[NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC Logo - Ideas and designers out there?

[McLaughlin, Lisa]

I vote for Ganesh, the Hindu god who is the remover of obstacles.

Cheers,

Lisa

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On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 3:50 PM, Mueller, Milton L <milton at gatech.edu>
wrote:

> Well we have used our adopted baby elephant as a symbol before. Elephants
> are good, they are smart and they never forget. On the other hand, it is
> also the symbol of the Republican Party in the USA. Hmmm.
>
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> We were given a (wooden) pet giraffe in Hyderabad, perhaps that could be
> the logo. But giraffes, we hear, are in danger of becoming extinct. Not a
> good connotation. We might adopt the bumble bee as our symbol, since we are
> busy, hard-working, we produce honey, and we now have a queen. Hexagons are
> cool for designs also.
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> If we go with plants, might I suggest the thistle? Nice geometry,
> beautiful, but don’t try to grab it or sit on it. I guess that might align
> us too much with Scotland, though.
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> How about a stylized version of Delacroix’s liberty leading the people? We
> could change the French flag to an ICANN logo?
> http://www.artble.com/imgs/b/d/4/134968/778457.jpg Some prudes might
> complain...
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> Or a play on the Apple logo by taking a bite out of the ICANN globe?
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> Maybe our Indian colleagues could suggest a suitable God/Goddess – they
> have so many…
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> I do hope we don’t come up with some corny pseudo-digital theme with zeros
> and ones and circuits.
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> *From:* Ncuc-discuss [mailto:ncuc-discuss-bounces at lists.ncuc.org] *On
> Behalf Of *farzaneh badii
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 14, 2016 8:48 AM
> *To:* Corinne Cath <corinnecath at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch>; NCUC-discuss <
> ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC Logo - Ideas and designers out there?
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> Thanks Corinne,
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>
> Tulip was just a try-to-be humorous suggestion to get you going. I am not
> insisting. So would be good if the members  just come up with implementable
> ideas.
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> On 14 December 2016 at 08:46, Corinne Cath <corinnecath at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Farzi,
>
> Thanks for suggesting this. I agree that a logo would be good, but perhaps
> move away from the Tullip as it is also a national symbol for the Dutch
> (eventhough we stole it from the Turkish) and towards something that
> represents wired-digital-civil-society, keeping Bill's fighting spirit but
> perhaps moving away from pirates?
>
> best,
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> On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 2:05 PM, James Gannon <james at cyberinvasion.net>
> wrote:
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> Im all for this =)
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> On 14/12/2016, 12:52, "Ncuc-discuss on behalf of William Drake" <
> ncuc-discuss-bounces at lists.ncuc.org on behalf of william.drake at uzh.ch>
> wrote:
>
> >http://www.clipartkid.com/images/120/notre-dame-fighting-irish-logos-
> logotipos-gratuitos-clipartlogo-com-YGbhWf-clipart.png
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> Corinne J.N. Cath
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