Re: [Paddlewise] Logo for PaddleWise

ralph diaz wrote:
> 
> I think it was Sandy Kramer who came up with the idea.  I believe an owl
> should definitely be part of the logo for helping identify each other at
> symposiums and other venues.  Wise and owls go together.  A paddle
> should be there too for the Paddle end of the PaddleWise name.

Both good ideas.  Maybe the paddle could be in the owl's beak or talons.  And
bearded, 'cause so many of us are chronologically challenged.  <g>

> [snip] One of the simplest approaches is a button in a bright color with
> the logo on it. 

Patches are also good.  With computerized sewing they are easy.  My paddling
partner of yore is just now exiting the sewing machine business, and has
contacts with several folks who can morph a design onto cloth.  Stitched
designs are durable and classy.  (Used to have a pink flamingo on my hat, but
the wind took it in Skincuttle Inlet two years ago.  Sigh ... some rockfish is
wearing that darn thing!)

> Having such buttons displayed would be a way of attracting more people
> to PaddleWise.  They see the owl and paddle and ask about it.  I suppose
> this will lead to arguments about getting too big, letting the riff-raff
> in, etc.  But the more peopl are on PaddleWise and hearing good advice,
> the more informed they will be to make intelligent decisions for
> themselves by way of gear and risk management.

I am about the most "anti-organized group" person any of you is likely to
know.  Even so, I would wear proudly the Paddlewise patch/badge/whatever.  This
group embodies almost all the good things about paddling and almost none of the
undesirable things.  Ralph hits the nail on the head with the comments about
"good advice" and encouraging "intelligent decisions."  It is the
no-holds-barred ethic which nourishes the culture here.  I love watching Broze
and Winters bat each other about, and often hoot loudly when I read Doug
Lloyd's stuff!

-- 
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR
early Paddlewiser, soon to be a geezer (Paddlegeezer?)
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