Re: GNOME Free Agent T-shirt Proposal

[Brian Cameron <brian cameron oracle com>]

No votes since last Friday.  I will wait until the 27th for more votes.
If there are not any more votes, then choice #1 will win with 2 votes.

Brian


On 05/21/10 02:04 PM, Brian Cameron wrote:
> Out of the discussion so far I like 3 choices:
>
> #1) The original text
>
> GNOME technologies power SugarLabs and OLPC to help previously
> marginalized children throughout the developing world learn,
> achieve and begin to transform their communities.
>
> #2) Shorter version
>
> GNOME powers SugarLabs and OLPC
> Globally providing children with tools to
> learn, achieve, and transform their world.
>
> #3) Really short version
>
> GNOME powers SugarLabs and OLPC
> Enabling children to transform their world.
>
> Let's vote. I pick #2. I know Dave & Paul picked #1.
>
> Brian
>
>
> On 05/19/10 09:27 PM, Paul Cutler wrote:
> > On Wed, 2010-05-19 at 22:12 +0200, Dave Neary wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Bryen M. Yunashko wrote:
> > > > I like this revision much better. If we're still looking to shorten
> > > > it, how about "Globally providing" instead of "A global effort
> > > > providing"?
> > >
> > > I really liked the long flowing wordy version - a great message, great
> > > conversation starter, and the text was part of the design. I would love
> > > to wear the t-shirt with the initial design.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Dave.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Dave Neary
> > > GNOME Foundation member
> > > dneary gnome org
> >
> > After (finally!) catching up on this thread just now (great to see all
> > the activity on the marketing list!) I agree with Dave.
> >
> > Reading through some of the text / copy suggestions and putting my
> > documentation hat, I think to Brian's point of educating what GNOME is
> > powering / member of an ecosystem I'd leave it as it is in the first
> > design. I like how it flows as well on the shirt itself.
> >
> > Paul