[dcw] Name update

[Steve Edberg]

I missed most of the last meeting, but herewith, my 2c:

While I initially started out liking the more descriptive names, the
more I thought about it the more I gravitated towards the more
dynamic-sounding names, eg Ignitor. I'm fine with the process we went
through to come up with Davis Makerspace, but I'm also amenable to
reconsidering if there is a significant objection. One other alternative
would be to use another name as a tagline...eg, Davis Makerspace -
Igniting Curiosity since 2012! (or, Attracting the Strange since
2012...Farming the Fab since 2012...etc).

As a reminder, the results of the first round voting (from
http://daviswiki.org/Davis_Community_Workshop/Goals_and_Projects) are:

	Strange Attractor
	Collabolab
	Davis Makerspace
	Fab Farm
	Spark Gap

And one can browse The Big List at

	http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/List_of_ALL_Hacker_Spaces

	- steve

On 7/12/2012 11:55 AM, Jeff Tolentino wrote:
> There was some talk about this at the last meeting.  There were
> generally 2 camps, those favoring a more descriptive, less
> creative name; and those favoring a more creative, less descriptive name.
>  
> In general, there was a larger majority of those favoring more
> descriptive, less creative.  The main reasons put forth was that it was
> very easy to communicate to new people interested in joining (Davis
> Makerspace would be much more recognizable and wouldn't require much
> further explaination), and that domain space was easy to get.  (Please
> chime in if there were more reasons.)
>  
> That said, a lot of people in both camps could appreciate the merits of
> the other side.  Further discussion should be considered.
>  
> Jeff
> 
> --- On *Thu, 7/12/12, Robert McMurry /<remc... at gmail.com>/* wrote:
> 
> 
>     From: Robert McMurry <remc... at gmail.com>
>     Subject: Re: [dcw] Name update
>     To: davis-commun... at googlegroups.com
>     Date: Thursday, July 12, 2012, 11:03 AM
> 
>     hey happy hacker of creative awesomeness,
>     I feel strongly that the actual location should have a more catchy
>     name ... that is fine for the domain name in my opinion, but it is
>     very blah in my opinion and i would prefer a random pick from the
>     list over this name .... it is like saying lets make a vehicle and
>     then making a car ... the most easy and already established vehicle
>     in america ( in davis perhaps making a diamond frame bike is more
>     appropriate for this metephor).  This seems like a computer listened
>     in on the name discussion and picked a name based on keywords and
>     picked what got said most.  that is all for my rant .. i was not
>     there so hard or me to complain but i prefer almost any name on the
>     list over this one.
>     Robbie
>     On Jul 12, 2012 5:36 AM, "Jordan Van Aalsburg"
>     <jordan.va... at gmail.com
>     <http://us.mc1801.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jordan.vanaalsburg@gmail.com>>
>     wrote:
> 
>         Fellow Makers-
> 
>         At the last meeting we came to a consensus regarding a name. 
> 
>         We are now (semi) officially the... 
>         wait for it...
> 
>         Davis Makerspace.
> 
>         There were some in attendance (myself included) who preferred a
>         less literal name. However, in the end, we all agreed that this
>         name would make things much easier (obtaining a domain name for
>         example). If you were not able to attend and are strongly
>         opposed to the name let's discuss it in this thread. If there
>         are no objections we will make it official at the next meeting
>         and begin work on fun stuff like registering a domain name and
>         setting up a website.
> 
>         -Jordan
>         -- 

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