Naming

Thoughts on renaming to 'Omni Oakland Commons' or 'Omni Commons'?

=sudo room= That sounds cool, will bring up at the next meeting and on our mailing list.

=Hacker spa= Not convinced that the reasoning behind changing the name is rational (the idea that the government will harass us because we are called a "collective", I think they have plenty of other reasons to harass us). Wouldn't block it though.

=Timeless, Infinite Light= Not convinced that this is necessary either but I'm open to the idea. "Omni Oakland Commons" seems like an awkward mouthful, but "Omni Commons" has a nice, ring to it. It might make sense to name the project by delineating between the building and collective of collectives, for example: Omni Collective is the governing body that manages the space, whereas Omni Commons is the physical building we inhabit. But to refer to the collective group as a commons doesn't really make sense to me.


 * I like it - "Omni Collective" for the governing body, and "Omni Commons" (or just "The Omni") for the building. --Patrik (talk) 18:50, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

=Livespace= In agreement with Timeless, Infinite Light.

=Oakland Nights Live= I recommend steering clear of having Oakland in a name. We have it in our name and we mean it as the location for the show, and people assume that we only focus on Oakland and exclude everything else. A similar thing may happen to the Omni. Also, like TIL said is a mouthful (and is redundant!).

=Food Not Bombs= Omni Commons has a nice ring to it, but it does sort of sound like a strip mall. But we think the collective should not shy away from calling itself that - in fact, I think it is important to be open and public about our deviation from a corporate model.

=la commune=

=bay area public school=