Should the new museum have a name?
I was thinking... should our new museum have a formal name, as in, "The XYZ Place, sponsored by the Vintage Computer Federation"...? Or if anyone asks, do we just call it VCF Headquarters? If we do think it should have some name, then what should that name be? I like how Paul Allen's group calls their place a "living" museum. Of course, that word is taken, so we'd need some other word. Maybe "museum" also isn't the right word. Our home at InfoAge is more of a hub and community center for vintage computing in the region. Perhaps, if we give it a name, we should think of a word that reflects this. It would be awesome if the perfect word also started with F to continue our theme of the Vintage Computer Federation owning the Vintage Computer Festival (East/West), Vintage Computer Forum, and Vintage Computer... Funhouse? Fraternity? No, those don't work. Let's hear some suggestions (real ones please; let's not clog the thread with the smart-assery.) I'm thinking that unless we come up with something GREAT, then we should just stick with Vintage Computer Federation as the name for the physical space.
The best 'F' I could come up with is 'Fellowship' Barring that "*The Center for Vintage Computing*" has a nice authoritative ring to it. On Thursday, February 18, 2016, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I was thinking... should our new museum have a formal name, as in, "The XYZ Place, sponsored by the Vintage Computer Federation"...?
Or if anyone asks, do we just call it VCF Headquarters?
If we do think it should have some name, then what should that name be?
I like how Paul Allen's group calls their place a "living" museum. Of course, that word is taken, so we'd need some other word.
Maybe "museum" also isn't the right word. Our home at InfoAge is more of a hub and community center for vintage computing in the region. Perhaps, if we give it a name, we should think of a word that reflects this.
It would be awesome if the perfect word also started with F to continue our theme of the Vintage Computer Federation owning the Vintage Computer Festival (East/West), Vintage Computer Forum, and Vintage Computer... Funhouse? Fraternity? No, those don't work.
Let's hear some suggestions (real ones please; let's not clog the thread with the smart-assery.)
I'm thinking that unless we come up with something GREAT, then we should just stick with Vintage Computer Federation as the name for the physical space.
On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 8:24 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I was thinking... should our new museum have a formal name, as in, "The XYZ Place, sponsored by the Vintage Computer Federation"...?
Or if anyone asks, do we just call it VCF Headquarters?
If we do think it should have some name, then what should that name be?
I like how Paul Allen's group calls their place a "living" museum. Of course, that word is taken, so we'd need some other word.
Maybe "museum" also isn't the right word. Our home at InfoAge is more of a hub and community center for vintage computing in the region. Perhaps, if we give it a name, we should think of a word that reflects this.
It would be awesome if the perfect word also started with F to continue our theme of the Vintage Computer Federation owning the Vintage Computer Festival (East/West), Vintage Computer Forum, and Vintage Computer... Funhouse? Fraternity? No, those don't work.
Let's hear some suggestions (real ones please; let's not clog the thread with the smart-assery.)
I'm thinking that unless we come up with something GREAT, then we should just stick with Vintage Computer Federation as the name for the physical space.
Not claiming that many of these are "good", just brainstorming. Or maybe barnstorming... Foundation Facility Flagship (I actually like this one) Fun-torium Façade Facet Factory Faculty Farm Farmland Feast Fascination Fact-o-rama Fabulousness Fabrication - Fabricatorium Fabulation (it is a word) Faction Factor Facts-of-life Fairground Family Fanaticism Fantastico Fatherland Feature Femto-infinity (weird math) Fenestration (windows) Feretory (look it up) Fermentation Fiat Fiber Fibrillation Fidelity Field Firestorm Fiesta Figurehead Finale Find Finest First (Evan's favorite word) Fixture Flabbergast Flackery Focal Point Focus Font Footnote Force (as in may it be with you) Forbear Forefathers Forefront Foreground Forever Forget-me-not Formation Fort Fortification Forte Fossil Foundry Fractal Fraction Fragmentation Frame Free-for-all Frequency Front FUBAR (maybe a separate room in the museum) Fulcrum Fulfillment Full-monty :-) Full-house Full-tilt Full-scale Functionality Fundamentals Fun-topia Futurama (possibilities?)
