Re: [seul-edu] Getting started: Forming a coalition to promote freeand open toolsand content in education

["David M. Bucknell" <david@members.iteachnet.com>]

Inspirational, Dave.  In the spirti of brainstorming, here's my try:

How about the notorious recursive acronym As GNU is Not Unix,
Sing is Not GNU,

*Cofee is Open/Free Education for Everyone
or

*Cofee Opens Free Education to/for Everyone
*Cofee makes Open, Free Education for Everyone
*Cofee is Open/Free Educational Engineering
*Coffee is Open/Free Evolution in Education (oops! I said the wront "e" word)

Cofee: Coaltion for Free/Open Education for Everyone

*Coffee Opens Fantastic Free Education to Everyone
*Coffee is Open/Free Fundamentals for education everywhere
*Coffee builds Open/Free Education Everywhere

OR along the "coalition" lines: 
*coffee: coalition for open/free education everywhere
*coffee: coalition for open/free education for everyone


In Dave Prentice's list, I think "Environments" comes closest.
i.e. Coalition for Open Free Educational Environments
or
Coalition for Open Friggin' Free Extraterrestrialism in Education
Coalition for Open/Free Extemporaneous Education
Coalition for Open Free Endeavors in Education
Coalition for Open Free Educational Endeavors
Coalition for Open Free  ...

Dave Prentice <dprentice@uno.edu> said:

> COFEE - Coalition for Open/Free Expansion in Education?
> or ... Enlightenment in Education?
> or ... Enhancements in Education?
> or ... Empowerment in Education?
> or ... Emplacement in Education?
> or ... Endeavors in Education?
> or ... Enrichment in Education?
> or ... Environments in Education?
> or ... Excogitation in Education? (huh?)
> or ... Evangelization in Education? (I think this is my favorite.)
> 
> Dave Prentice
> prentice@instruction.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Dingledine <arma@mit.edu>
> To: seul-edu@seul.org <seul-edu@seul.org>
> Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 11:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [seul-edu] Getting started: Forming a coalition to promote
> freeand open toolsand content in education
> 
> 
> >On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 12:11:36AM -0000, David M. Bucknell wrote:
> >> *Name: Cofee is a good idea. COFE might be good enough, though? What do
> people
> >> think? Possible? Could use the "obvious" logo idea anyway, couldn't we?
> >>
> >> Coalition for Free/Open Solution in Education rather than "Software" is
> my
> >> preference, in order to make "content" part of the bargain. Thoughts on
> this?
> >
> >If we're going with an acronym, I like the idea of an acronym that
> >doesn't start with an O. Seems like all but a few of them do, and I can
> >never keep them straight.
> >
> >That's my contribution. :) COFE sounds as good as any other, as far as
> >acronyms with no inherent meaning go.
> >
> >> *Trying to attract the interest of Open Source Writers group is a great
> idea,
> >> too. Is this possible?
> >
> >Well, the text as http://www.oswg.org/ makes it look like an uphill
> >battle. I can check with Deb to see what she's been up to lately. I will
> >do that once we are further along here.
> >
> >--Roger
> >
> >
> 



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