[Compcomm] Deciding a name

[Stephen Moore]

/me quickly throws 2 cents to the ML

it's good to see the voting process is being (re-)thought

I say Jeff's method is the better method.....

@Nick : You're assuming people won't choose names they wouldn't otherwise
choose if they had another choice they liked better


On 6/11/07, Jeffrey Laramie <imnotpc at rock3d.org> wrote:
>
> I agree that the name selection process was flawed and that we should
> start
> again. I think that the name should be selected through a democratic
> process,
> but even in democracy the candidates have to be "qualified" by their
> supporters. Otherwise you would end up with hundreds of choices many of
> which
> could never be used.
>
> I think Kristian's idea has merit but I'm concerned about the method used
> to
> drop unqualified names. I'd like to propose an alternative:
>
> - Create a Nominating Committee of 3-5 members who will have the
> responsibility of compiling the list of the qualified names.
>
> - We've already had a least a week to propose names and we've had dozens
> (hundreds?) of names proposed, so I propose only 3 additional days to make
> suggestions.
>
> - Start a new thread on the forum for people to propose names. But rather
> than
> just having people post names, the submitter will have to do a little
> research. Each submitted name *must* have the following information to be
> considered by the Nominating Committee:
>         - Name
>         - Available domain names
>         - At least one logo idea
>         - Perform a web search and list the top 3 conflicts, if any.
>         - A brief description of what the name means and why we should use
> it.
>         - A brief description of any known negative connotations or
> meanings.
>
> - After 3 days the Nominating Committee will select the top 10 names based
> on
> popularity, marketability, and lack of negatives. They will have up to 2
> days
> to review the names and make their decision.
>
> - There will be a poll of the 10 names which will last 3 days. The winner
> must
> have *majority* of all votes to win. If no choice receives a majority,
> then
> the bottom 6 choices will be dropped, and we'll conduct another 3 day
> poll.
> If no choice receives a majority in the 2nd poll, then the bottom 2
> choices
> will be dropped and the last 2 choices will make it to the final 3 day
> poll.
>
> - The polling threads will be locked but discussion will be allowed on
> other
> threads
>
> In theory this process could take up to 2 weeks, but we don't have a
> deadline
> here and I think it's important that we get this right. Choosing a name
> should be a unifying event, not a divisive one.
>
> Jeff
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