But wasn’t that of Haiku a leaf rather than a feather?
Anyways, searching in the forum can show you the threads where this topic is discussed:
As you could find, there are some who thinks that Haiku doesn’t need a mascot, that is OK to have what it has now. And others think like you about it should have a mascot. One proposal was about a fish called Walter, for historical reasons that newer members not deeply involved wouldn’t understand.
Whatever is the proposal from, if most of the community thinks the project should have one, it should be a “representative” depiction and personification of the project, not just -for example- a random anime girl. Or even it could have a mascot and a OSたん like mascot well done. Or if you want her to have a companion, a OS君 too. Just a good artist with enough creativity and motivation to start is needed to begin this journey.