(If it were peeling and in need of repair, that would be a different story - and a great community service project for an older troop. To alter it would, in my opinion, dishonor those girls who created it. It's a beautiful mural, and was created with a lot of hard work and love. The logo is the old-style faces one (on left, above). The girls in the picture are all wearing older style vests, with retired badges. One wall has a giant mural on it that a group of our girls painted a while back. Our service unit has a room at the local community center, dedicated to GS use. :)īut My Service Unit Has the Old One on Its Sign/Wall/Whatever! Here's some general, free-use info for you. So when in doubt, ask for permission.īut enough of that. GSUSA is obviously doing everything it can to fund the organization. But I'm not in charge, and the last thing I'd want to do is risk my position within the organization by infringing upon copyright. Personally? I think leaders should be allowed to share ALL resources if possible, and in an ideal world no girl should have to pay for any printed resources. By scanning them and posting online, these individuals violated GSUSA's copyright (no, I was not the person who reported them. That wouldn't be bad if it had been free-use material, but in these cases, the publications scanned were items being currently sold by GSUSA. Recently there were some websites out there where authors had scanned current GS publications and posted them online. You cannot take currently copyrighted materials that GSUSA currently sells and post them online for others to use for free. Ask yourself these questions: Am I making a profit by doing this? Is this information only available by purchase? If the answer is yes, then ask for permission. Do you have a blog? Are you posting ideas on Pinterest? No problem. What About Logos and Other Official Stuff?Īre you making Welcome certificates for your girls? Or trefoil-shaped name tags? Are your girls making Daisy bookmarks? That sort of thing is fine. When in doubt, ask your service unit manager (SUM) and/or council rep. Make sure any products you're creating for fundraising are in keeping with your council's rules.
If you do that, you have to get your council's approval and use their manufacturer.
So if you want to make troop shirts with just "TROOP 12345" on it, for instance, go for it! Just don't use the words "Girl Scouts" on it. It is fine to use the word "troop" and your troop numbers without your council's permission, though. pdf, etc.Īlways check with your council before making any printed merchandise using "Girl Scouts" branding (name, title, the faces logo, etc.). You might want to use the brand colors (green, blue, etc.) for static files like. The brand colors are not always web-friendly (and individual monitors/screens can display colors differently as well), so rather than using the green color for your font, for instance, think about just sticking with black. Here's a great resource on the timeline of various other changes.
It used to be that "Daisy Girl Scout" was the preferred title. And even now, if I like the look of one font over another (makes it more fun for my girls), I always vote for being creative and engaging! So a lot of what I'm talking about in this post is more about "official" stuff - if you're representing Girl Scouts, as opposed to creating things for/with your troops. When I first started writing this blog, I didn't know there were specific guidelines for brand-related images and so on (so if you see things that aren't according to the guidelines below, chalk it up to well-intentioned ignorance on my part).
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You can download the official GSUSA style guide here. Here is a great online resource for current branding information.
It's from a lot of different resources, and as always, if you see something that looks outdated or inaccurate, please leave me a comment! I think the focus should always be on the girls, and having fun, but if you're talking about a public website, or printed materials, take a look at some of the information below. So I had to do quite a bit of research about branding and what was okay to use, and what required permission.įor those of you who use a private site for your troops, this information may be helpful, but not necessary. I recently took over our service unit communications, and built a website for our service unit (this is not the same as the Shutterfly sites I use for my troops the website is public, with private areas for parents and leaders). Over the past few years, I've learned many things about GSUSA guidelines and branding.
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