[dcw] Name update

Sun Jul 15 17:49:47 PDT 2012

Recount the original ballot file. Change the 5 parameter to 1.
On Jul 15, 2012 10:03 AM, "Steve Edberg" <edb... at edberg-online.com> wrote:

> Ok, I wasn't sure how deep the objection was...
>
> I think it would still be a good idea to do a mail vote with the original
> five names (including Davis Makerspace), since there are more people on
> the mailing list than show up at any given meeting, and there may be some
> rethinking due to this discussion.
>
> That being said, I'm personally ok with 'Davis Makerspace', so if we want
> to just go with it and move on to creating mission
> statments/logos/fundraising/etc that's fine too.
>
>    steve
>
> On Sun, July 15, 2012 12:01 am, Robert McMurry wrote:
> > 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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