the name game: call for suggestions, and one volunteer

[astolat]

So, while still hashing out some details, it looks pretty clear that we will want to incorporate in the US as a nonprofit. As it happens, one of the first steps in this process is coming up with a name! Which also has the benefit of being entertaining. :D

This doesn't have to necessarily be the name we use on a day-to-day basis, more the official name, although it would be ideal to have something that works both ways.

Rules:

• The full name shouldn't already be in use -- the lawyers will do a formal search, but for now, just do a google to see if someone else is obviously using it.
  
  
• We will want something ideally that we can also get some variant or subset of as a domain name. You can search for domain-availability at a bunch of places; here is the network solutions search.
  
  
• Should be "distinctive" -- ie, weird enough that it can be a trademark. Xerox == yes, pets.com == no.
  
  
• One clever scheme (used a lot by right-wing orgs :>) is to choose a name that includes your main argument in the name. IE, if we did something with "Fair Use" in it, any time someone mentions the organization, they're basically repeating the key phrase you want people to associate with you.
  
  
• Avoid the word "Foundation", as that generally means a specific kind of charity that we will not be.
  
  
• Can go the descriptive route (Fanfic Conservancy, Fair Use Institute, Archive Of Our Own Co.) or with made up words (AD;KJFA Inc. *g*) or just sort of evocative/cool-sounding words (Keymashing Ltd.).

If you're suggesting a name or names, please put your name suggestion (or your favorite of them) in the subject line of your comment, especially if you're replying to/spinning off from someone else's suggestions.

Please post your suggestions here by Monday, May 28! We will then have a poll to narrow down the list of possibilities we consider with the lawyers.

JOB:
1. NOTES. Short term. Deadline: Tuesday May 29: collect name suggestions for a poll. - ainsley
If someone would be willing to volunteer to collect up all the name suggestions and turn them into a tickybox poll, that would be great! (Note: this requires your having a paid/permanent account.)

Community information! FAQ V1.0

[amireal.livejournal.com]

Thank you for waiting patiently. Your mods have worked up a rough draft of your community FAQ. It has already been posted to the userinfo. For your convenience (to make it extra easy for everyone to read *G*) we thought we'd post it here.


( FAQ Under cut )

As you can see, a few items will fill in with time and some of the language will probably smooth out as we go on. Most of the activity won't start until we get the proper summation post and astolat closes her post to comments (i.e. shunts the conversation over to here) so we've got a bit of leeway.

And finally, to borrow someone else's format:

JOB:
1. Notes: Long term, moderate effort. Can be expanded to add another person. Weekly Summation Posts. ainsely and wordplay!
Once a week, create a post that re-links to all of the conversations that took place within that seven day period. The nature of livejournal is very 'top page' so we want to give each topic a second chance at the top of a friends list. Mostly we need someone willing to compile links into a relatively neat looking post. These summation posts will have their own tag for easy reference.

Links to other Archives

[franzeska]

Here's a list of archives that people have mentioned as examples and a few that they haven't. One has to log in to look at the upload pages for nearly all of these sites, unfortunately. Many of these are probably fairly redundant (use the same code as each other, have the same layouts etc.), but here are the links for convenience' sake: ( list )