[dcw] Name update

Robert McMurry remc... at gmail.com
Sun Jul 15 00:01:22 PDT 2012


it is fine with me if it stands i just thought we could do better is all.
Robbie
On Jul 15, 2012 3:37 AM, "Jeff Tolentino" <jeffto... at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> 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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> >
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