[CREATE] [LGF] A name !

[helen varley jamieson]

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 : )
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> Here is some spontaneous brainstorming:
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> 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..
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> When I hear *design* I think furniture / shoes / software / cars / 
> food / sound / garment / industrial / graphic / ...
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> When I hear *create* I think god / fashion / inventing / creature / 
> creative commons / making / Haydn / mathematics / chocolate / product 
> / art / science / new / construction /...
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> 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..)
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> FLOSS & graphics
> image and code creators
> associating code and image / code & image association
> developers & creators association
> creating visuals and codes united
> ...
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> cheers
> agnez
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helen varley jamieson: creative catalyst
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