Hi - would've loved to join you all tonight, but I got stuck in the east end and can't make it out.

At the last GTALUG Operations/Board meeting, the Board decided we really should take a look at redoing the logo. In case you'd forgotten what it looks like, or you didn't know that we had one, here's what it looks like:
https://gtalug.org/static/img/gtalug-logo-small.png

Apart from some questions over whether we really should be using the official mascot of the Linux kernel for  userspace activities, our logo's served us well, but could do with a refresh. So here's what we're looking for in a logo:

• something that distinctively captures the spirit of GTALUG: we're in the GTA, and we do Linux …
• something that can be reproduced under a Suitable Open Licence; GTALUG may decide to sell things with the logo as a fundraising thing in future, so any *-NC licence shouldn't be used
• It would be really nice if we could get this as a vector file so we can laser-engrave/3d print/make colossal sintered chocolate versions/… as is seen fit. We know Linux can scale, so our logo should too.
  

The guidelines:

• We can't pay much, if anything, for the new logo. Credit and link for sure. Money we'd have to approve at Board level ahead of time, so please don't work this up at your hourly rate and present us with an invoice.
  
• Send suggestions to me by e-mail, Inkscape-compatible SVG preferred. My e-mail address is scruss@gmail.com
• We'll be running this for at least a couple of months, or until a suitable logo is found
• If you're okay with it, we'll put contenders up on the GTALUG wiki for all to see
• This is open to all; you don't have to be a GTALUG member
• If something is missing from this process, we can discuss it on the list, but submissions should really go off-list to minimize subscriber ire
  

So let's see what you come up with! It's gotta be better than my initial ideas, all of which involved greater-than redirections and lugnuts* …
Best Wishes,
 Stewart

*: ‘>🔩’ kinda thing. Yeah, no.