“In Committee” – part 1
August 3, 2009 by wmmascot
We’re in committee – reviewing, perusing, considering, deliberating …
So how do we go from hundreds of mascot suggestions to a handful of concepts that we can show to the William & Mary community? Currently, the work of the mascot search committee is directed toward narrowing your suggestions to just a few ideas for a new W&M mascot. So how do we get there?
It’s a process of elimination.
To be frank, we did the easy work first. The committee started by reviewing the “low hanging fruit.” Without much effort, we eliminated mascots ideas that were, at their core, disparaging.
Although they were by far the minority, we did receive some suggestions with negative connotations. Some of these ideas were pejorative and did not represent pride and affection for William & Mary.
The disparaging ideas submitted to the mascot search committee? They are officially “outta here.”
- Susan T. Evans