Re: [Paddlewise] Logo for PaddleWise

How about a horizontal paddle with an owl perched on it?  



At 07:47 AM 2/9/00 -0800, Dave Kruger wrote:
>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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