<p>it is fine with me if it stands i just thought we could do better is all. Robbie</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 15, 2012 3:37 AM, "Jeff Tolentino" <<a href="mailto:jeffto...@yahoo.com">jeffto...@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Was that a full fledged objection? If we re-voted with Davis Makerspace included and it won by majority could we accept it then? A lot of people were liking it last week.<br>
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On Jul 13, 2012, at 12:34 PM, Steve Edberg <<a href="mailto:edb...@edberg-online.com">edb...@edberg-online.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> I'm for another email vote, with a deadline of, say, the Monday after<br>
> this meeting (that is, July 23). Since there is an objection to 'Davis<br>
> Makerspace', perhaps we should throw that out? I reran the results.blt<br>
> file through <a href="https://instantstv.appspot.com/" target="_blank">https://instantstv.appspot.com/</a> (Warren STV) using 6 names<br>
> instead of 5, and it added 'Davis Community Workshop' to the current<br>
> five. If that doesn't have the same negative reaction as Davis<br>
> Makerspace, perhaps we could vote among<br>
><br>
> Strange Attractor<br>
> Collabolab<br>
> Davis Community Workshop<br>
> Fab Farm<br>
> Spark Gap<br>
><br>
> Alternatively, we could just toss Davis Makerspace and vote among the<br>
> final four (Strange Attractor, Collabolab, Fab Farm, Spark Gap), and use<br>
> Davis Makerspace in a tag line/motto.<br>
><br>
> steve edberg<br>
><br>
> On 7/12/2012 11:36 PM, Jeff Tolentino wrote:<br>
>> Since there seems to be some debate here, my thinking here is that we<br>
>> should do one more vote across the wider group, with only the top five<br>
>> selected from the last vote.<br>
>><br>
>> That said, there was a lot discussed about different aspects of name<br>
>> selection, most notably:<br>
>> --Domain name availability<br>
>> --Desire to select something soon, so other projects can be worked on<br>
>> (like centralizing our activities online)<br>
>> --None of the top five names appear to have any funny acronyms or<br>
>> unfortunate irregularities, and all five would be workable, (if anybody<br>
>> not attending last meeting is seeing anything weird like that, please<br>
>> alert the group).<br>
>><br>
>> Regarding domain name availability, we did some quick searches online<br>
>> during the meeting. We tried different option but for simplicity, below<br>
>> is a list of available domains using the each of the top five names<br>
>> without spaces (by far, not an exhaustive search, but if you're curious<br>
>> about other options, please look them up and share with the group).<br>
>><br>
>> StrangeAttractor.co<br>
>> StrangeAttractor.me<br>
>> StrangeAttractor.mobi<br>
>> StrangeAttractor.biz<br>
>> StrangeAttractor.cc<br>
>> StrangeAttractor..xxx<br>
>> StrangeAttractor.tv<br>
>> StrangeAttractor.ws<br>
>> StrangeAttractor.asia<br>
>><br>
>> Collabolab.co<br>
>> Collabolab.info<br>
>> Collabolab.me<br>
>> Collabolab.mobi<br>
>> Collabolab.us<br>
>> Collabolab.biz<br>
>> Collabolab.ca<br>
>> Collabolab.cc<br>
>> Collabolab.xxx<br>
>> Collabolab.tv<br>
>> Collabolab.ws<br>
>> Collabolab.asia<br>
>><br>
>> DavisMakerspace.com<br>
>> DavisMakerspace.co<br>
>> DavisMakerspace.info<br>
>> DavisMakerspace.net<br>
>> DavisMakerspace.org<br>
>> DavisMakerspace.me<br>
>> DavisMakerspace.mobi<br>
>> DavisMakerspace.us<br>
>> DavisMakerspace.biz<br>
>> DavisMakerspace.ca<br>
>> DavisMakerspace.cc<br>
>> DavisMakerspace.xxx<br>
>> DavisMakerspace.tv<br>
>> DavisMakerspace.ws<br>
>> DavisMakerspace.asia<br>
>><br>
>> FabFarm.co<br>
>> FabFarm.info<br>
>> FabFarm.net<br>
>> FabFarm.me<br>
