[Open-access] Open Access Initiative - meeting notes, names and moving forwards

Thu Feb 2 19:46:35 UTC 2012

ccess.org is free.  The .com and .net domains are not.

-- Mike.

On 2 February 2012 19:42, Mark MacGillivray <mark at cottagelabs.com> wrote:
> Damn. I was hoping that would be free. How about the domain? I am just on
> phone connection so hard to check
>
> On Feb 2, 2012 7:25 PM, "Mike Taylor" <mike at indexdata.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 2 February 2012 18:51, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Mark MacGillivray <mark at cottagelabs.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I like Bjoern suggestion and Cameron suggestion, however as pointed
>> >> out,
>> >> both end up adding more words. This could go on forever. all I want is
>> >> access. How about going like similar to Peter suggested with
>> >>
>> >> @ccess
>> >>
>> >> And the tag line could just be
>> >>
>> >> For everyone.
>> >
>> > +1 This has the virtues:
>> > * striking and memorable
>> > * immediately giving rise to discussion - what does it mean
>> > * carrying no baggage and implying novelty
>> > * unique in searches (perhaps worth seeing how it behaves). After all
>> > "access" is far too general for a search
>>
>> Yes, it's very good.  It also wins by being obviously not a
>> description so much as an invocation.
>>
>> I just tried to register the account "ccess" on Twitter, so we could
>> be @ccess.  Someone's already got it, unfortunately -- though they've
>> never used it.  (I hope it's one of you!)
>>
>> -- Mike.
>
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