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

Wed Dec 11 09:12:36 UTC 2013

Sure... I can't promise but I'll try to find time to do that :)

2013/12/11 Bram Geenen <info at bramgeenen.com>

> Yes I would help you out with the draft.
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 8:02 AM, Christian Villum <villum at autofunk.dk>wrote:
>
>> Jorge, Bram - this is great, really like your ideas here. If I put
>> together a draft description of the idea, would you perhaps want to help
>> out by skimming the text and give feedback?
>>
>> Anyone else who'd like to give feedback?
>>
>> -Christian
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Bram Geenen <info at bramgeenen.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Like that idea Jorge, how about an Okapi robot?
>>>
>>> I do think that making it into a project that has a strong identity and
>>> incorporates the ideas of the OKF would help to make it something more
>>> people could relate to.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 9:58 PM, Jorge Toledo <jortogar at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I like the idea of making it as a physical mascot, like building,
>>>> sewing or knitting it and then releasing the patterns to the wild :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2013/12/6 Christian Villum <villum at autofunk.dk>
>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *Chris Sakkas**Admin of the FOSsil Bank wiki
>>>>>>>> <http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/> and the Living Libre blog
>>>>>>>> <http://www.livinglibre.com> and Twitter feed
>>>>>>>> <https://twitter.com/#%21/living_libre>.*
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 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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