Hi, 99designs might be an interesting option. On the other hand I am not sure their process <http://99designs.com/help/howitworks> is optimal for Solr case:
1) the one who calls the contest is the one who rates individual pieces (that is how I understand it). How exactly this is done I don't know. Does it mean that they give the opener an account and this account is then used for rating? This would mean that this account whould have been shared by community members... (?) 2) the length of the contest is limited by 7 days (is this enough?) 3) there is a fee for opening the contest (35$ - not a big deal but the opener should account for this in his/her bugdet) Regards, Lukas On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 6:28 PM, John Warde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Don't know whether it been mentioned yet in this thread ... have you looked > at http://99designs.com/ (from sitepoint.com)? We have used this numerous > times to get logos and websites designed. > > You set-up a competition and offer prize money and award it to the design > you think is best (currently there are 18,054 designers registered on the > site). You can provide feedback and get updated designs. > > Here are a few sample contests offering $100 prizes > http://99designs.com/contests/11280 > http://99designs.com/contests/11323 > http://99designs.com/contests/11282 > > > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 05 September 2008 3:47 pm > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Re: Solr Logo thought > > I am working on this a bit. I tried to contact the guys involved in the > Shale prizes to see what they did, but I got no responses. Havn't looked > into who I might check with at Apache yet. > > Not sure how much of a prize we need though. Should be motivating, but > doesn't need to be crazy I think. > > If I don't get much further, if you have a bit of cash and some swag, I'd > add like 100 bucks to the pot as well and we should be close as a last > resort. > > - Mark > > Chris Hostetter wrote: > > > > If you're volunteering then i would suggest seeing if you can dig up > > some info on how to go about getting some prizes funded (if not cash, > > then maybe general apache swag or Solr t-shirts with the new logo) ... > > if for some reason it's off the table for the ASF then i'll kick in > > some cash and some CNET swag (with the old "vintage" logo, that's now > > a collectors item ... or so i keep telling myself) and flesh out some > > more "process" details on the wiki so there's a bit more for people to > > disscuss (once 1.3 is > > baked) > > > > > > > > -Hoss > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.6.16/1650 - Release Date: 04/09/2008 > 6:54 pm > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.6.16/1650 - Release Date: 04/09/2008 > 6:54 pm > > -- http://blog.lukas-vlcek.com/
