Re: Candidate names for GNOME Asia Event in Beijing

[Behdad Esfahbod <behdad behdad org>]

Hi Emily,

I think the reactions where clear: Use "GNOME Asia Summit".  Just don't
use the acronym.  Events don't have to have acronyms.  Boston Summit
doesn't have for example (and its acronym would be worse than GAS btw).

Rule!

behdad

On Tue, 2007-11-20 at 10:56 +0800, Emily Chen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Most people think GNOME Asia Summit is a good name, but not GAS. From 
> the dictionary, Gas has some negative meaning. We don't want the first 
> Asia event to be gas.
>
> How about GNOME Asia Conference?  The attendees will be around 300 
> people, it is as big as a conference.
>
> -Emily
>
> Bruno Boaventura wrote:
> > > > On Nov 19, 2007 6:06 AM, Emily Chen <Emily Chen sun com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >       
> > > > >  1. Gnome Asia Summit (GAS)
> > > > >         
> > > > Sounds good. Acronym not needed.
> > > >
> > > >       
> > > +1 for this (without acronym) :-)
> > >     
> >
> >
> > +1 (no acronym, too).
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > brunobol
> > Bruno Boaventura
> >   
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