From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.182.58.105 with SMTP id p9mr26101526obq.25.1415992387545; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 11:13:07 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.182.40.133 with SMTP id x5mr153295obk.15.1415992387415; Fri, 14 Nov 2014 11:13:07 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!news.glorb.com!r10no2800506igi.0!news-out.google.com!c9ni14081igv.0!nntp.google.com!h15no292574igd.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 11:13:07 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=2602:306:3784:5b10:88ce:483c:10:72a5; posting-account=yiWntAoAAAC1KqC_shmxJYv07B9l6LNU NNTP-Posting-Host: 2602:306:3784:5b10:88ce:483c:10:72a5 References: <08a98d3a-0f72-491c-b024-3e09c0457c03@googlegroups.com> <8761eim8es.fsf_-_@adaheads.sparre-andersen.dk> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: What makes a good mascot? (Was: The Owl - My Idea for the Ada mascot) From: David Botton Injection-Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 19:13:07 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:23320 Date: 2014-11-14T11:13:07-08:00 List-Id: > it could have been anything, but trying to attach an arbitrary image to t= he > language 34 yrs later is unlikely to take. You would be surprised. I've got a ton of marketing and advocacy ideas wait= ing to happen and each will make use of the maskot. Hopefully public projects (I've got a few in the works of my own already be= yond Gnoga) will use it as well. I am sure the donors and others sympatheti= c to the project will incorporate into their sites and projects. I know that there will be certain entities that are unlikely to use the mas= cot (or any other ideas) the community produces. However I and others may b= e willing to put some dollars to plushies and other things to give out at s= ome events like FOSDEM. (obviously this one is too close) I put in the request on the FOSDEM mail list to announce the mascot contest= . I hope they will. David Botton