On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:47:43 +1100 (EST)
"James Rayner"
Forwarding on some concerns over entries by developers in the logo competition.
I havn't made an official entry, but I have been taking ideas on some designs, with the intention of an official entry after development. http://src.iphitus.org/arch-logo/conceptAB.png http://src.iphitus.org/arch-logo/conceptC.png http://src.iphitus.org/arch-logo/conceptD.png
To quote: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=294343#p294343
" Finally, I have a more logistical concern about your potential submission. Rules have been laid out that devs will be the ones doing the initial vote on the logo, and the community only votes in the case of a tie. You submitting as a developer flags as an overt conflict of interest. Regardless of whether you vote or not on your design, you have no way to assure the community that nepotism won't come into play in the logo decision, if you submit. This will discourage others from submitting as they will all be starting at a SIGNIFICANT disadvantage as a decision maker will be creating a design of their own. If the developers wanted to create their own logo, they should not have ordained a community contest to have a logo created. I'm hoping all developers can appreciate this point of view. "
So two points: - Conflict of interest, easily solved - Favouritism.
Thoughts?
James
Favouritism? Bah, everybody knows we all hate you, James. :P (jk, of course) In all honesty, I think something like our official logo will important enough that devs will truthfully vote for those logos that they consider to be the best of the bunch, regardless of who submitted it - I know that's going to be my stance - heck, my WIFE was considering making an entry - that's got favouritism and conflict-of-interest written all over it, but if I honestly don't like her entry, I won't vote for it - the logo we're going to use is too important for that kind of silly stuff. However, we can talk about it until we're blue in the face, and if the community is still worried, then it's the community that needs to discuss the issue. Would changing from a private vote to a public vote alleviate these problems, or would that cause more issues than it solves? -- Travis