I thought that maybe we could reverse the acronym.. VCF FCV.. Like "Fundamental Computing Vault" or "First Computer Vault". I don't know that it flows. Both F and V are hard letters to use. (Thanks to thesaurus.com) Maybe a tag line in latin? Corpus Ordinatralis Antiquitum ( http://www.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wordz.pl?keyword=+corpus+ordinatralis+ant... ) An vintage language for vintage computers? Bob On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 8:24 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I was thinking... should our new museum have a formal name, as in, "The XYZ Place, sponsored by the Vintage Computer Federation"...?
Or if anyone asks, do we just call it VCF Headquarters?
If we do think it should have some name, then what should that name be?
I like how Paul Allen's group calls their place a "living" museum. Of course, that word is taken, so we'd need some other word.
Maybe "museum" also isn't the right word. Our home at InfoAge is more of a hub and community center for vintage computing in the region. Perhaps, if we give it a name, we should think of a word that reflects this.
It would be awesome if the perfect word also started with F to continue our theme of the Vintage Computer Federation owning the Vintage Computer Festival (East/West), Vintage Computer Forum, and Vintage Computer... Funhouse? Fraternity? No, those don't work.
Let's hear some suggestions (real ones please; let's not clog the thread with the smart-assery.)
I'm thinking that unless we come up with something GREAT, then we should just stick with Vintage Computer Federation as the name for the physical space.
Does this inspire any thinking?: (pick one or more from each grouping, e.g. Legacy Computing Cave, etc...): Animated Captivating Delightful Dynamic Early Exciting Fabulous First Frontier Fun Fundamental Immersive Interactive Inviting Legacy Live Living Playful Stimulating Vintage Brain Calculating Computer Computing CPU Data processing Electronic brain Retrocomputing Thinking Machines Arcade Arena Basement Bazaar Boutique Building Cave Conservatory Environment Exhibit Exhibition Galleria Garage Hall Museum Place Preservatory Room Space Sphere Spot Treasury Workshop Workspace Zone -----Original Message----- From: vcf-midatlantic [mailto:vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org] On Behalf Of Bob Flanders via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 3:57 PM To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> Cc: Bob Flanders <bob.flanders@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Should the new museum have a name? I thought that maybe we could reverse the acronym.. VCF FCV.. Like "Fundamental Computing Vault" or "First Computer Vault". I don't know that it flows. Both F and V are hard letters to use. (Thanks to thesaurus.com) Maybe a tag line in latin? Corpus Ordinatralis Antiquitum ( http://www.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wordz.pl?keyword=+corpus+ordinatralis+ant... ) An vintage language for vintage computers? Bob On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 8:24 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I was thinking... should our new museum have a formal name, as in, "The XYZ Place, sponsored by the Vintage Computer Federation"...?
Or if anyone asks, do we just call it VCF Headquarters?
If we do think it should have some name, then what should that name be?
I like how Paul Allen's group calls their place a "living" museum. Of course, that word is taken, so we'd need some other word.
Maybe "museum" also isn't the right word. Our home at InfoAge is more of a hub and community center for vintage computing in the region. Perhaps, if we give it a name, we should think of a word that reflects this.
It would be awesome if the perfect word also started with F to continue our theme of the Vintage Computer Federation owning the Vintage Computer Festival (East/West), Vintage Computer Forum, and Vintage Computer... Funhouse? Fraternity? No, those don't work.
Let's hear some suggestions (real ones please; let's not clog the thread with the smart-assery.)
I'm thinking that unless we come up with something GREAT, then we should just stick with Vintage Computer Federation as the name for the physical space.
