I wrote something several months ago about a city of Portland initiative that really got my hackles up. They are basically crowdsourcing the redesign of PortlandOnline.com, but not offering any compensation to the designers (other than the infamous “site credit”). This is particularly offensive to me in the current economic situation many designers now find themselves in.

I wrote a personal response here, but wonder if AIGA Portland should make a statement, and send it to the Mayor’s office and the committee who are sponsoring it. I think it is our mandate to vilify activities like this, but I may still have my blood pressure up. Thoughts?

http://blogs.popart.com/2009/07/open-letter-to-portlandonline-refresh-co...

Here's a video recapping a roundtable discussion that came out of this:

AIGA Portland Roundtable - Contests, Spec work from AIGA Portland on Vimeo.