Re: [gNewSense-users] libre people

[Sam Geeraerts]

Karl Goetz schreef:
> I'll just note here that while "Marketing team" may be the most
> accurate/ an accurate way of describing what the people do, but may
> have connotations we don't want to have attached to the project.
> (Perhaps I'm just repeating Ali?).
(lumping some text together)
> Why not "gNewSense marketing"?
>
> If the group isn't directly bound to gNewSense by name, its easier for
> people external to the project to join in and contribute. The group 
>
> ...
> The group would be about inviting people to become free, rather then
> simply be about switching to gNewSense.
>
> (my note: that last bit doesn't mean gNS can't be promoted, but that
> its /one part/ of the groups focus.)

I wasn't thinking outside the gNS box and assumed that the main focus 
would be on promoting gNewSense (but not ignoring the broader freedom 
issue, of course). Then it's not "just" a name for on of our teams, but 
also an identification and message to the outside world. "Marketing 
Team" would be fine to promote a product (gNewSense), but I agree that 
it's not good for promoting a philosophy (certainly the one we're 
promoting).

> Why Libre people?
>
> The word Libre has a clearer message then Free in English. It helps
> show that its a group about Freedom, in our case the four defined by
> the FSF.

I've never been comfortable with using either term in English: one is 
ambiguous, the other is not native and sounds a bit awkward. I've always 
been OK with "freedom", so I try to use the noun instead of the 
adjectives whenever I can.

> Using "people" instead of "team" removes the feeling of a closed in
> group who decide on how things should work from the title.

I agree that "team" is more suited for a (small) working group than for 
large scale activism. But "people" sounds a bit bland and is not a 
distinguishing term with which activists will enthousiastically identify 
themselves.

So I tried to come up with some more alternatives. Alliterations always 
go down well, so I thought "Freedom Friends" would be a good candidate. 
But it looks like that's already taken: [1], [2]; and the association 
with those organisations (although coincidental) may give the wrong 
impression about our own message. The same goes for "Friends of Freedom" 
([3], [4]). "Freedom Fighters" and "Freedom Fanatics" sound a bit extreme.

That's about all I can think of right now, but I will ponder on it some 
more.

[1] http://www.freedomfriends.org/
[2] http://freedomfriends.net/index.htm
[3] http://www.friendsoffreedom.org/
[4] http://www.friendsoffreedom.com/