[dcw] Name update

Thu Jul 12 17:53:51 PDT 2012

fellow hacker/maker/creators,

i personally would prefer any of those other names over the current davis
makerspace.  if we want to attract the creative we should name ourselves
creatively... to have "davis" in our name is redundant in my opinion ....
makerspace is similarly blah.  i would opt for a more creative name with
davis makersspace in the tagline.  like "ignitors; a davis makerspace since
2012"  o whatever oher name we choose.  I'm continually haunted that we
chose DBC (Davis bike collctive) as our official title for the non profit
since moving from the Davis Bike Church (also DBC as is davis bike club).
i am so gald we named the shop Bike Forth ... while confusing it is much
better than what could have been.

I belive the same is true for us.  i would much rather explain our position
till it is so well known it needs no explaination rather than having a blah
blah name that doesn't inspire those that might have otherwise been
inspired.

~REM
On Jul 12, 2012 10:05 PM, "Steve Edberg" <edb... at edberg-online.com> wrote:

> 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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