[vcf-midatlantic] Should the new museum have a name?

Corey Cohen applecorey at optonline.net
Sat Feb 27 18:44:50 EST 2016


Hey that's cool sounding. 

corey cohen
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> On Feb 27, 2016, at 5:19 PM, Duane via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
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> 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"...?
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>> Or if anyone asks, do we just call it VCF Headquarters?
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>> If we do think it should have some name, then what should that name be?
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> Let's hear some suggestions (real ones please; let's not clog the thread with the smart-assery.)
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>> 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) 



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