The purpose of a logo is for "branding" - you see the logo and you instantly know the product. There is no mistaking logos for Pepsi, Nike, CBS or other companies. We have four different logos and each logo has several different variations. This does us no good. There should be only one logo and it should be displayed in the same place on all USGenWeb sites. When you see the logo in the right place, you instantly know you're on a USGenWeb site. Dale Grimm OHGenWeb SC -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sharon Craig Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 3:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [STATE-COORD] The bylaw rule does exist That is the best solution I have seen in all of these e-mails.  Link to the approved logos in the paragraph and it is done. Sharon A. Craig Hamilton Co. InGenWeb Coordinator Assistant In GenWeb State Coordinator   --- On Sun, 10/11/09, Cheryl Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: From: Cheryl Rothwell <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [STATE-COORD] The bylaw rule does exist To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, October 11, 2009, 11:45 AM *All websites shall include prominent display of The USGenWeb Project logo on the home page.* Leaving aside all the evident control issues, it would appear to me that the rules say "the USGenWeb project logo" so the solution is to define, somewhere that is obvious, exactly what "the USGenWeb project logo" is. The logo is one of those found here... or something along those lines. ------------------------------- 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

I totally agree, Dale. Betsy At 07:27 PM 10/11/2009, you wrote: >The purpose of a logo is for "branding" - you see the logo and you instantly >know the product. There is no mistaking logos for Pepsi, Nike, CBS or other >companies. > >We have four different logos and each logo has several different variations. >This does us no good. > >There should be only one logo and it should be displayed in the same place >on all USGenWeb sites. When you see the logo in the right place, you >instantly know you're on a USGenWeb site. > > >Dale Grimm >OHGenWeb SC > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sharon Craig >Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 3:16 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [STATE-COORD] The bylaw rule does exist > >That is the best solution I have seen in all of these e-mails. Link to the >approved logos in the paragraph and it is done. > > >Sharon A. Craig >Hamilton Co. InGenWeb Coordinator >Assistant In GenWeb State Coordinator > > >--- On Sun, 10/11/09, Cheryl Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > > >From: Cheryl Rothwell <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [STATE-COORD] The bylaw rule does exist >To: [email protected] >Date: Sunday, October 11, 2009, 11:45 AM > > >*All websites shall include prominent display of The USGenWeb Project logo >on the home page.* > >Leaving aside all the evident control issues, it would appear to me that the >rules say "the USGenWeb project logo" so the solution is to define, >somewhere that is obvious, exactly what "the USGenWeb project logo" is. > >The logo is one of those found here... or something along those lines. > >------------------------------- >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 > > > >------------------------------- >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

Dale, I believe that you hit the the heart of this issue. It sure appears that many do not care about trying to place the USGenWeb name out there for their visitors to see or promoting the Project. When the USGenWeb logo is hidden at the bottom of a page where it is not likely to be seen when it is supposed to be prominently displayed does nothing to help increase the branding or promotion of the Project. I felt that four different "official logos" were too much at the time of the vote and would not be a benefit to the USGenWeb Project. At the time I voted for the one that I thought would work best toward this goal. I know others told me at the time that they felt the same and also voted for only one official logo. Les Dale Grimm wrote: > The purpose of a logo is for "branding" - you see the logo and you instantly > know the product. There is no mistaking logos for Pepsi, Nike, CBS or other > companies. > > We have four different logos and each logo has several different variations. > This does us no good. > > There should be only one logo and it should be displayed in the same place > on all USGenWeb sites. When you see the logo in the right place, you > instantly know you're on a USGenWeb site. > > > Dale Grimm > OHGenWeb SC

Very well said Dale and Les, and Les I do like the idea of making it a requirement to put a search engine on the sites because I don't stay at a site that doesn't have one as I am not going to sit all day reading stuff that I am not looking for when the search engine can tell me immediately. Gail On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 8:31 PM, Lesley L Shockey <[email protected]>wrote: > Dale, I believe that you hit the the heart of this issue. It sure > appears that many do not care about trying to place the USGenWeb name > out there for their visitors to see or promoting the Project. > > When the USGenWeb logo is hidden at the bottom of a page where it is > not likely to be seen when it is supposed to be prominently displayed > does nothing to help increase the branding or promotion of the Project. > > I felt that four different "official logos" were too much at the time > of the vote and would not be a benefit to the USGenWeb Project. At > the time I voted for the one that I thought would work best toward > this goal. I know others told me at the time that they felt the same > and also voted for only one official logo. > > Les > > Dale Grimm wrote: > > The purpose of a logo is for "branding" - you see the logo and you > instantly > > know the product. There is no mistaking logos for Pepsi, Nike, CBS or > other > > companies. > > > > We have four different logos and each logo has several different > variations. > > This does us no good. > > > > There should be only one logo and it should be displayed in the same > place > > on all USGenWeb sites. When you see the logo in the right place, you > > instantly know you're on a USGenWeb site. > > > > > > Dale Grimm > > OHGenWeb SC > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Are you going to mandate the search engine too? Those things come and go. I have a Google search engine on one county that works well but doesn't seem to do as well on another. Another works very well but the site grew so it will not search the entire thing without payment. As with anything else, it's a can of worms. It seems to me there is a push to make all the sites alike. Is that what you really want?