I actually think the name is good and can be used for promotional purposes to get sponsors. If you get too dorky it will scare common people away. + Vote for the "Computer History Museum of NJ" corey cohen uǝɥoɔ ʎǝɹoɔ
On Feb 19, 2016, at 8:24 PM, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
On 02/19/2016 07:23 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I like computer history museum of NJ
Boooooooring
But dignified.
-Dave
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
If we decide to have a name, then I'd lean toward two angles: 1. Not box ourselves in to "New Jersey". 2. Not box ourselves in to "museum". For example, "Eastern Computer History Center" or something like that.
On Feb 20, 2016, at 8:02 AM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
If we decide to have a name, then I'd lean toward two angles:
1. Not box ourselves in to "New Jersey".
2. Not box ourselves in to "museum".
For example, "Eastern Computer History Center" or something like that.
That name seems pretty close to me. What makes our center unique is that the computers are still alive mostly. “Eastern Computer Living History Center”. I think we should try to capture that out old computers work and if they don’t we are trying to fix them. Ben
How about: National Interactive Computer Exhibit (NICE) Nice ring but maybe a little too grand. Duane -----Original Message----- From: Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 8:24 PM To: vcf-midatlantic Cc: Evan Koblentz Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Should the new museum have a name? I was thinking... should our new museum have a formal name, as in, "The XYZ Place, sponsored by the Vintage Computer Federation"...? Or if anyone asks, do we just call it VCF Headquarters? If we do think it should have some name, then what should that name be? I like how Paul Allen's group calls their place a "living" museum. Of course, that word is taken, so we'd need some other word. Maybe "museum" also isn't the right word. Our home at InfoAge is more of a hub and community center for vintage computing in the region. Perhaps, if we give it a name, we should think of a word that reflects this. It would be awesome if the perfect word also started with F to continue our theme of the Vintage Computer Federation owning the Vintage Computer Festival (East/West), Vintage Computer Forum, and Vintage Computer... Funhouse? Fraternity? No, those don't work. Let's hear some suggestions (real ones please; let's not clog the thread with the smart-assery.) I'm thinking that unless we come up with something GREAT, then we should just stick with Vintage Computer Federation as the name for the physical space.
VCF Museum. CVFM. Just rolls off the tongue. "ceeveeifum" "Welcome to the cee vee if um" I am your host evanifum koblenticus
The Vintage Computer Federation Museum or The Vintage Computer Pavilion - After all the whole section is to be the Computer Pavilion (VCF, IXR and Computer Deconstruction). On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 8:24 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I was thinking... should our new museum have a formal name, as in, "The XYZ Place, sponsored by the Vintage Computer Federation"...?
Or if anyone asks, do we just call it VCF Headquarters?
If we do think it should have some name, then what should that name be?
I like how Paul Allen's group calls their place a "living" museum. Of course, that word is taken, so we'd need some other word.
Maybe "museum" also isn't the right word. Our home at InfoAge is more of a hub and community center for vintage computing in the region. Perhaps, if we give it a name, we should think of a word that reflects this.
It would be awesome if the perfect word also started with F to continue our theme of the Vintage Computer Federation owning the Vintage Computer Festival (East/West), Vintage Computer Forum, and Vintage Computer... Funhouse? Fraternity? No, those don't work.
Let's hear some suggestions (real ones please; let's not clog the thread with the smart-assery.)
I'm thinking that unless we come up with something GREAT, then we should just stick with Vintage Computer Federation as the name for the physical space.
I like either... corey cohen uǝɥoɔ ʎǝɹoɔ
On Feb 23, 2016, at 2:00 AM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
The Vintage Computer Federation Museum or The Vintage Computer Pavilion - After all the whole section is to be the Computer Pavilion (VCF, IXR and Computer Deconstruction).
On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 8:24 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I was thinking... should our new museum have a formal name, as in, "The XYZ Place, sponsored by the Vintage Computer Federation"...?
Or if anyone asks, do we just call it VCF Headquarters?
If we do think it should have some name, then what should that name be?
