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Hi folks,

It was decided to remove some names from the initial voting, please, see
them in meeting logs -
http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/savanna/2014/savanna.2014-02-13-18.00.html

Thanks.


On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 4:34 PM, Sergey Lukjanov <slukjanov at mirantis.com>wrote:

> Please, note, that I'm planning today to setup first round of name voting
> to select top N options and trash bad options. It'll be done after the IRC
> team meeting.
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 9:34 AM, Sergey Lukjanov <slukjanov at mirantis.com>wrote:
>
>> There are already some names proposed in the etherpad, so, I'll setup a
>> voting to choose top N options and discuss them detailed. The voting will
>> be started after the next IRC team meeting next week, Feb 13.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> P.S. Looking forward for new name proposals :)
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Sergey Lukjanov <slukjanov at mirantis.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> As part of preparations for graduation from incubation [0], I've
>>> contacted OpenStack Foundation Marketing team to ensure that everything is
>>> ok with our program and project names from their point of view. Thanks for
>>> Lauren Sell for providing info.
>>>
>>> Thetus Corporation already use 'Savanna' as the name for one of their
>>> technologies [1]. Thetus doesn't actually hold any registered trademark for
>>> 'Savanna', but they have common-law rights to the mark because they have
>>> established use and marketed it since 2010, so, in case if we applied for a
>>> trademark, they could certainly challenge us and win. So, the answer from
>>> marketing team was that it's a pretty high risk to continue using our
>>> lovely name... The most sad part is that I couldn't google their site using
>>> words savanna, hadoop, cloud and etc.
>>>
>>> Let's move on to the new name selection process. I'm proposing one or
>>> two weeks for brainstorming and sharing your thoughts about the project
>>> name depending on number of suitable options, then I'll probably setup the
>>> small voting to select the best option.
>>>
>>> I've created an etherpad [2] for discussing new name options, so, the
>>> process is send your options to this thread and then go to the etherpad [2]
>>> to discuss them. Please, don't forget to google your options to avoid one
>>> more renaming in future ;)
>>>
>>> Thanks, looking forward for you thoughts.
>>>
>>> [0]
>>> http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/governance/tree/reference/incubation-integration-requirements- "Project should have engaged with marketing team to check suitable
>>> official name"
>>> [1] http://www.thetus.com/savanna
>>> [2] https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/savanna-renaming
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sincerely yours,
>>> Sergey Lukjanov
>>> Savanna Technical Lead
>>> Mirantis Inc.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Sincerely yours,
>> Sergey Lukjanov
>> Savanna Technical Lead
>> Mirantis Inc.
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Sincerely yours,
> Sergey Lukjanov
> Savanna Technical Lead
> Mirantis Inc.
>



-- 
Sincerely yours,
Sergey Lukjanov
Savanna Technical Lead
Mirantis Inc.
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