Thank you, Laura! I've already been using OKI, OKInternational and Open Knowledge International. That is a better name.
Best regards! P. S. I'm also an anti-acronyms, but the domain ok.org.br I just bought is so cool! ;P Tom 2014-10-01 11:55 GMT-03:00 Laura James <[email protected]>: > Thanks everyone for your thoughts! > > This is just a discussion about the informal name used to distinguish the > UK-incorporated-working-internationally-non-profit bit of Open Knowledge, > as distinct from the whole network of local groups and working groups > (which is Open Knowledge). We started using 'central' a while back just so > we had a word for it. This name is really only used where we need to be > able to say things like "Open Knowledge Brasil are collaborating with Open > Knowledge International on open data trainings" - because we're all Open > Knowledge :) > > From this thread, it sounds like we should change this informal name from > 'central' to 'international' - so that's what we'll use from now on. > > Puneet, we dropped the "Foundation" from the public-facing name because > it's lead to confusion (we aren't a foundation with capital behind us), > issues for some local groups where "foundation" has a specific local legal > meaning, and the use of OKF, OKFN, OKNF and even ONKF etc - which is > confusing to folks. We wanted a straightforward clear name which would be > short enough for folks to use it in full - proclaiming who we are and what > we do, helping others understand us and our work. > > Laura > > > > On 18 September 2014 22:33, Peter Murray-Rust <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Open Knowledge And People International >> >> (suggested by Chuff) >> >> On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 6:02 PM, P Kishor <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Andrew Stott < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> +1 for OK International. Seems to have the right ring to it. >>>> >>>> Sent from a mobile device: please forgive strange or inappropriate >>>> products of automatic spelling correction ..... >>>> >>>> On 18 Sep 2014, at 17:27, Irina Bolychevsky <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I'm +1 on OKInternational and it can be OKI for short :) >>>> >>> >>> >>> a small voice from across the pond: OK International is definitely much >>> better than OK Global|Central. >>> >>> Side note: I most likely came in late to the conversation; what is wrong >>> with just OK Foundation? A bunch of us have just gotten used to saying OKFN >>> (really fast so it flows smoothly off the tongue). >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Puneet Kishor >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> okfn-discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-discuss >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Peter Murray-Rust >> Reader in Molecular Informatics >> Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry >> University of Cambridge >> CB2 1EW, UK >> +44-1223-763069 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> okfn-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-discuss >> >> > > > -- > > > > *Dr Laura JamesCEO * > > *skype: laura.james | *@LaurieJ <http://twitter.com/LaurieJ> > > > > > > *Open Knowledge <http://okfn.org/> - A world where knowledge creates > power for the many, not the fewhttp://okfn.org/ <http://okfn.org/> | > @okfn <http://twitter.com/OKFN> | Facebook > <https://www.facebook.com/OKFNetwork> | Blog <http://blog.okfn.org/> > <http://okfn.org/about/newsletter>Open Knowledge Community Stories > | http://okfncommunity.tumblr.com/ <http://okfncommunity.tumblr.com/> | see > how people are changing the worldThe Open Knowledge Foundation is a > not-for-profit organisation. It is incorporated in England & Wales as a > company limited by guarantee, with company number 05133759. VAT > Registration № GB 984404989. Registered office address: Open Knowledge > Foundation, St John’s Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WS, > UK. * > > > _______________________________________________ > okfn-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss > Unsubscribe: https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-discuss > > -- Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom) Open Knowledge Brasil - Rede pelo Conhecimento Livre http://br.okfn.org
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