>> FabFarm.mobi<br>
>> FabFarm.us<br>
>> FabFarm.biz<br>
>> FabFarm.ca<br>
>> FabFarm.cc<br>
>> FabFarm.xxx<br>
>> FabFarm.tv<br>
>> FabFarm.ws*FabFarm.asia<br>
>><br>
>> SparkGap.me<br>
>> SparkGap.mobi<br>
>> SparkGap.us<br>
>> SparkGap.ca<br>
>> SparkGap.xxx<br>
>> SparkGap.ws<br>
>> SparkGap.asia<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> --- On *Thu, 7/12/12, Robert McMurry /<<a href="mailto:remc...@gmail.com">remc...@gmail.com</a>>/* wrote:<br>
>> *<br>
>><br>
>> *<br>
>> From: Robert McMurry <<a href="mailto:remc...@gmail.com">remc...@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> Subject: Re: [dcw] Name update<br>
>> To: <a href="mailto:davis-commun...@googlegroups.com">davis-commun...@googlegroups.com</a><br>
>> Date: Thursday, July 12, 2012, 5:53 PM<br>
>><br>
>> *<br>
>><br>
>> *fellow hacker/maker/creators,*<br>
>><br>
>> *i personally would prefer any of those other names over the current<br>
>> davis makerspace. if we want to attract the creative we should name<br>
>> ourselves creatively... to have "davis" in our name is redundant in<br>
>> my opinion ..... makerspace is similarly blah. i would opt for a<br>
>> more creative name with davis makersspace in the tagline. like<br>
>> "ignitors; a davis makerspace since 2012" o whatever oher name we<br>
>> choose. I'm continually haunted that we chose DBC (Davis bike<br>
>> collctive) as our official title for the non profit since moving<br>
>> from the Davis Bike Church (also DBC as is davis bike club). i am<br>
>> so gald we named the shop Bike Forth ... while confusing it is much<br>
>> better than what could have been. *<br>
>><br>
>> *I belive the same is true for us. i would much rather explain our<br>
>> position till it is so well known it needs no explaination rather<br>
>> than having a blah blah name that doesn't inspire those that might<br>
>> have otherwise been inspired.*<br>
>><br>
>> *~REM*<br>
>><br>
>> *On Jul 12, 2012 10:05 PM, "Steve Edberg" <<a href="mailto:edb...@edberg-online.com">edb...@edberg-online.com</a><br>
>> </mc/compose?to=<a href="mailto:edb...@edberg-online.com">edb...@edberg-online.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
>> *<br>
>><br>
>> *I missed most of the last meeting, but herewith, my 2c:<br>
>><br>
>> While I initially started out liking the more descriptive names, the<br>
>> more I thought about it the more I gravitated towards the more<br>
>> dynamic-sounding names, eg Ignitor. I'm fine with the process we<br>
>> went<br>
>> through to come up with Davis Makerspace, but I'm also amenable to<br>
>> reconsidering if there is a significant objection. One other<br>
>> alternative<br>
>> would be to use another name as a tagline...eg, Davis Makerspace -<br>
>> Igniting Curiosity since 2012! (or, Attracting the Strange since<br>
>> 2012...Farming the Fab since 2012...etc).<br>
>><br>
>> As a reminder, the results of the first round voting (from<br>
>> <a href="http://daviswiki.org/Davis_Community_Workshop/Goals_and_Projects" target="_blank">http://daviswiki.org/Davis_Community_Workshop/Goals_and_Projects</a>) are:<br>
>><br>
>> Strange Attractor<br>
>> Collabolab<br>
>> Davis Makerspace<br>
>> Fab Farm<br>
>> Spark Gap<br>
>><br>
>> And one can browse The Big List at<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/List_of_ALL_Hacker_Spaces" target="_blank">http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/List_of_ALL_Hacker_Spaces</a><br>
>><br>
>> - steve<br>
>><br>
>> On 7/12/2012 11:55 AM, Jeff Tolentino wrote:<br>
>>> There was some talk about this at the last meeting. There were<br>
>>> generally 2 camps, those favoring a more descriptive, less<br>
>>> creative name; and those favoring a more creative, less<br>
