[Compcomm] Deciding a name

[Stephen Moore]

can the poll also have an option for no special name and go for something
generic ??

i want to know how many others think along the lines that the packages
themselves don't need some fancy name....

On 6/15/07, Michael Roy <michael.roy1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I have already posted this in the forum:
>
> "- Create a Nominating Committee of 3-5 members who
> will have the responsibility of compiling the list of
> the qualified names. Onestone has agreed to serve on
> this committee. RYX and Kristian have expressed
> interest in this process and I'd like to invite them
> to serve as well. It would be good to have some more
> volunteers who are able to keep an open mind."
>
> I think this Nominating Committee should be made up of
> exactly five persons. The three you mentioned already
> sound fine to me, however in my opinion, there should
> be two persons who are not developers or site admins,
> but are merely community members / users.
>
> "- The Nominating Committee will accept nominations
> for up to 10 names. The nominating period will be for
> 5 days or until 5 names have been qualified and
> endorsed by the Nominating Committee. It will take a
> majority vote of the Nominating Committee to endorse a
> name."
>
> The only thing I would change here has to do with a
> language nitpick. I would have it read like this:
> ...."The nominating period will be for 5 days or until
> 5 names have been qualified and endorsed by the
> Nominating Committee, whichever comes second."
> Otherwise, despite the capacity for 10 names, there
> will only ever be five names (to choose from).
>
> "- We will start a new thread on this mailing list and
> another on the opencompositing.org forum for people to
> propose names. Each submitted name *must* have the
> following information to be considered by the
> Nominating Committee:
>
> - Name
> - Available domain names
> - At least one logo idea. This can be a written 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."
>
> I think that there should only be a post in the
> forums. Admins and developers post here (on the
> forums) already anyway, and we don't want anyone who
> doesn't read the mailing list to complain (rightly)
> about never seeing a nomination.
>
> With regards to the way the thread is run. I think
> moderators should prune out anything that isn't a name
> submission with ruthlessness. There should be
> absolutely no user comments on this thread to keep
> things as simple as possible. Instead, users should be
> encouraged to post a topic for their original name and
> enlist the help of others (especially for artwork) in
> putting together the most compelling submission that
> they can. Revised submissions should not be accepted
> because if they are, I fear the submissions thread
> would be a mess. This would make each name thread a
> "focus group" aimed at refinement, not discussion
> about whether a name should be submitted or not.
> People will gravitate towards the threads they feel
> interested in. This would also have the effect of
> pushing the timing of individual submissions back to
> near the deadline. There is a distinct possibility
> that a thread with a great idea might not get formally
> submitted because a technical error at the last
> second, or an organizational error between users
> within a particular thread. The Nominating Committee
> should still have the authority to look through name
> development threads and select a well-developed name
> even if something prevents it from being formally
> submitted, or if a submission is made reasonably late.
> That's my angle on it, though there might be other
> angles I haven't considered, so please debate.
>
> "- Once the Nominating Committee has 5-10 qualified
> names, 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. If there are less than 10 names
> nominated, the bottom 50% would be dropped in each
> poll."
>
> Some might have a problem with the poll only lasting
> three days. I don't (this was already discussed on the
> Mailing List before). Keeping the polls short will
> prevent everyone and his brother from voting. This
> entire process will not be a quickie thing. This is
> going to take some effort by contributors, and the
> polls shouldn't be unfairly influenced by the votes of
> people who do not understand and adhere to the vision
> and the process.
>
> "- The polling threads will be locked but discussion
> will be allowed on other threads throughout the
> process."
>
> I Agree. If users organize their submissions by
> starting separate topics for their names, then they
> can discuss the poll in those topics, or create a poll
> discussion topic on their own.
>
> (And lastly, something I wrote in the forum which does
> not apply so much here):
>
> Finally, to all of the community members. Post
> feedback, even if you agree with everything that is
> going on. It is just as important to know that people
> like the way things are going as it is to know that
> they don't like the way things are going.
>
> --- Jeffrey Laramie <imnotpc at Rock3d.org> wrote:
>
> > OK, here is my revised proposal for a name selection
> > process:
> >
> > - Create a Nominating Committee of 3-5 members who
> > will have the
> > responsibility of compiling the list of the
> > qualified names. Onestone has
> > agreed to serve on this committee. RYX and Kristian
> > have expressed interest
> > in this process and I'd like to invite them to serve
> > as well. It would be
> > good to have some more volunteers who are able to
> > keep an open mind.
> >
> > - The Nominating Committee will accept nominations
> > for up to 10 names. The
> > nominating period will be for 5 days or until 5
> > names have been qualified and
> > endorsed by the Nominating Committee. It will take a
> > majority vote of the
> > Nominating Committee to endorse a name.
> >
> > - We will start a new thread on this mailing list
> > and another on the
> > opencompositing.org forum for people to propose
> > names. Each submitted name
> > *must* have the following information to be
> > considered by the Nominating
> > Committee:
> >       - Name
> >       - Available domain names
> >       - At least one logo idea. This can be a written
> > 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.
> >
> > - Once the Nominating Committee has 5-10 qualified
> > names, 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.
> > If there are less than 10
> > names nominated, the bottom 50% would be dropped in
> > each poll.
> >
> > - The polling threads will be locked but discussion
> > will be allowed on other
> > threads throughout the process.
> >
> > If this is acceptable, tomorrow I'll draft an
> > official announcement for our
> > forums and websites so that everyone is included in
> > the process.
> >
> > Jeff
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