[SCC_Active_Members] Re-Naming the SCC

[Paula Newman]

> 'The Software Treasury'	(TST)

Excellent

Paula

> [Original Message]
> From: Mike Cochran <mfcochran at sbcglobal.net>
> To: Michael L Powell <mlpowell at pobox.com>
> Cc: <SCC_active at computerhistory.org>
> Date: 10/18/2006 3:45:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [SCC_Active_Members] Re-Naming the SCC
>
> 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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