[okfn-discuss] Suggestion: OKCentral henceforth be called OKGlobal

[Everton Zanella Alvarenga]

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 <laura.james at okfn.org>:

> 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 <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> Open Knowledge And People International
>>
>> (suggested by Chuff)
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 6:02 PM, P Kishor <punk.kish at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Andrew Stott <
>>> andrew.stott at dirdigeng.com> 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 <irina.bolychevsky at okfn.org>
>>>> 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
>>>
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Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom)
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