On the Need for a Name of an OSE Meeting Place/Makerspace/Store
From Open Source Ecology
Basics
- Given that it will essentially be the "brand on a wall" there will need to be some sort of name where it can be "Bob's X" or "City Y's X" etc
- Essentially we need a term for "X" where X is a
- OSE Based
- Makerspace
- Lab
- Education Place (Mix of high school, trade school, and community college)
- Community Center (meeting space, events, aid, etc) (see Third Place (Social Environment) )
- Recycling Center
- Store
- Charity/Non-Profit Co-ordination/administrative building
- ...
Name Requirements
- Simple (Not some huge 7 letter or more name)
- Recognizable (not too overused/confusable with other similar things)
- Accurate/descriptive (people can get a general idea of it just by the name, ie not some meaningless acronym for acronym sake)
- "Nice" hard to describe but the name must have a good "feel" to it (this changes language to language/culture to culture, so this may require per region planning/modification (German is more "harsh" to English speakers, so something sounding "harsh" to English speakers may be a very "normal" mix of consonants and vowels etc) (essentially it needs to "flow" right and sound almost like a real word/name in that language)
Potential Options
- OSEC (OSE Center) (Seems somewhat used (office of the secretary, some low level uses by businesses and groups?) , but still may work)
- OSEH (OSE Hangout/Hablab/Habitat?) (Bit unclear, but seems to flow in many languages (albeit with different pronunciation?) )
- OSEM (OSE Microfactory) (Perhaps too specific, BUT it may work for dedicated microfactories (ie production ONLY) ) (It is a large food distributer's name, so this may? affect things)
- OSES (OSE Site/Space/Spaces) (Seems quite unused outside of a petroleum company?) (WAIT NO ITS THE OPEN SOURCE EVERYTHING STORE'S ABBREVIATION AAAAA)
- OSEP (OSE Place) (Used by the USA Office of Special Education Programs)
Thus for this application
- It seems OSEH is the best?
- User:Eric will use it for now, we can move pages around and change names if need be.
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