>> descriptive name.<br>
>>><br>
>>> In general, there was a larger majority of those favoring more<br>
>>> descriptive, less creative. The main reasons put forth was<br>
>> that it was<br>
>>> very easy to communicate to new people interested in joining (Davis<br>
>>> Makerspace would be much more recognizable and wouldn't require<br>
>> much<br>
>>> further explaination), and that domain space was easy to get.<br>
>> (Please<br>
>>> chime in if there were more reasons.)<br>
>>><br>
>>> That said, a lot of people in both camps could appreciate the<br>
>> merits of<br>
>>> the other side. Further discussion should be considered.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Jeff<br>
>>><br>
>>> --- On *Thu, 7/12/12, Robert McMurry /<<a href="mailto:remc...@gmail.com">remc...@gmail.com</a><br>
>> </mc/compose?to=<a href="mailto:remc...@gmail.com">remc...@gmail.com</a>>>/* wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> From: Robert McMurry <<a href="mailto:remc...@gmail.com">remc...@gmail.com</a><br>
>> </mc/compose?to=<a href="mailto:remc...@gmail.com">remc...@gmail.com</a>>><br>
>>> Subject: Re: [dcw] Name update<br>
>>> To: <a href="mailto:davis-commun...@googlegroups.com">davis-commun...@googlegroups.com</a><br>
>> </mc/compose?to=<a href="mailto:davis-commun...@googlegroups.com">davis-commun...@googlegroups.com</a>><br>
>>> Date: Thursday, July 12, 2012, 11:03 AM<br>
>>><br>
>>> hey happy hacker of creative awesomeness,<br>
>>> I feel strongly that the actual location should have a more<br>
>> catchy<br>
>>> name ... that is fine for the domain name in my opinion,<br>
>> but it is<br>
>>> very blah in my opinion and i would prefer a random pick<br>
>> from the<br>
>>> list over this name .... it is like saying lets make a<br>
>> vehicle and<br>
>>> then making a car ... the most easy and already established<br>
>> vehicle<br>
>>> in america ( in davis perhaps making a diamond frame bike<br>
>> is more<br>
>>> appropriate for this metephor). This seems like a computer<br>
>> listened<br>
>>> in on the name discussion and picked a name based on<br>
>> keywords and<br>
>>> picked what got said most. that is all for my rant .. i<br>
>> was not<br>
>>> there so hard or me to complain but i prefer almost any<br>
>> name on the<br>
>>> list over this one.<br>
>>> Robbie<br>
>>> On Jul 12, 2012 5:36 AM, "Jordan Van Aalsburg"<br>
>>> <<a href="mailto:jordan.va...@gmail.com">jordan.va...@gmail.com</a><br>
>> </mc/compose?to=<a href="mailto:jordan.va...@gmail.com">jordan.va...@gmail.com</a>><br>
>>><br>
>> <<a href="http://us.mc1801.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jordan.vanaalsburg@gmail.com" target="_blank">http://us.mc1801.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jordan.vanaalsburg@gmail.com</a>>><br>
>>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Fellow Makers-<br>
>>><br>
>>> At the last meeting we came to a consensus regarding a<br>
>> name.<br>
>>><br>
>>> We are now (semi) officially the...<br>
>>> wait for it...<br>
>>><br>
>>> Davis Makerspace.<br>
>>><br>
>>> There were some in attendance (myself included) who<br>
>> preferred a<br>
>>> less literal name. However, in the end, we all agreed<br>
>> that this<br>
>>> name would make things much easier (obtaining a domain<br>
>> name for<br>
>>> example). If you were not able to attend and are strongly<br>
>>> opposed to the name let's discuss it in this thread. If<br>
>> there<br>
>>> are no objections we will make it official at the next<br>
>> meeting<br>
>>> and begin work on fun stuff like registering a domain<br>
>> name and<br>
>>> setting up a website.<br>
>>><br>
>>> -Jordan<br>
>>> --<br>
>><br>
><br>
><br>
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