I doubt I can explain it better than to say that while it looks nice it is a banner, not the official logo that our fellow coordinators voted on. Since I like the old style we've had for nearly 18 years I used both it and the new logo on my counties front door. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnwilkin/ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnyellow/ Tim On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 8:55 AM, Karen De Groote via <[email protected]> wrote: > Great question John. When we all voted for the official logo, that > became the official logo. Banners are just that, banners. Now there > is no problem with decorating with banners, even on the index page but > our official logo needs to be there as well. Kermit reworked the old > Pennau banner to be in compliance with the name so we can use itd. It > does not contain the official logo. Keith chose to add a banner to > the logos page that DOES incorporate the official logo, however we did > not vote to have a banner as an official logo so it is still a banner > not a logo. > > I hope that makes sense and I imagine Shirley and Tim will explain > maybe a bit better. Thanks for the question. > Karen > ASC MNGenWeb > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 5:19 AM, John Van Essen via <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Mar 19, 2015, at 19:55, Karen De Groote via wrote: > > > >> The leadership team will begin reviewing their counties at the end of > >> this 10 day period for the basic requirements ... > > > > Okay - so that period is up! I have a question about the logo rules. > > > >> 8. All county sites must provide a link to the state site. ... > >> Here is the page with our official logo > >> and the acceptable banner that can be used on other pages that are NOT > >> the index page: http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mngenweb/logo.htm. > >> This is an area that we have problems with in this project. Some are > >> using the old logo and some are using the the new BANNER on the index > >> page for a logo rather than the official logo. ... > > > > So by "old logo" you are referring to the Pennau banner with Minnesota > > spelled out, which is not in compliance with USGenWeb rules for state > > logos. By "new BANNER", you are referring to the re-formatted Pennau > > banner on the above page, also not suitable as a logo. > > > > Since the Kittleson banner on the Logo Sets page: > > > > http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mngenweb/MNGenWeb%20Logo%20Sets.html > > > > incorporates the official logo and was not specifically forbidden > > and the use of a logo is *optional*, I have chosen to replace the > > old Pennau logo with the exact same-size Kittleson banner, and still > > linking it to the MNGenWeb page. > > > > So I'm looking for affirmation that what I have here is acceptable: > > > > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mncrowwi/ > > > > It looks swell! > > > > Thanks. > > > > John Van Essen, Crow Wing county > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >