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

Wed Dec 11 14:35:01 UTC 2013

That's great guys, I'll ping you with a draft.

-Christian

On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Jorge Toledo <jortogar at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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