I like how Paul Allen's group calls their place a "living" museum. Of course, that word is taken, so we'd need some other word.
Maybe "museum" also isn't the right word. Our home at InfoAge is more of a hub and community center for vintage computing in the region. Perhaps, if we give it a name, we should think of a word that reflects this.
It would be awesome if the perfect word also started with F to continue our theme of the Vintage Computer Federation owning the Vintage Computer Festival (East/West), Vintage Computer Forum, and Vintage Computer... Funhouse? Fraternity? No, those don't work.
Let's hear some suggestions (real ones please; let's not clog the thread with the smart-assery.)
I'm thinking that unless we come up with something GREAT, then we should just stick with Vintage Computer Federation as the name for the physical space.
The Vintage Computer Pavilion - After all the whole section is to be the Computer Pavilion (VCF, IXR and Computer Deconstruction).
...But not for a few years yet, at least.... I'm thinking we should just get a giant full-color VCF logo and use that as our outdoor sign. One of the list members gave me a good lead on how we can get this done.
Museum of American Computer Evolution (MACE) -----Original Message----- From: Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 8:24 PM To: vcf-midatlantic Cc: Evan Koblentz Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Should the new museum have a name?
I was thinking... should our new museum have a formal name, as in, "The XYZ Place, sponsored by the Vintage Computer Federation"...?
Or if anyone asks, do we just call it VCF Headquarters?
If we do think it should have some name, then what should that name be?
I like how Paul Allen's group calls their place a "living" museum. Of course, that word is taken, so we'd need some other word.
Maybe "museum" also isn't the right word. Our home at InfoAge is more of a hub and community center for vintage computing in the region. Perhaps, if we give it a name, we should think of a word that reflects this.
It would be awesome if the perfect word also started with F to continue our theme of the Vintage Computer Federation owning the Vintage Computer Festival (East/West), Vintage Computer Forum, and Vintage Computer... Funhouse? Fraternity? No, those don't work.
Let's hear some suggestions (real ones please; let's not clog the thread with the smart-assery.)
I'm thinking that unless we come up with something GREAT, then we should just stick with Vintage Computer Federation as the name for the physical space. Museum of American Computer Evolution (MACE)
Hey that's cool sounding. corey cohen uǝɥoɔ ʎǝɹoɔ
On Feb 27, 2016, at 5:19 PM, Duane via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Museum of American Computer Evolution (MACE) -----Original Message----- From: Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 8:24 PM To: vcf-midatlantic Cc: Evan Koblentz Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Should the new museum have a name?
I was thinking... should our new museum have a formal name, as in, "The XYZ Place, sponsored by the Vintage Computer Federation"...?
Or if anyone asks, do we just call it VCF Headquarters?
If we do think it should have some name, then what should that name be?
I like how Paul Allen's group calls their place a "living" museum. Of course, that word is taken, so we'd need some other word.
Maybe "museum" also isn't the right word. Our home at InfoAge is more of a hub and community center for vintage computing in the region. Perhaps, if we give it a name, we should think of a word that reflects this.
It would be awesome if the perfect word also started with F to continue our theme of the Vintage Computer Federation owning the Vintage Computer Festival (East/West), Vintage Computer Forum, and Vintage Computer... Funhouse? Fraternity? No, those don't work.
Let's hear some suggestions (real ones please; let's not clog the thread with the smart-assery.)
I'm thinking that unless we come up with something GREAT, then we should just stick with Vintage Computer Federation as the name for the physical space. Museum of American Computer Evolution (MACE)
On Feb 27, 2016, at 18:44, Corey Cohen via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Hey that's cool sounding.
corey cohen uǝɥoɔ ʎǝɹoɔ
On Feb 27, 2016, at 5:19 PM, Duane via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Museum of American Computer Evolution (MACE)
Or Museum of American Computer Heritage (MACH)? - Dave
With America in the name would we reject foreign computers? Could we exhibit Nixdorf's? On Feb 27, 2016, at 10:37 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Museum of American Computer Heritage
Museum or American Retro Computer Heritage.... we could call it MARCH.
