: I think Shalin's poll is the contest. :) A public poll is a voting mechanism, it can be part ofa contest ... a contest involves "rules" (which in our case have to do with attaching to Jira and granting liscence, also probably some size requirements) and a specific, anounced in advance, window of time in which entires are accepted (a public poll for voting should also involve a specific, anounced in advance, window of time to participate.)
People who want to help spell out a little bette exactly how/when the contest should run should help hack up the wiki page... http://wiki.apache.org/solr/LogoContest -Hoss