[Sigsti-l] Fwd: Help us become memorable: Participate in the logo contest for SIG-STI

[Moriana Garcia]

Dear SIG-STI Members,

We announce a competition for the logo design of SIG-STI. The contest will
give participants the opportunity to have their design represent the group
to the larger information science community, while due credit will be given
to the winner creator/designer in our website. In addition, the winner
entry will receive an Amazon Gift Card (value: $150 US dollars).

By participating in the contest, creators/designers agree to comply with
the official rules and guidelines.

- The logo should relate to scientific and technical information,
reflecting the focus of SIG-STI (additional background on the group in our
About <http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGSTI/wordpress/?page_id=2> page).

- The logo should be simple and recognizable, work both in color and black
and white, and incorporate the acronym SIG STI in the design. It should be
suitable for electronic and print media, and adaptable to different scales.

- Entries should be original and should not violate any intellectual
property rights. Creators/designers must have the rights for all images and
text used in their submission.

- By participating in the competition, the winner creator/designer agrees
to transfer all intellectual properties applicable to their entry to
SIG-STI. Non-winning creators/designers retain all intellectual properties
associated with their submissions.

- Creators/designers should be of sufficient legal age (21 at the time of
the entry).

- Entries should be submitted by email to sig.sti.asist at gmail.com. If the
file is above the maximum size for an attachment, share the file through
Google Drive. *Deadline: *12:00 am on November 1st, 2013.

- Submissions should be formatted as .png, .jpg or .psd files on white
background, with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi. The winner
creator/designer should be able to provide a high resolution vector graphic
of the winner entry.

- Submissions should include complete contact information for the
creator/designer: name, email, phone, and address.

- Submissions will be judged and a winner entry announced during the
SIG-STI Annual Planning Meeting on November 4th, during the 2013 ASIS&T
Annual Meeting <http://www.asis.org/asist2013/>. The winner
creator/designer will be notified by email, and the prize sent by certified
postal mail.

- If no entry is selected, SIG-STI reserves the right to declare no winner
and rerun the contest.

Click here<http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGSTI/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Logo-contest-flier.pdf>to
download a PDF flier for the contest. Click
here <http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGSTI/wordpress/?p=101> to see the contest
rules in our website.
 *Please, excuse cross-posting*

The SIG-STI Board