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

[Jeffrey Brace]

Oh really Dave?




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On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 8:02 PM, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at 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 at 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
>