Connie,
Thank you very much for the thoughtful feedback. This is exactly why we wanted to put some concepts in front of everyone before making any decisions. We really do welcome comments, whether they are positive, negative or somewhere in between.
I think your point about making the banner immediately understandable to the general public is a good one. In particular, I agree that repeating WB5RDD and RRVARC on the lower line does not add much when both are already represented elsewhere in the design.
The only complication with using “Paris, Texas” there is that RRVARC is intentionally broader than Paris or Lamar County. We have members from Fannin, Hopkins, Delta and Red River counties in Texas as well as members from counties across the river in Oklahoma. I would not want a general-use club banner to unintentionally suggest that those members are somehow outside the area we represent.
So, taking your suggestion and trying to preserve that broader regional identity, we worked up another version using:
Serving Northeast Texas & Southeast Oklahoma
We also retained the Paris Eiffel Tower with the red cowboy hat because I agree that it gives the banner a strong local connection without making the wording itself Paris-specific.
We have labeled this one T4 so it can stand on its own as a new option rather than replacing one of the earlier concepts.
Again, thank you for taking the time to look closely at these and offer suggestions. This kind of feedback is genuinely helpful and is exactly what we were hoping for when we opened the discussion.
73
Phillip Beall (W5EBC)