I suggest a name that has a different first letter then the last name to make it easier for dyslectics to differentiate.
Thanks On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 7:47 AM, Peter Robinson <pbrobin...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Sean DALY <sdaly...@gmail.com> wrote: > > We had previously discussed how a name shouldn't be obscure... I love > > mango lassis as much as the next epicurean, but it is very obscure... > > and liquid doesn't stay on a stick unless it is frozen :-/ and we > > probably don't want a "frozen" connotation in what we are doing. > > > > I realize it's a bit of a tradition in FOSS projects to find creative, > > uncommon and obscure names with a story. But, that's not marketing > > that will help us. > > > > At the same time, our theme is "a treat for kids", which a mango lassi > > certainly is ( > http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/sunday-heraldsun/kids-in-the-kitchen-mango-lassi/story-e6frf92f-1225798173709 > ). > > > > I would suggest that the name could work if there is a connection to > > India we could make. > > > > I'll make one at the house for my son the next time he is in front of > > Sugar... if we're going to break basic marketing rules, we may as well > > have a focus group with 1 member > > Unfortunately most of the other options were quite obscure and > generally hard to translate to other languages, or in some cases were > local names for other fruits. We didn't have that many suggestions. > > Peter > > > > On 6/15/10, Peter Robinson <pbrobin...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 12:53 AM, Walter Bender < > walter.ben...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 7:05 PM, Sebastian Dziallas < > sebast...@when.com> wrote: > >> >> Thanks everybody for attending the SoaS meeting today. There are a > >> >> couple of things we discussed, as outlined in the minutes here [1]. > >> >> I'm going to sum the points up quickly here, too. > >> >> > >> >> * The attendees voted for SoaS v.4 to be named Mangolassi. After > >> >> consideration, it was selected from a remaining list of four names > >> >> Lilikoi, Jambul, Mangolassi and Sequoyah. Mangolassi is therewith > the > >> >> recommended codename for v.4. However, we're looking forward to > >> >> hearing thoughts from both the Marketing and Sugar on a Stick lists. > >> >> We acknowledged that the chosen name can be reconsidered depending > on > >> >> feedback. The vote during the meeting was unanimous, though. > >> > > >> > Yum. Is it Mango lassi or Mangolassi? The color is going to be > perhaps > >> > a bit more yellow than the Mirabelle color? > >> > >> > >> I think technically the former, I don't believe there's any particular > >> reason for it not to be split, it was just the way I typed it when I > >> suggested it last night. > >> > >> > >> Peter > >> > >> > >> >> * The Revised Browse Page Feature (owner: Tom) [2] will be refined > >> >> until next week's meeting as part of the effort to integrate the > SCK's > >> >> features. > >> >> > >> >> * The Sugar 0.90 Feature (owner: Peter) [3] has been approved by the > >> >> release team. > >> >> > >> >> * As part of the development test cycle discussion, Mel raised the > >> >> following points: > >> >> > >> >> (1) An agreed-upon image each week for testers to attack (the > >> >> daily build on $datetime of each week, for instance) > >> >> (2) An agreed-upon set of test cases for them to execute (iow, > >> >> the "test plan" thing we haven't had before) > >> >> (3) An agreed-upon place and format for the results from > >> >> running those test cases to be reported to > >> >> (4) An agreed-upon $datetime each week by which all test > >> >> results for that week will be submitted - so that the development > team > >> >> has a chance to look at those results and revise the build before > the > >> >> next test image goes out. > >> >> > >> >> * Peter will discuss the inclusion of maintained patches & scripts > >> >> into SoaS with Martin. > >> >> > >> >> * Mel requested that people continue to talk and think about what > they > >> >> want to do with their SoaS time between now and our v4 release date > in > >> >> October on the soas list - and Planet Sugar Labs. > >> >> > >> >> * Communication to activity developers and other parts of SL was > >> >> raised by John for discussion. > >> >> > >> >> Thanks again everyone for attending! > >> >> > >> >> --Sebastian > >> >> > >> >> [1] > http://me.etin.gs/sugar-meeting/sugar-meeting.minutes.20100614_1502.html > >> >> [2] > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Revised_Browse_default-bookmarks.html > >> >> [3] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Sugar_0.90 > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> SoaS mailing list > >> >> s...@lists.sugarlabs.org > >> >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Walter Bender > >> > Sugar Labs > >> > http://www.sugarlabs.org > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Marketing mailing list > >> > Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org > >> > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Marketing mailing list > >> Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org > >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > SoaS mailing list > > s...@lists.sugarlabs.org > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas > > > _______________________________________________ > Marketing mailing list > Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing > -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove carol...@solutiongrove.com 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax
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