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We're looking for designers to help propose and implement design work required for a branding effort.

How To Participate

1. Subscribe to our public Marketing mailing list by sending an email to marketing-subscribe@openoffice.apache.org and respond to the confirmation email you will then receive.

2. Introduce yourself on the mailing list by sending an email to the Marketing mailing list:  marketing@openoffice.apache.org

3. Complete Orientation Modules.  If you are already familiar with open source projects at Apache, then you can quickly skim over the Level 1 and Level 2 modules and concentrate on the short Introduction to Marketing module.   If, however, you are new to Apache, and want a more methodical approach to getting started, then you can start at Level 1 modules first.

4. Register to this wiki in the top right corner.

5. After you join the community you can make your designs available by posting ideas under this wiki page and more complete designs under this wiki page. Send us an e-mail to the marketing list after you make a proposal.  Make sure you're subscribed first.

Areas of Focus

We've broken down the areas of focus for branding as child topics to this wiki page.  You can see that we have from splash screens to icons to websites.

Preamble

Apache OpenOffice (AOO) is the re-named and re-homed OpenOffice.org, the second most popular Productivity Software package on the market.  Our users number in the tens of millions worldwide.  AOO is one of the most important pieces of open source software available today.  Being of a type of application that is universally used in computers world wide by people of all ethnicities and localities and from home users and small business through to large enterprise and government.

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• Can be altered for use in splash screens, about screens, publications, website, elements in application icons, etc.
• Brand proposals that show more than just a logo, considering placement in the areas of focus such as splash screen and websites.

Criteria For Logo & Branding

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• Cannot use proprietary fonts.
• Cannot resemble other productivity software branding that exist on the market.
• Cannot closely resemble other logo and trademarks by other organizations. eg. gold colored arches, single swoosh, blue thumbs up
• Cannot use the Apache logos or other trademarks.

Time Line

Designers must submit their designs before XXX.

Voting

Who will vote?

After which a vote will take place to eliminate the proposals down to three, using the STV method. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote

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