DConf 2016, Berlin: Call for Submissions is now open!

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On 10/31/15 10:41 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 10/31/15 5:24 PM, Jonas Drewsen wrote:
>> On Sunday, 25 October 2015 at 23:59:16 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> On 10/25/15 8:04 AM, ponce wrote:
>>>> On Friday, 23 October 2015 at 16:37:20 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://dconf.org/2016/index.html
>>>>
>>>> Do you need a new logo this year? I would be happy to make another,
>>>> better one.
>>>
>>> Yes please! Forgot to mention that. Many thanks!! -- Andrei
>>
>> I gave it a shot:
>>
>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/188292/g4421.png
>>
>> /Jonas
>
> Many thanks to both you and ponce! This is great work.
>
> I have good news and bad news. The bad news is we won't likely be able
> to accept either of these proposals.
>
> The good news is Sociomantic wants to get behind the DConf logo design,
> more generally behind the dconf.org site design, and even more generally
> get more involved in helping the Foundation and the language. It will
> take their design team a bit longer to get things done, but they want to
> do it right.
>
> There's been considerable back and forth between Sociomantic and
> ourselves before choosing this path. One concern was that corporate
> intervention risks to stifle individual contributions such as Jonas' and
> ponce's. We concluded that we've been roughing it long enough so a bit
> of structured help is welcome.
>
> I am very sorry your work will not be used for the conference site. My
> hope is this decision will help the greater good.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrei

Well! About that: after talking things through with Sociomantic today, 
we thought it's best if we let the community design the DConf logo. 
Sociomantic's designers are quite busy through the end of the year, and 
the extant proposals aren't half bad.

Sociomantic continues to be unwavering in its support for DConf and The 
D Language Foundation. They will design the T-shirts and the welcome 
package for the conference.

So, while I'm away (I'll be traveling for most of this week), please 
let's vote on the two DConf logo proposals and choose one for 
http://dconf.org.


Thanks,

Andrei