There's been a long, involved discussion over if this organization should be represented by some sort of character, in addition to the maemo.org logo (or in some cases in lieu of it) and if so, what that should be.

Before I construct any polls around narrowing down the choices, let's start at the top: do we even need a mascot, and why or why not?

Poll will run for 50 days. If you have strong feelings on this, by all means express them but note that "I like it" or "I don't like it" aren't likely to persuade or dissuade anyone.

Current discussion: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=28965

need something to distinguish from Nokia Maemo and community maemo. being the same name but just the lower cade and upper case is not helpful for general public who are in search for a place to complain nokia. there has been some thread where people thought this was a channel to complain nokia which it certainly isnt.

Absolutely correct, and I think a mascot can help. It would give us a unique identity.

I think the "not listening" mascot has already been taken though:

Ooo I hate that evil thing.

Can I appoint myself campaign manager for the ourobos lizard? I think a beastie would distinguish us from NokiaMaemo, and bring us into line with other Open Source communities. And it'd be Qt.

Sure, but let's get back to the philosophy of it all.

for a start up a banner in both maemo.org and talk.maemo.org homepage saying this is not NokiaMaemo or some sort?
what about 5 penguins in a circle with all of them touching others fins. like 5 people holding hands and making a circle?

And here me thinking you were our mascot

Eh, let's speculate about specific mascots and other identity aids in their respective threads. This one is just for pros and cons of the concept itself.