otw_news | the name game: call for suggestions, and one volunteer

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.)

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AOOO! It's like a wolf howl. :)

...I know it's going to be NFP, but I woul totally buy a t-shirt that just read 'AOOO!'

That said, I do like the suggestion, though I also like "Organization for Transformative Fiction" (below, by

cu2_co3_oh_2)

Well, as far as I know NFP doesn't mean that we can't sell t-shirts, just that any profit from t-shirts should go to covering server costs or, if we accidentally end up with way too much money, which I doubt, to charity. Personally, I've been searching for a nice fandom / slash-related t-shirt for a long time, and I'd love it if we had something like that. *g*

I like.

I just posted this over in the main discussion thread ->

No time here at work to read through the several extra pages of comments since the last time I was here, so this might have already been suggested. Over here tahariel threw out a random comment about t-shirts. We have a lot of excellent designers in our ranks, and there are numerous places on the web like CafePress where we can get our own merchandise made and sold. It could be an easy and fun way to generate some extra cash for the project. I'd buy!

We might even consider a contest or something to settle on a particular group of designs.

Maybe try somewhere that does better quality than CafePress, though, if we did go down that route? Because CafePress is kinda iron-on wash-off, in my experience.

Actually, I've heard that before, so I don't think I'd want to use them either. I just couldn't think of the name of any of the others, though I know that they exist.

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