[OpenStack Foundation] [all] IRC Channel Renames

Kurt Garloff kurt at garloff.de
Wed Dec 16 05:48:22 UTC 2020


Hi Wes,

Is this really a blocker for oif for IRC?
Just wondering, as IRC is not very visible/popular for many communities... 

OpenInfra would be 2nd best (but unavailable) which leaves us with OpenInfraDev otherwise. 

-- Kurt 


On 15 December 2020 20:21:55 CET, Wes Wilson <wes at openstack.org> 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”. 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.
>
>We have started to replace the acronym with “OpenInfra Foundation” and
>“OpenInfra” depending on the use case. Another option to consider that
>we’re using for twitter handle, url, and similar spots is
>“OpenInfraDev”. 
>

-- 
Kurt Garloff <kurt at garloff.de>, Cologne, Germany
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