Contribute Here!

I did save it, I can churn out words as needed. :-)

Thanks @chasschaeffer I gotta move on now. Someone vote so I do not feel so awkward when I vote. :-P

It might be interesting to think about the psychology if color before we decide. The AfterParty crowd is using lots of orange Which is energetic on the one side but immaturity on the other.

We have been using purple or violet to good effect. In the Namaste poster and the Phoenix. I'd like to make the imagery easy to decipher , but I do like Julia's layering.

http://www.colour-affects.co.uk/psychological-properties-of-colours

Whichever we choose, can we get it in banner form or rectangular (long width, shorter length)

See last year's:
https://org2.salsalabs.com/o/7315/donate_page/occupy-national-gathering

Turns out, we will actually be using this link, reworked for pic and wording.

have sent an e about the wording to main list.

p.s. I like the pink and Julia's first one, but think the words over are redundant for the Contribute page itself (because you are already there to donate), tho will work well for posting elsewhere.

I like the "Building the Future Together " image, although I prefer the phrase "Together We Rise". I remember getting good feedback from other Occupiers (non-NatGat) about this image. I also like the Phoenix, but without the donation language, the donation language makes it difficult to read. I also like all of the raised fist logos. The rising sun and 2nd logos are beautiful, but are they lacking in excitement?

Tricia, which is the Namaste poster? Is it one that is here?
Lisa, not sure that “excitement” means the same to all, or comes from the same image for all. What I like about the sun image (#1) is its handmade appearance; personal, not corporate.

this one with info updated?

a redo of this one from last year?

really liking this one of Julie's, not for the donation page, but for social media, website posts.

really liking the sunrise that needs updating.

but if natgatua phoenix is what folks have been identifying with, that's cool too. it's on our twitter and facebook..

Lisa likes the black/blue one which is on our googles.

I have no objections to any of the three (except text changes) i would love the rising phoenix more if it were softer and lighter like some of julie's, and the same about the blue one. they're so sharp, they make me jump

If no one can update the others, the rising phoenix is the only one with all the info ready to roll. [oh, except #ng3 - is that the decided hashtag - seems I heard only use #natgat2014.

No Good on using #NG3; NG3 is a postal code (or part of one), I believe for Nottingham. How are we going to narrow these down?

We'd have to have a straw poll with a list of them.

Each group should fund raise as needed & use what image works best for that project or ask.

Not into popularity contests over creative work, btw. :)

we decided last week to go with AFGJ as fiscal sponsor, so are anxious to get the page set up. this will be for the general fund - the on ground necessities. "Contribute to NatGat3"
other projects like caravan, anti-racism training, allstr33ts will do separate fundraising (though in case of allstr33ts some of their projects are necessities, like the guide and food for kitchen).

plan then to have donate button go to a page on the hub with all the donation/contribution sites listed, like the Occupy Sandy page:

http://occupysandy.net/donate-to-our-ongoing-work/

I recommend going with the sun on the donation page, at least for now, to match the NatGat planning group Facebook page, and presumably the guru. Certainly other sites will want to use different images for a donation button; this would not limit that in any way.

Ryan is updating the sun image.

hmm. waiting for prop to close and it keeps adding time every time i refresh

good point, Tricia - I did think AFGJ was spelled out elsewhere on the page, but do not see it. Def should.

okay here's two updated sunrises, one banner and one more rectangular. I'm gonna go test on a web page and see how they look.

IF THERE ARE STRONG OBJECTIONS TO THE SUNRISE, LET'S HEAR 'EM

We have all the other info we need to go live for donations. let's go.

I wish the sunrise was digitized to have the same look as the Phoenix logo. The white font over the pastel doesn't have the urgency or intimacy to invite action. My two cents

have asked ryan on fb if he can make the phoenix rectangular. found out no problem to change image later.

I wish more people would weigh in. 3 on fb like phoenix, 2 on here like sun.

and the half/half abstain/agree vote looks like a sunrise ;)

updated phoenix banner

however, dates are not on it and #NG3 still seems to be under debate
- media wg decision on that would be great

Please make proposal if you want to use that one ^{^}

Hmm, just rereading the text on the new proposal; is it clear that we did not meet in Sacramento all 3 years? Maybe we should add “this year in” before “Sacramento” (¶3, line 4).
The purple phoenix banner is too busy for me; text too scattered, though I like the background. Maybe take off “natgat3” and “#NG3”, move “we rise” under “together”, and clear up the red text (unbold, I suspect) so that it is easier to read?

I would probably make the text the ivory color, no outline, as well.

I would suggest proposal not be up 7 days - we needed a decision like yesterday. After we give to AFGJ it's gonna take another few days to get done.

The Symbol of the Phoenix: In ancient mythology and in myths the phoenix or phœnix is a mythical sacred firebird. The phoenix is a bird with beautiful gold and red plumage. At the end of its life-cycle the phoenix builds itself a nest of cinnamon twigs that it then ignites; both nest and bird burn fiercely and are reduced to ashes, from which a new, young phoenix arises. The new phoenix embalms the ashes of the old phoenix in an egg made of myrrh and deposits it in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis. The bird was also said to regenerate when hurt or wounded by a foe, thus being almost immortal and invincible — a symbol of fire and divinity-.