[dcw] Name update
Steve Edberg
edb... at edberg-online.com
Fri Jul 13 12:34:37 PDT 2012
I'm for another email vote, with a deadline of, say, the Monday after
this meeting (that is, July 23). Since there is an objection to 'Davis
Makerspace', perhaps we should throw that out? I reran the results.blt
file through https://instantstv.appspot.com/ (Warren STV) using 6 names
instead of 5, and it added 'Davis Community Workshop' to the current
five. If that doesn't have the same negative reaction as Davis
Makerspace, perhaps we could vote among
Strange Attractor
Collabolab
Davis Community Workshop
Fab Farm
Spark Gap
Alternatively, we could just toss Davis Makerspace and vote among the
final four (Strange Attractor, Collabolab, Fab Farm, Spark Gap), and use
Davis Makerspace in a tag line/motto.
steve edberg
On 7/12/2012 11:36 PM, Jeff Tolentino wrote:
> Since there seems to be some debate here, my thinking here is that we
> should do one more vote across the wider group, with only the top five
> selected from the last vote.
>
> That said, there was a lot discussed about different aspects of name
> selection, most notably:
> --Domain name availability
> --Desire to select something soon, so other projects can be worked on
> (like centralizing our activities online)
> --None of the top five names appear to have any funny acronyms or
> unfortunate irregularities, and all five would be workable, (if anybody
> not attending last meeting is seeing anything weird like that, please
> alert the group).
>
> Regarding domain name availability, we did some quick searches online
> during the meeting. We tried different option but for simplicity, below
> is a list of available domains using the each of the top five names
> without spaces (by far, not an exhaustive search, but if you're curious
> about other options, please look them up and share with the group).
>
> StrangeAttractor.co
> StrangeAttractor.me
> StrangeAttractor.mobi
> StrangeAttractor.biz
> StrangeAttractor.cc
> StrangeAttractor..xxx
> StrangeAttractor.tv
> StrangeAttractor.ws
> StrangeAttractor.asia
>
> Collabolab.co
> Collabolab.info
> Collabolab.me
> Collabolab.mobi
> Collabolab.us
> Collabolab.biz
> Collabolab.ca
> Collabolab.cc
> Collabolab.xxx
> Collabolab.tv
> Collabolab.ws
> Collabolab.asia
>
> DavisMakerspace.com
> DavisMakerspace.co
> DavisMakerspace.info
> DavisMakerspace.net
> DavisMakerspace.org
> DavisMakerspace.me
> DavisMakerspace.mobi
> DavisMakerspace.us
> DavisMakerspace.biz
> DavisMakerspace.ca
> DavisMakerspace.cc
> DavisMakerspace.xxx
> DavisMakerspace.tv
> DavisMakerspace.ws
> DavisMakerspace.asia
>
> FabFarm.co
> FabFarm.info
> FabFarm.net
> FabFarm.me
> FabFarm.mobi
> FabFarm.us
> FabFarm.biz
> FabFarm.ca
> FabFarm.cc
> FabFarm.xxx
> FabFarm.tv
> FabFarm.ws*FabFarm.asia
>
> SparkGap.me
> SparkGap.mobi
> SparkGap.us
> SparkGap.ca
> SparkGap.xxx
> SparkGap.ws
> SparkGap.asia
>
>
> --- 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, 5:53 PM
>
> *
>
> *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
> </mc/compose?to=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
> </mc/compose?to=remc... at gmail.com>>/* wrote:
> >
> >
> > From: Robert McMurry <remc... at gmail.com
> </mc/compose?to=remc... at gmail.com>>
> > Subject: Re: [dcw] Name update
> > To: davis-commun... at googlegroups.com
> </mc/compose?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
> </mc/compose?to=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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