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On 7/14/15, 13:47, "Monty Taylor" <mordred at inaugust.com> wrote:

>Hi everybody!
>
>Ok. There is nothing more actually useful I can say that isn't in the
>subject line. As I mentioned previously, the preliminary results from
>our name election are here:
>
>http://civs.cs.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/results.pl?id=E_4983776e190c8dbc
>
>As you are all probably aware by now, as a follow on step, the OpenStack
>Foundation staff assessed the names chosen for legal risk in the order
>we ranked them. The first two had significant identified problems so we
>skipped them. The third had no legal problems, but after announcing it
>as the choice, it came to light that there were significant social
>issues surrounding the name.
>
>The fourth on the list, Mitaka (三鷹) is clear.
>
>So please join me in welcoming the latest name to our family ... and if
>you, like me, are not a native Japanese speaker, in learning two (more)
>new characters.
>
>I'd also like to thank everyone in our community for understanding. As
>we try our best to be an inclusive worldwide community, the
>opportunities for unwitting missteps are vast and ultimately probably
>unavoidable. Being able to recognize and deal with them and learn from
>them as they occur makes me proud of who we are and what we've become.

I agree. It's really encouraging to see a community as large as OpenStack
embrace inclusivity and empathy around social issues.