Ok Tom, I admit, that's pretty cool :-D On 6 October 2014 17:18, Everton Zanella Alvarenga <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. 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