On 3 December 2013 17:19, Sriram Ramkrishna <s...@ramkrishna.me> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 6:32 AM, Fabio Duran Verdugo > <fabiogn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> On mar, 2013-12-03 at 12:28 +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote: >>> As mentioned in the other answers, I don't think that "Clan" is the, >>> right word. It sounds restrictive and closed, rather than welcoming. >>> And >>> it brings memories of people playing Diablo in groups in my teenage >>> years: >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_(computer_gaming) >>> >>> Cheers >> >> I don't thing too "clan" is the right word. I like "user group", On >> chile for example for GNOME Chile we are using "user group", It is more >> common to recognize, and fine to me. >> Too, in Chile the word clan as say Bastian is related with computer >> gaming, but too has a bad connotation (is not my impression, I asked >> people in my work), an exaggerated example, but valid "clan steals >> cars". >> > > How about sodality? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodality_%28social_anthropology%29 > here is an excerpt (from wikipedia, thanks wikipedia!) > > Sodalities are often based on common age or gender, with all-male > sodalities more common than all-female. One aspect of a sodality is > that of a group "representing a certain level of achievement in the > society, much like the stages of an undergraduate's progress through > college [university]" [2]. > > http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sodality
I don't think that a noun for which one feels the need to link to a dictionary is common enough, as we have an international community where not all members are fluent in English :) > You could also say 'societies'. Which gives it a bit of a party feel. > > sri > _______________________________________________ > engagement-list mailing list > engagement-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list _______________________________________________ engagement-list mailing list engagement-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list