Oh, wait....
MACE there's alot to like there. There is great world history that would be so great to cover but we probably won't for lack of exhibit pieces so America makes sense. It messes up the acronym but... Revolution instead of Evolution? (Or is that more like a book name...) On 2/27/2016 6:44 PM, Corey Cohen via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Hey that's cool sounding.
corey cohen uǝɥoɔ ʎǝɹoɔ
On Feb 27, 2016, at 5:19 PM, Duane via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Museum of American Computer Evolution (MACE) -----Original Message----- From: Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 8:24 PM To: vcf-midatlantic Cc: Evan Koblentz Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] Should the new museum have a name?
I was thinking... should our new museum have a formal name, as in, "The XYZ Place, sponsored by the Vintage Computer Federation"...? Or if anyone asks, do we just call it VCF Headquarters? If we do think it should have some name, then what should that name be? I like how Paul Allen's group calls their place a "living" museum. Of course, that word is taken, so we'd need some other word. Maybe "museum" also isn't the right word. Our home at InfoAge is more of a hub and community center for vintage computing in the region. Perhaps, if we give it a name, we should think of a word that reflects this. It would be awesome if the perfect word also started with F to continue our theme of the Vintage Computer Federation owning the Vintage Computer Festival (East/West), Vintage Computer Forum, and Vintage Computer... Funhouse? Fraternity? No, those don't work. Let's hear some suggestions (real ones please; let's not clog the thread with the smart-assery.) I'm thinking that unless we come up with something GREAT, then we should just stick with Vintage Computer Federation as the name for the physical space. Museum of American Computer Evolution (MACE)
VCF's Vibrant Vintage Computing Museum On Thursday, February 18, 2016, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I was thinking... should our new museum have a formal name, as in, "The XYZ Place, sponsored by the Vintage Computer Federation"...?
Or if anyone asks, do we just call it VCF Headquarters?
If we do think it should have some name, then what should that name be?
I like how Paul Allen's group calls their place a "living" museum. Of course, that word is taken, so we'd need some other word.
Maybe "museum" also isn't the right word. Our home at InfoAge is more of a hub and community center for vintage computing in the region. Perhaps, if we give it a name, we should think of a word that reflects this.
It would be awesome if the perfect word also started with F to continue our theme of the Vintage Computer Federation owning the Vintage Computer Festival (East/West), Vintage Computer Forum, and Vintage Computer... Funhouse? Fraternity? No, those don't work.
Let's hear some suggestions (real ones please; let's not clog the thread with the smart-assery.)
I'm thinking that unless we come up with something GREAT, then we should just stick with Vintage Computer Federation as the name for the physical space.
Vintage Computing Museum Of Preservation and Education On Thursday, February 18, 2016, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I was thinking... should our new museum have a formal name, as in, "The XYZ Place, sponsored by the Vintage Computer Federation"...?
Or if anyone asks, do we just call it VCF Headquarters?
If we do think it should have some name, then what should that name be?
I like how Paul Allen's group calls their place a "living" museum. Of course, that word is taken, so we'd need some other word.
Maybe "museum" also isn't the right word. Our home at InfoAge is more of a hub and community center for vintage computing in the region. Perhaps, if we give it a name, we should think of a word that reflects this.
It would be awesome if the perfect word also started with F to continue our theme of the Vintage Computer Federation owning the Vintage Computer Festival (East/West), Vintage Computer Forum, and Vintage Computer... Funhouse? Fraternity? No, those don't work.
Let's hear some suggestions (real ones please; let's not clog the thread with the smart-assery.)
I'm thinking that unless we come up with something GREAT, then we should just stick with Vintage Computer Federation as the name for the physical space.
