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

[Les Richardson <richl@mail.tfsd.sk.ca>]

Hmm...doesn't coffee have a lot of associations with portable programming
languages/libraries and risk confusing folks?

Just a thought.


Les Richardson 




On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, David M. Bucknell wrote:

> 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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