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

[Naomi Lillie]

Ok Tom, I admit, that's pretty cool :-D

On 6 October 2014 17:18, Everton Zanella Alvarenga <tom at okfn.org.br> 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 <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).
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
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