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

Dave McGuire mcguire at neurotica.com
Thu Mar 3 20:18:15 EST 2016



  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 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
>>


-- 
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA



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