Good heavens. It is neither a museum of preservation nor a museum of education. -Dave On 03/03/2016 02:40 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Vintage Computing Museum Of Preservation and Education
On Thursday, February 18, 2016, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I was thinking... should our new museum have a formal name, as in, "The XYZ Place, sponsored by the Vintage Computer Federation"...?
Or if anyone asks, do we just call it VCF Headquarters?
If we do think it should have some name, then what should that name be?
I like how Paul Allen's group calls their place a "living" museum. Of course, that word is taken, so we'd need some other word.
Maybe "museum" also isn't the right word. Our home at InfoAge is more of a hub and community center for vintage computing in the region. Perhaps, if we give it a name, we should think of a word that reflects this.
It would be awesome if the perfect word also started with F to continue our theme of the Vintage Computer Federation owning the Vintage Computer Festival (East/West), Vintage Computer Forum, and Vintage Computer... Funhouse? Fraternity? No, those don't work.
Let's hear some suggestions (real ones please; let's not clog the thread with the smart-assery.)
I'm thinking that unless we come up with something GREAT, then we should just stick with Vintage Computer Federation as the name for the physical space.
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
Oh really Dave? *Vintage Computer Federation**Mission Statement: * To promote preservation, restoration and public education relating to significant technological advances leading to and involved in the computer revolution. *The museum mission:* Vintage Computer Federation is the overall umbrella for the collection, restoration, display and public education of historical items related to technology and computers that is referred to as part of our mission statement. This document refers to the by-laws that govern the operation of this organization On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 8:02 PM, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Good heavens.
It is neither a museum of preservation nor a museum of education.
-Dave
On 03/03/2016 02:40 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Vintage Computing Museum Of Preservation and Education
On Thursday, February 18, 2016, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I was thinking... should our new museum have a formal name, as in, "The XYZ Place, sponsored by the Vintage Computer Federation"...?
Or if anyone asks, do we just call it VCF Headquarters?
If we do think it should have some name, then what should that name be?
I like how Paul Allen's group calls their place a "living" museum. Of course, that word is taken, so we'd need some other word.
Maybe "museum" also isn't the right word. Our home at InfoAge is more of a hub and community center for vintage computing in the region. Perhaps, if we give it a name, we should think of a word that reflects this.
It would be awesome if the perfect word also started with F to continue our theme of the Vintage Computer Federation owning the Vintage Computer Festival (East/West), Vintage Computer Forum, and Vintage Computer... Funhouse? Fraternity? No, those don't work.
Let's hear some suggestions (real ones please; let's not clog the thread with the smart-assery.)
I'm thinking that unless we come up with something GREAT, then we should just stick with Vintage Computer Federation as the name for the physical space.
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
Yes, really Jeff. Re-read what I typed. It is not a "museum of preservation". Such a museum might showcase formaldehyde, cosmoline, jellies and jams, and the like. Likewise, it is not a "museum of education". Such a museum would showcase things like blackboards, textbooks, biographies on important teachers, etc. -Dave On 03/03/2016 08:12 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Oh really Dave?
*Vintage Computer Federation**Mission Statement: *
To promote preservation, restoration and public education relating to significant technological advances leading to and involved in the computer revolution.
*The museum mission:*
Vintage Computer Federation is the overall umbrella for the collection, restoration, display and public education of historical items related to technology and computers that is referred to as part of our mission statement. This document refers to the by-laws that govern the operation of this organization
On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 8:02 PM, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Good heavens.
It is neither a museum of preservation nor a museum of education.
-Dave
On 03/03/2016 02:40 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Vintage Computing Museum Of Preservation and Education
On Thursday, February 18, 2016, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I was thinking... should our new museum have a formal name, as in, "The XYZ Place, sponsored by the Vintage Computer Federation"...?
Or if anyone asks, do we just call it VCF Headquarters?
If we do think it should have some name, then what should that name be?
I like how Paul Allen's group calls their place a "living" museum. Of course, that word is taken, so we'd need some other word.
Maybe "museum" also isn't the right word. Our home at InfoAge is more of a hub and community center for vintage computing in the region. Perhaps, if we give it a name, we should think of a word that reflects this.
