[dcw] Name update
Jeff Tolentino
jeffto... at yahoo.com
Sat Jul 14 18:37:22 PDT 2012
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.
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On Jul 13, 2012, at 12:34 PM, Steve Edberg <edb... at edberg-online.com> wrote:
> 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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