[SCC_Active_Members] Re-Naming the SCC

[Mike Cochran]

Mike P's direction feels right to me as well. I'll toss out something  
in the direction I'd go:

'The Software Treasury'	(TST)

So people would say "Donate it to the Computer History Museum's  
Software Treasury" or "CHM's Software Treasury."

It communicates that this is about software, collecting, connotes  
safety, security, depositing, and value (people like to donate to  
things that have value), and avoids google problems with words like  
'bank.'


Mike C




The name should communicate what the SCC is, should use
On Oct 18, 2006, at 3:22 PM, Michael L Powell wrote:

> A major reason discussed for the name change to was (re)position us  
> as an outward-looking group wanting to recruit and work with other  
> collectors.  That means, in part, being a visible, open and  
> attracting presence on the net.
>
> Words like partnership and alliance convey our interest in working  
> with other people.  Words like committee and special interest group  
> are convenient for categorization relative to the museum, but they  
> imply a subset of a larger group and do not evoke activity or  
> relationships with others.
>
> When someone actually sees the web site, it will be clear that it  
> is part of the Computer History Museum.  However, most museums do  
> not encourage amateur Indiana Joneses to collect artifacts for  
> them.  Somehow, we need to communicate that we are different and  
> that we want them to help do the preserving of software.
>
> A separate URL may be cosmetic but, as the cosmetics industry will  
> attest, appearances can be important.
>
>
> Mike
>
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