[ubuntu-art] Edubuntu Wallpaper

[John Baer]

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) <
jonathan at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> A few months back John Baer approacedh Edubuntu and offered some
> assitance in creating a wallpaper for Edubuntu. He helped us create the
> spec on the Ubuntu wiki[1], and since then, there have been a bunch of
> submissions on the Flickr group[2].
>
> From the Edubuntu side we're happy to have received those submissions,
> but there weren't many submissions that fitted the specification well.
> We'll be happy to include some of those wallpapers in the system and
> feature them in the wallpaper chooser, and thank the contributors for
> their work.
>
> Martin Owens (doctormo) said that he's willing to put some dedicated
> work into an Edubuntu wallpaper and can do a few concepts and then
> iterations on them. This seems like a better approach than a competition
> and might work better for this release.
>
> John, can we close the current commission for wallpaper on the wiki and
> list the wallpapers chosen for inclusion? I know there's technically a
> month left on that spec's timelines, but I don't think we were that
> likely to receive much more submissions anyway.
>
> Thanks to everyone involved, I know this might be a bit of a sensitive
> issue but if anyone wants to talk to me about it, feel free to poke me.
>
> -Jonathan
>
> [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs/0006_Edubuntu_Natty_Wallpaper
> [2] http://www.flickr.com/groups/uawt-6/
>



On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) <
jonathan at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> A few months back John Baer approacedh Edubuntu and offered some
> assitance in creating a wallpaper for Edubuntu. He helped us create the
> spec on the Ubuntu wiki[1], and since then, there have been a bunch of
> submissions on the Flickr group[2].
>
> From the Edubuntu side we're happy to have received those submissions,
> but there weren't many submissions that fitted the specification well.
> We'll be happy to include some of those wallpapers in the system and
> feature them in the wallpaper chooser, and thank the contributors for
> their work.
>
> Martin Owens (doctormo) said that he's willing to put some dedicated
> work into an Edubuntu wallpaper and can do a few concepts and then
> iterations on them. This seems like a better approach than a competition
> and might work better for this release.
>
> John, can we close the current commission for wallpaper on the wiki and
> list the wallpapers chosen for inclusion? I know there's technically a
> month left on that spec's timelines, but I don't think we were that
> likely to receive much more submissions anyway.
>
> Thanks to everyone involved, I know this might be a bit of a sensitive
> issue but if anyone wants to talk to me about it, feel free to poke me.
>
> -Jonathan
>
> [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs/0006_Edubuntu_Natty_Wallpaper
> [2] http://www.flickr.com/groups/uawt-6/
>

Jonathan,

I am sorry to hear of your decision and I certainly echo my appreciation to
everyone who posted wallpaper submissions.

Please don't feel the need to respond but if I had been asked I would have
suggested Martin add his illustration to the others.

Best of luck with your next release.

Kind regards,

John
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