I would definitely end up muddying the discussion, but how about a mix from the shortlisted entries? "See how open minds can change the world" or something in the tune of that?
Regards, Ramda Y Indonesia Ambassador On Jun 9, 2014 11:45 PM, "Nurunnaby Chowdhury" <[email protected]> wrote: > My choice: > > > - > > Open Knowledge: see how information can change the world > > > --Nurunnaby Chowdhury | @nhasive > > OK Bangladesh Ambassador > > > > On Monday, June 9, 2014, Aaron Wolf <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Truly not just because it was my suggestion… I still think the best of >> the lot is "Empowering people by freeing ideas" >> >> I really don't understand why that has been excluded from the running >> given that it meets 100% of the guidelines, perhaps moreso than any other >> option. I had expected that if anyone didn't like it as is, that variants >> of it would be proposed. The most significant feature of it: the political >> message, that this *is* about freedom, people, and power. It begs the >> question of each action for the organization "does this work empower the >> public?" and "will this help free ideas?" That's much better than the >> implications of the current tagline which might be "after we open this >> [Pandora's box?], we will see what changes it brings…" >> >> My second choice is NO tagline. >> >> Third: Open knowledge, open data, open minds >> >> >> >> -- >> Aaron Wolf >> wolftune.com >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 3:37 AM, Rufus Pollock <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> We’ve now had a good amount of time for everyone to contribute ideas re >>> the tagline - I've personally contributed quite a few! >>> >>> We’ve also had a chance to get some advice and input from Johnson Banks >>> who have been the professional advisors helping us with the logo, the >>> narrative etc. >>> >>> First, off it is worth reiterating a few key points: >>> >>> >>> - >>> >>> The tagline complements the narrative (the longer paragraph) and our >>> name - it will usually be found with our name/logo and e.g. on the front >>> page leads into the narrative >>> - >>> >>> The tagline aims to be a succinct statement of our core purpose and >>> reason for being, the driver of our work. It is not especially supposed >>> to >>> summarize who we are in terms of our structure (e.g. we don’t need it to >>> say “we’re a community” or “we’re global” etc) >>> - >>> >>> Common taglines for well known entities tend to be very short. E.g. >>> Greenpeace - tagline is (I believe) “caring for the environment” or >>> Nike’s >>> “Just Do It”. Ours could be a bit longer since people are likely less >>> familiar with who we are and the kind of area we work in but we still >>> want >>> it to be reasonably short >>> - >>> >>> The tagline is aimed to be meaningful (if not a fully explanatory >>> since it is so short) to people who aren’t already part of the core >>> community >>> - >>> >>> We almost certainly want the tagline to work in conjunction with the >>> name, so assume it reads "Open Knowledge: [tagline] ". This means >>> taglines >>> which incorporate either open or knowledge run the risk of being >>> repetitive >>> e.g. imagine tagline was opening knowledge around the world. We’d then >>> have: “Open Knowledge: opening knowledge around the world” which doesn’t >>> read so well >>> - >>> >>> It would be nice - but not essential - if the tagline allowed for >>> customization for specific activities e.g. see how X can change the world >>> can have X replaced by different things (such as “open science”) >>> >>> >>> Based on all of these considerations, reviewing the >>> <http://wiki.okfn.org/About_the_Open_Knowledge_brand/tagline_discussion> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> okfn-discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-discuss >>> >>> >> > > -- > Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive > Administrator | Bengali Wikipedia > <http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:nhasive> > Member | IEG Committee, Wikimedia Foundation > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/People> > Social Media Interaction Expert | The Daily Prothom-Alo > <http://www.prothom-alo.com> > Bangladesh Ambassador | Open Knowledge Foundation Network > <http://www.okfn.org> > Treasurer | Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) <http://www.bdosn.org> > Task Force Member | Mozilla Bangladesh <http://www.mozillabd.org> > fb.com/nhasive | @nhasive <http://www.twitter.com/nhasive> | Skype: > nhasive | www.nhasive.com > > > _______________________________________________ > okfn-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss > Unsubscribe: https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-discuss > >
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