Re: [Discuss] Agree on a Slogan

2015-09-20 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 09/20/2015 02:02 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: > > > On September 20, 2015 4:12:03 PM EDT, David Thomas > wrote: >> Count me amongst those who feel "Funding ..." sounds too much like >> we've got a big pool of money we're giving out based on our >> (exclusive) discretion, and I don't think "We

Re: [Discuss] Agree on a Slogan

2015-09-20 Thread David Thomas
I think some market research could be a great thing. I have some contacts in that field - I'll see if I can scare up some volunteer effort from someone who knows what they're doing. On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 3:01 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: > I'll also put forward, I ***really*** (3 stars!) like 'he

Re: [Discuss] Agree on a Slogan

2015-09-20 Thread Stephen Michel
On September 20, 2015 4:12:03 PM EDT, David Thomas wrote: >Count me amongst those who feel "Funding ..." sounds too much like >we've got a big pool of money we're giving out based on our >(exclusive) discretion, and I don't think "We fund" does much to fix >it. > >"Working together to fund..."

Re: [Discuss] Agree on a Slogan

2015-09-20 Thread Stephen Michel
I'll also put forward, I ***really*** (3 stars!) like 'help fund' as the first two words of our slogan. I think we're nearing a couple of final options. Perhaps it would be a good idea to conduct some (informal) "market research"? Make a survey that lists a couple of our top choices and ask a f

Re: [Discuss] Agree on a Slogan

2015-09-20 Thread Aaron Wolf
On 09/20/2015 03:34 AM, mray wrote: > On 19.09.2015 21:10, Aaron Wolf wrote: >> >>> @"we": >>> "we" might be less inclusive than "together", but my point was that it >>> addresses the human factor at all. (unlike "funding free culture"). >>> "we" is almost as important as the financial and freedo

Re: [Discuss] Agree on a Slogan

2015-09-20 Thread David Thomas
Count me amongst those who feel "Funding ..." sounds too much like we've got a big pool of money we're giving out based on our (exclusive) discretion, and I don't think "We fund" does much to fix it. "Working together to fund..." is better on that count, and doesn't strike me as terribly awkward,

Re: [Discuss] Agree on a Slogan

2015-09-20 Thread mray
On 19.09.2015 21:10, Aaron Wolf wrote: > >> @"we": >> "we" might be less inclusive than "together", but my point was that it >> addresses the human factor at all. (unlike "funding free culture"). >> "we" is almost as important as the financial and freedom parts of us. >> "together" overreaches in