speaking as a writer, & as someone who is new to this group, my opinion
is that if you are going to call it "create foundation" you might as
well call it "group of people" for all it says about what it is.
"create" is a meaningless word these days, it is totally overused by
people who have little idea about creativity other than that it's a
trendy word/concept at the moment. "create foundation" says nothing
about software; it says nothing about open source; it says nothing about
who/what/why this group is & does. maybe it's an organisation to help
others create foundations?
of course, a good name doesn't have to describe what the group is - that
can come with association, with a descriptive by-line, a useful web
site. a good name also doesn't have to exactly include & encompass
everything that the group is; but it should manage to convey the shared
essence. "create foundation" does not convey to me the group of diverse,
imaginative, inspiring thinkers & makers that i met at the LGM.
my understanding of what's shared by everyone is the floss ethos & the
coming together of artists/users, programmers & others; this should be
there in the name somehow. words like meeting, unite, bridge, & agnez's
ideas below are interesting & useful words to play around with.
some people have expressed a sense of urgency at getting a name, getting
a domain, getting on with it. but if it's going to be a good name that
lasts, that people already in the group like & that can help to attract
new people, then it's worth spending a bit more time on it. maybe a
smaller group could have a real-time brainstorming session in something
like etherpad, then come back to the list with a few proposals.
h : )
Here is some spontaneous brainstorming:
When i hear *art* I think dance / sculpture / music / drawing /
cooking / poetry / photo / performance / compsing / architecture /
painting / thinking / playing / acting / directing / writing / comic
strip / singing / rhyming / graphic / reading / installation / film / ...
i don't know if you want to cover all that with the foundation..
When I hear *design* I think furniture / shoes / software / cars /
food / sound / garment / industrial / graphic / ...
When I hear *create* I think god / fashion / inventing / creature /
creative commons / making / Haydn / mathematics / chocolate / product
/ art / science / new / construction /...
These terms are not very explicit. Isn't there something more direct?
And I'm a fan of "reclaim your tools" and "libre graphics". (but yes ,
libre is not understandable for non latins..)
FLOSS & graphics
image and code creators
associating code and image / code & image association
developers & creators association
creating visuals and codes united
...
cheers
agnez
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