From cassandra-user-return-644-apmail-incubator-cassandra-user-archive=incubator.apache.org@incubator.apache.org Tue Sep 22 05:06:07 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-cassandra-user-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: (qmail 14515 invoked from network); 22 Sep 2009 05:06:07 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 22 Sep 2009 05:06:07 -0000 Received: (qmail 6974 invoked by uid 500); 22 Sep 2009 05:06:07 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-cassandra-user-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 6941 invoked by uid 500); 22 Sep 2009 05:06:07 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cassandra-user-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: cassandra-user@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list cassandra-user@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 6932 invoked by uid 99); 22 Sep 2009 05:06:06 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:06:06 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.2 required=10.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of contact@shahan.me designates 68.71.241.8 as permitted sender) Received: from [68.71.241.8] (HELO mail2.localdomain) (68.71.241.8) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:05:56 +0000 Received: from mail.gpanetwork.com (unknown [192.168.1.15]) (Authenticated sender: contact@shahan.me) by mail2.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 01DA5852152 for ; Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:05:32 +0000 (UTC) MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:05:32 +0000 From: To: Subject: Re: Got =?UTF-8?Q?Logo=3F?= In-Reply-To: References: <1253591910.3294.38.camel@achilles> Message-ID: X-Sender: contact@shahan.me User-Agent: RoundCube Webmail/0.2.1 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=_a94bb190774867d0c1602c6ab5a610c6" X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org --=_a94bb190774867d0c1602c6ab5a610c6 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 +1 On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:09:36 -0700, Sal Fuentes wrote: Glad to see someone take charge on this. This sounds like a great idea. On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 8:58 PM, Eric Evans wrote: I've watched http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-231 [2] evolve and can't see anything approaching consensus. I can think of two reasons for this, 1) it is subjective and tastes vary, and 2) there aren't any logos that strike a chord in the community. I'm betting that in fact it's a bit of both, so... I propose we widen the field a bit and run a contest on 99designs.com [3]. I am volunteering to setup and administer the contest, and Rackspace has graciously offered to front the cost. Once we've widened the field a bit, I propose we call a vote, but instead of the typical show of +1s, we use the condorcet method instead. The condorcet voting system is ideal for this sort of thing because it takes all of your preferences into account, not just the choice you prefer most. Condorcet is good at finding the best compromise; it's possible to have a winner that is no ones first choice, but is the least disagreeable to the majority. Wikipedia has a decent page on condorcet voting (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method [4]), and there is at least one online application that we could use (http://www.cs.cornell.edu/andru/civs.html [5]). What does everyone think? -- Eric Evans eevans@rackspace.com [6] -- Salvador Fuentes Jr. Links: ------ [1] mailto:eevans@rackspace.com [2] http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-231 [3] http://99designs.com [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method [5] http://www.cs.cornell.edu/andru/civs.html [6] mailto:eevans@rackspace.com --=_a94bb190774867d0c1602c6ab5a610c6 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8

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On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:09:36 -0700, Sal Fuentes <fuentesjr@gmail.com&= gt; wrote:

Glad to see someone take charge on this. This sounds like a great idea= =2E 

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 8:58 PM, Eric Evans <eevans@rackspace.com><= /span> wrote:

I've watched http://issues.apache.org/= jira/browse/CASSANDRA-231 evolve
and can't see anything approachi= ng consensus. I can think of two reasons
for this, 1) it is subjectiv= e and tastes vary, and 2) there aren't any
logos that strike a chord = in the community. I'm betting that in fact
it's a bit of both, so..= =2E

I propose we widen the field a bit and run a contest on 99designs.com. I
am volunteering to= setup and administer the contest, and Rackspace has
graciously offer= ed to front the cost.

Once we've widened the field a bit, I pro= pose we call a vote, but
instead of the typical show of +1s, we use t= he condorcet method
instead.

The condorcet voting system = is ideal for this sort of thing because it
takes all of your preferen= ces into account, not just the choice you
prefer most. Condorcet is g= ood at finding the best compromise; it's
possible to have a winner th= at is no ones first choice, but is the least
disagreeable to the majo= rity. Wikipedia has a decent page on condorcet
voting (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co= ndorcet_method), and there is at
least one online application tha= t we could use
(http://www.cs.cornell.edu/andru/civs.html).

What does ever= yone think?

--
Eric Evans
eevans@rackspace.com




--
Salvador Fuentes Jr.

 

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