+1 for #openinfra Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android Send Foundation mailing list submissions to     foundation@lists.openstack.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit     http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/foundation or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to     foundation-request@lists.openstack.org You can reach the person managing the list at     foundation-owner@lists.openstack.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Foundation digest..." Today's Topics:   1. Re: [all] IRC Channel Renames (Jeremy Stanley)   2. Re: [all] IRC Channel Renames (Amy Marrich)   3. Re: [all] IRC Channel Renames (Kanevsky, Arkady)   4. Re: [all] IRC Channel Renames (Jeremy Stanley) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 19:38:33 +0000 From: Jeremy Stanley <fungi@yuggoth.org> To: foundation@lists.openstack.org Subject: Re: [OpenStack Foundation] [all] IRC Channel Renames Message-ID: <20201215193832.k3hjq22yuagzuer2@yuggoth.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" On 2020-12-15 11:21:55 -0800 (-0800), Wes Wilson wrote:

One logistical item to point out. We have been advised to minimize our use of “OIF” to reduce confusion with another organization that has a trademark on “OIF”.

Presumably that's this organization: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_Internetworking_Forum

While we won’t be able to prevent everyone from using the acronym to reference the foundation, much like OSF was used, we have been advised to not use it in “attention getting” places. [...]

Right, so #oif and #oif-* channels seem to be out of the question. I'm temporarily squatting #infra if folks think that could make a good (short, not trademarkable) namespace for the foundation channels. -- Jeremy Stanley