[Open Design + Hardware] Introducing the "Chuff-a-thon"

Fri Dec 6 10:10:00 UTC 2013

Even better then :)
Hope there are people out there who'd be up for help putting this idea more
firmly together!

-Christian

On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 8:32 AM, Laura James <laura.james at okfn.org> wrote:

> Speaking with some mix of WG hat and Open Knowledge Foundation leadership
> hat, I'd say you don't need Open Knowledge Foundation leadership on board
> for the mascot - our mascot should be whatever the network wants :)
>
> NB: Mascot of the open knowledge network isn't the same as the Open
> Knowledge Foundation brand - both can and will exist :)
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> Laura
>
>
> On 5 December 2013 09:34, Christian Villum <villum at autofunk.dk> wrote:
>
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> Yes, I actually remember that from colleagues (disclaimer: I also work
>> for OKF with other stuff, but volunteer for this working group). The
>> discussions we've had this time around (us being me, Primavera and Kat) was
>> to perhaps give it a twist - for instance by having this be a hardware
>> competition, in which the brief is to build Chuff out of physical
>> materials, then submit a photograph and/or create graphical representation
>> which could then potentially become the actual mascot later on.
>>
>> Once fully conceptionalized we would need to get OKF leadership on board
>> for the mascot bit, but for now we just wanted to see if anyone would be up
>> for helping frame the concept of the competition (could be something
>> completely different than what is outlined above) and create a fun, shared
>> project for our working group.
>>
>> Any input is welcome! And I'm hoping we can put together a small group
>> around the idea?
>>
>> -Christian
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 12:13 AM, Chris Sakkas <sanglorian at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Christian,
>>>
>>> Did you know that there was a competition to design a Chuff logo about
>>> this time last year? It only got one entry (mine), so they decided to hold
>>> off for another time.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Chris
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> On 5 December 2013 02:05, Christian Villum <villum at autofunk.dk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi list,
>>>>
>>>> As you probably know, the Open Knowledge Foundation has a mascot,
>>>> Chuff, pictured here:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/okfn/8019235389/in/photostream/
>>>>
>>>> He is a sweet little Okapi that loves loves open knowledge.
>>>>
>>>> But here is the rub: The fluffy little thing on the picture is a
>>>> trademark design, so we started talking about the need to figure out what
>>>> Chuff would look like if he was redesigned under open terms. In other words
>>>> - Chuff needs to be open!
>>>> Maybe we could put together a design competition?
>>>>
>>>> Would anyone here be interested in helping put something like that
>>>> together? It could potentially be called "The Chuff-a-thon"...!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -Christian
>>>>
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