If we must have a new logo I recommend that we take a leaf out of Mooncoin's book and learn from their experience in order to do it properly. For those that don't know, when Moon started to hit its stride a competition to replace the old yellow logo was announced there were a few irate people that were furious and tied up multiple pages of their ANN bitching about every possible part of the process and ultimately a new, longer competition was implemented. It was a complete waste of time and resources as the logo that was chosen in the initial competition won again but with only a fraction of the community taking part the second time around in this farce, all because of a few whiny fringe-dwellers that were bitter and weren't accorded the attention that they felt they deserved.
Many people, myself included, felt that it was unnecessary but as a self-styled community coin the mods had no choice but to allow for these people to put a stop to this process so as to have a consensus going forward.
The amount of drama coming from a vocal minority was crazy and unfortunately it appeared to stop the momentum in its tracks. Moon was trading at 10 sats at one point but the in-fighting was absolutely toxic and many users were soon tired of it. No doubt many new people that were attracted to the recent gains were turned off by the toxicity in the ANN and Moon has struggled to regain it's former movement, now it's sluggishly moving forward but no doubt there are a lot of people for whom Moon has left a bad taste in their mouths.
To do this properly, plenty - and I mean PLENTY! - of notice must be given in order to forestall any cries that "I didn't know!" "I don't like this logo!" etc., etc.
When the voting window is decided the same thing must occur, and with CLEAR deadlines indicated.
I myself do not mind the current logo but I'm open to seeing what the community can come up with. We are, after all, wanting the same thing here, we just need to keep the end goal in sight and not lose any ground by petty fights.
As an aside, I think that we should set up a faucet or two. People like free stuff, and if they decide to stick around and join the community then I'd say it's a great way of generating interest and inspiring goodwill.
Dime is of the breed of the old school coins such as Moon and HTML5 that are not dependent on ICO's to survive and has steadily grown quietly in the last 3 months or so. The subreddit isn't too active but together we can work to make Dime all it could be.
It's an exciting time for all!