Logo design sought for 2008 General Conference
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UMNS photo by John C. Goodwin
Delegates to the United Methodist Church's 2004 General Conference in Pittsburgh join hands during morning worship on May 6.
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Delegates
to the United Methodist Church's 2004 General Conference in Pittsburgh
join hands during morning worship on May 6. A UMNS photo by John C.
Goodwin.
Photo number GC04227, 4/6/04 |
April 28, 2005 By United Methodist News Service Entries
are being sought for a logo design for the 2008 General Conference
depicting the theme “A Future with Hope,” from Jeremiah. The
Commission on General Conference is sponsoring the contest and will
award $500 for the winning design. Deadline for entries is June 15. The
logo design must relate to the United Methodist Church, General
Conference and the location of the 2008 conference, which is in Ft.
Worth, Texas. The
logo for the 2004 General Conference, which was held in Pittsburgh,
featured a representation of Pittsburgh’s three rivers, the United
Methodist cross-and-flame insignia and a globe, under the theme, “Water
Washed and Spirit Born.” The logo was designed by Tim Crouch, a United
Methodist, at The Crouch Group in Denton, Texas. Here are specifications for the 2008 General Conference logo submissions: - Must be usable in both a print and electronic medium.
- Must be a layered Photoshop PSD, Encapsulated Postscript EPS, or Illustrator file. The resolution should be 300 dpi or greater.
- Both a vector and raster option must be submitted. Line art (bitmap), grayscale, and RGB color versions of each are needed.
- Image size should be 2,000 pixels on the long side.
- May be submitted over the Internet or by mailing a CD.
The
winning logo becomes the sole property of the General Conference of the
United Methodist Church. Entries should be sent to Business Manager of
General Conference, 1200 Davis Street, Evanston, IL 60201, or by e-mail
to gbowen@gcfa.org. News media contact: Kathy L. Gilbert, Nashville, Tenn., (615) 742-5470 or newsdesk@umcom.org.
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