AM, Henne Vogelsang wrote:

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Hey,

On 09.01.2013 12:47, Jos Poortvliet wrote:

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Motto: Power to the Geeko. A variant of "Power to the People" [1]. Emphasize how we've got the power to change the word. Theme: Philosophy, Greek history and thinking, Changing the world.

I must say that I don't find that many strong visual representations of "Philosophy" and in combination with Greece you will even get less.

Please remember the theme is mainly something we need as starting point for creatives, it doesn't have to make much sense, it just should have some connection to oSC13 and the motto.

I also find it a bit dull to go for the most obvious thing. I must say, I'm not convinced.

I have to agree with Henne. If I had to think about artwork, and I do not claim to be an artist, and the motto to create artwork around is "Philosophy" then there are few things that come to mind that I can associate with the term. However, a word like "Play" creates a much richer word and concept association to have fun with when creating artwork.

Later,

Robert

Greece has a lot of iconic elements to its culture. It would not be hard to come up with something visual that can help further a particular theme or motto. Philosophy is a good one, what about "history," "knowledge"?

Andy (anditosan)

Although it's not near the city, can also involve where all started, Antikythera mechanism [1]. Artowork have better view on things about artwork that us.

Stathis

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism

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Hey all, Maybe something like: "The reason of being Geeko" All the things that Greek culture remind us like philosophy, history, added with powering the Geeko force could be enforced by the artwork creation. A Geeko thinking and on his thoughts: a) the "Antikythera mechanism" as Stathis meantioned, b) our factory logo, c) the beach or any other important City symbol showed in the organization video well done by the Greek Team, d)... We are thinkers, we are green and for me the next conference will show that we can do better and use 2011 as an example that we all together in a very good place can make us "create, think, develop" even better. I don't know... This conference will be ours and will be focused on us - I hope! Might be the place again for us to show our strenght and the maturity as community. Might reflect the Greek and Geeko culture after all. :) Izabel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-conference+owner@opensuse.org

On 01/09/2013 11:29 AM, Jos Poortvliet wrote:

On Wednesday 09 January 2013 08:58:55 Andres Silva wrote:

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On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 8:40 AM, Robert Schweikert wrote:

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On 01/09/2013 09:46 AM, Henne Vogelsang wrote:

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Hey,

On 09.01.2013 12:47, Jos Poortvliet wrote:

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Motto: Power to the Geeko. A variant of "Power to the People" [1]. Emphasize how we've got the power to change the word. Theme: Philosophy, Greek history and thinking, Changing the world.

I must say that I don't find that many strong visual representations of "Philosophy" and in combination with Greece you will even get less.

Please remember the theme is mainly something we need as starting point for creatives, it doesn't have to make much sense, it just should have some connection to oSC13 and the motto.

I also find it a bit dull to go for the most obvious thing. I must say, I'm not convinced.

I have to agree with Henne. If I had to think about artwork, and I do not claim to be an artist, and the motto to create artwork around is "Philosophy" then there are few things that come to mind that I can associate with the term. However, a word like "Play" creates a much richer word and concept association to have fun with when creating artwork.

Later,

Robert

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Greece has a lot of iconic elements to its culture. It would not be hard to come up with something visual that can help further a particular theme or motto. Philosophy is a good one, what about "history," "knowledge"?

History would also be part of it, yes. The three things being "Philosophy, History and Change".

Robert, you are proposing to replace Philosophy with Play?

Not necessarily, it is associations I am after. "Play", in my mind and possibly other peoples associates with fun, you know, "Have a lot of fun!", while "Philosophy, History" rather remind me of dull school subjects I had to slug through in the distant path. Then again, I am not writing the text nor will I be creating any artwork and thus I should probably just stop adding mail to this thread. Robert -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU SUSE-IBM Software Integration Center LINUX Tech Lead rjschwei@suse.com rschweik@ca.ibm.com 781-464-8147 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-conference+owner@opensuse.org

Στις 11/01/2013 04:22 μμ, ο/η Jos Poortvliet έγραψε:

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On Wednesday 09 January 2013 08:58:55 Andres Silva wrote:

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On 01/09/2013 09:46 AM, Henne Vogelsang wrote:

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Hey,

On 09.01.2013 12:47, Jos Poortvliet wrote: > Motto: Power to the Geeko. A variant of "Power to the People" [1]. > Emphasize how we've got the power to change the word. > Theme: Philosophy, Greek history and thinking, Changing the world. I must say that I don't find that many strong visual representations of "Philosophy" and in combination with Greece you will even get less.

Please remember the theme is mainly something we need as starting point for creatives, it doesn't have to make much sense, it just should have some connection to oSC13 and the motto.

I also find it a bit dull to go for the most obvious thing. I must say, I'm not convinced. I have to agree with Henne. If I had to think about artwork, and I do not claim to be an artist, and the motto to create artwork around is "Philosophy" then there are few things that come to mind that I can associate with the term. However, a word like "Play" creates a much richer word and concept association to have fun with when creating artwork.

Later,

Robert

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On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 8:40 AM, Robert Schweikert wrote: particular theme or motto. Philosophy is a good one, what about "history," "knowledge"? History would also be part of it, yes. The three things being "Philosophy, History and Change".

Robert, you are proposing to replace Philosophy with Play? Not necessarily, it is associations I am after. "Play", in my mind and

On 01/09/2013 11:29 AM, Jos Poortvliet wrote: possibly other peoples associates with fun, you know, "Have a lot of fun!", while "Philosophy, History" rather remind me of dull school subjects I had to slug through in the distant path.

Then again, I am not writing the text nor will I be creating any artwork and thus I should probably just stop adding mail to this thread. Well, I ya'll agree a playful element needs to be added, then helping to

On Wednesday 09 January 2013 16:28:16 Robert Schweikert wrote: think of one that doesn't seem out of place would be appreciated :D

Maybe somehow focus on the properties in Greece which (helped) make the great age of philosophy possible: the climate which was so conductive to growing food, enabling larger cities etc.

I am thinking 'beach' but am afraid that that will bring too much of a frivolous message, making the event not to be taken serious - which is bad esp for sponsors (but won't be appreciated in SUSE either).

Summer, then? Power to the Geeko? Summer, Philosophy and Change (or Summer, History and Change)

Does that work?

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Robert As far as I know, we'll have collaboration summer camp. So summer, beach etc fit there ;-) All the other mentioned on this thread, will give us more ideas.

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Hey, On 09.01.2013 17:52, Jos Poortvliet wrote:

On Wednesday 09 January 2013 15:46:40 Henne Vogelsang wrote:

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On 09.01.2013 12:47, Jos Poortvliet wrote:

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Motto: Power to the Geeko. A variant of "Power to the People" [1]. Emphasize how we've got the power to change the word. Theme: Philosophy, Greek history and thinking, Changing the world.

I must say that I don't find that many strong visual representations of "Philosophy" and in combination with Greece you will even get less.

That's just one of the three words. And I dunno about you, but there's a lot of visual stuff around thinking and philosophy, even more with (greek) history and 'change' trown into it.

What more than old dudes and pillars are there really? Not very exciting, very... well old. Nothing I would associate with us. The best theme so far I have heard is: port, ships 'n stuff, voyage, change, movement But that doesn't really go well with the proposed motto. Maybe we ought to change the motto. * The port of freedom * Green Voyage * The voyage to freedom * Off to new shores Ideas? Henne -- Henne Vogelsang http://www.opensuse.org Everybody has a plan, until they get hit. - Mike Tyson -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-conference+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-conference+owner@opensuse.org