[ESP] Name, goals and logo

[K. A. Bouton]

Good site - will have to bookmark it.

And logos are nice - I vote for #2 - easy to fit triangles into all sorts of
corners

Katherine

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Marshall [mailto:Eric.Marshall at noaa.gov] 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 6:16 PM
> To: K. A. Bouton
> Cc: 'Roland Schweitzer'; esp at ucar.edu
> Subject: Re: RE: [ESP] Name, goals and logo
> 
> 
> Regarding issues of color-blindness, take a look at the 
> clever web page http:// 
> www.vischeck.com/vischeck/vischeckImage.php ; they transform 
> your image into what the 
> color-blind would see. They also have a page to do the same 
> for web pages.
> 
> Attached are two logos which are color-blind friendly and 
> less horizonal.
> 
> Eric
> 
> 
> 
> Eric W. Marshall
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> The opinions expressed in this message are my own and do not 
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> Laboratory, Raytheon, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
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> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "K. A. Bouton" <k.a.bouton at reading.ac.uk>
> Date: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 5:39 am
> Subject: RE: [ESP] Name, goals and logo
> 
> > Wow - impressed at th espeed with which you got this out!
> > 
> > Just a note.
> > Green (then red) is the color most not seen by color-blind people.
> > Anyway I
> > remember a big CLIVAR fight over green/red logos...
> > 
> > Katherine
> > 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: esp-bounces at ucar.edu [mailto:esp-bounces at ucar.edu] On
> > > Behalf Of Roland Schweitzer
> > > Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 5:09 PM
> > > To: esp at ucar.edu
> > > Subject: [ESP] Name, goals and logo
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Hi Folks,
> > > 
> > > Rather than wait for the wheels to turn to produce a
> > > brilliant mission 
> > > statement with precise goals and a new name I decided to 
> > > metaphorically 
> > > put pen to paper and create a logo which contains my suggestion 
> > for a
> > > new name for the group.  The attached PDF is the result.
> > > 
> > > N.B. The logo attempts to symbolized the key components of
> > > 1) data on 
> > > and about the earth (with no specific references to particular 
> > > continents or countries) and 2) cooperation (both via computer 
> > and by
> > > humans) symbolically linked across the logo.  The suggested
> > > name has the 
> > > old name embedded within it, but is different enough (I hope) 
> > > to avoid 
> > > confusion with the popular NASA project.
> > > 
> > > There are three "logos".  One plain, one with a "tag line"
> > > and one small 
> > > "brand" for placing on participant web pages where appropriate.
> > > 
> > > Should in its wisdom (or dare I say lack there of) the collective
> > > decides to go in a different direction, I will happily use 
> > > what meager 
> > > skill I have to create a logo to match the final decision.
> > > 
> > > Roland
> > > 
> > 
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