It would be awesome if the perfect word also started with F to continue our theme of the Vintage Computer Federation owning the Vintage Computer Festival (East/West), Vintage Computer Forum, and Vintage Computer... Funhouse? Fraternity? No, those don't work.
Let's hear some suggestions (real ones please; let's not clog the thread with the smart-assery.)
I'm thinking that unless we come up with something GREAT, then we should just stick with Vintage Computer Federation as the name for the physical space.
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
I never said it was. On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 8:20 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Oh really Dave?
Dave didn't mean it is not a museum where preservation and education occur, he meant it's not a "museum of education" as in a museum devoted to the topic of education.
Historical Society of Vintage Computer and Preservation and Education Museum On Thursday, February 18, 2016, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I was thinking... should our new museum have a formal name, as in, "The XYZ Place, sponsored by the Vintage Computer Federation"...?
Or if anyone asks, do we just call it VCF Headquarters?
If we do think it should have some name, then what should that name be?
I like how Paul Allen's group calls their place a "living" museum. Of course, that word is taken, so we'd need some other word.
Maybe "museum" also isn't the right word. Our home at InfoAge is more of a hub and community center for vintage computing in the region. Perhaps, if we give it a name, we should think of a word that reflects this.
It would be awesome if the perfect word also started with F to continue our theme of the Vintage Computer Federation owning the Vintage Computer Festival (East/West), Vintage Computer Forum, and Vintage Computer... Funhouse? Fraternity? No, those don't work.
Let's hear some suggestions (real ones please; let's not clog the thread with the smart-assery.)
I'm thinking that unless we come up with something GREAT, then we should just stick with Vintage Computer Federation as the name for the physical space.
More ideas: Vintage Computer Federation's museum historic of computers Vintage Computer preservation society vintage computer museum of education and preservation Happy super fun time museum of old computers On Thursday, February 18, 2016, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I was thinking... should our new museum have a formal name, as in, "The XYZ Place, sponsored by the Vintage Computer Federation"...?
Or if anyone asks, do we just call it VCF Headquarters?
If we do think it should have some name, then what should that name be?
I like how Paul Allen's group calls their place a "living" museum. Of course, that word is taken, so we'd need some other word.
Maybe "museum" also isn't the right word. Our home at InfoAge is more of a hub and community center for vintage computing in the region. Perhaps, if we give it a name, we should think of a word that reflects this.
It would be awesome if the perfect word also started with F to continue our theme of the Vintage Computer Federation owning the Vintage Computer Festival (East/West), Vintage Computer Forum, and Vintage Computer... Funhouse? Fraternity? No, those don't work.
Let's hear some suggestions (real ones please; let's not clog the thread with the smart-assery.)
I'm thinking that unless we come up with something GREAT, then we should just stick with Vintage Computer Federation as the name for the physical space.
Vintage Computer Federation's Hands On, Turned On Museum On Thursday, February 18, 2016, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I was thinking... should our new museum have a formal name, as in, "The XYZ Place, sponsored by the Vintage Computer Federation"...?
Or if anyone asks, do we just call it VCF Headquarters?
If we do think it should have some name, then what should that name be?
I like how Paul Allen's group calls their place a "living" museum. Of course, that word is taken, so we'd need some other word.
Maybe "museum" also isn't the right word. Our home at InfoAge is more of a hub and community center for vintage computing in the region. Perhaps, if we give it a name, we should think of a word that reflects this.
It would be awesome if the perfect word also started with F to continue our theme of the Vintage Computer Federation owning the Vintage Computer Festival (East/West), Vintage Computer Forum, and Vintage Computer... Funhouse? Fraternity? No, those don't work.
Let's hear some suggestions (real ones please; let's not clog the thread with the smart-assery.)
I'm thinking that unless we come up with something GREAT, then we should just stick with Vintage Computer Federation as the name for the physical space.
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