[OSGeo-Discuss] Picking a name for "OSGeo Research and Education Labs Network"

[Jeff McKenna]

Thanks Cameron.  What others might not have seen is the much discussion
off-line about this today.  Earlier today I pointed out that the name
"OSGeo Labs" is currently in use, and then Helena recommended "OSGeo
REL" (Research and Education Labs) which I like very much.

I also earlier recommended that Suchith or whoever install a CMS/portal
on their servers, and then we could use an osgeo subdomain such as
xxx.osgeo.org (this would get around us having to work it into our
current CMS).

I recommended the group file some SAC tickets for the subdomain creation
and mailing list creation.

Wiki: can be started right away on our OSGeo wiki! :)  You could even
create your own "REL" category so all related pages are nicely viewed :)
  (i sound like the arnulf-bot more and more everyday)

I am happy to see this moved to public discussion.

/me goes quiet

-jeff



On 2013-03-18 5:27 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> All,
> Suchith's OSGeo Research and Education Labs Network is becoming more and
> more successful, with new educational institutions being added every
> week or two. (Are we up to 20 to 25 Universities now?)
> 
> I see the list of emails has 46 people on it. So there is discussion about:
> 1. Setting up an email list for all these people
> 2. Setting up a landing web page, something like http://labs.osgeo.org
> 3. Setting up a wiki page
> 4. Collecting names of participants, similar to
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate
> 
> But before doing all the above, we need to pick an abbreviated name for
> the "OSGeo Research and Education Labs Network"
> 
> Ideas floated so far:
> * labs.osgeo.org (Probably the best name, but this name is current being
> used by projects which haven't started incubation yet).
> * Osgeo Specialist Labs
> * OSGeo REL - research and education labs
> * OSGeoEduLabs
> 
> I'm personally in favour of the OSGeo Research Labs claiming the "OSGeo
> Labs" name as I believe that OSGeo Research Labs have already been using
> the term "OSGeo Labs" for quite some time in correspondence, the
> "Research Labs" are likely to become much more prominent than the
> current "OSGeo Labs", and I know the person who originally coined the
> "OSGeo Labs" term won't be offended (as it was me who originally coined
> the "OSGeo Labs" term).
> 
> I'd suggest moving the existing "OSGeo Labs" to "OSGeo Pre-incubation"
> (or a similar term).
> 
> I suggest that we wait for up to one week, before settling on a domain
> name, in order to give everyone a chance to add their comments.
>