[DG: Open Forum] Jasig and Sakai Announce Name for Proposed Foundation and Membership Vote on Merger

[Adam Marshall]

Surely 'merto' (when pronounced with a slight American accent)  is not a nice sounding word in French? :)

adam

> -----Original Message-----
> From: openforum-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org [mailto:openforum-
> bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] On Behalf Of Shoji Kajita
> Sent: 21 March 2012 10:09
> To: Jean-Francois Leveque
> Cc: openforum at collab.sakaiproject.org
> Subject: Re: [DG: Open Forum] Jasig and Sakai Announce Name for Proposed
> Foundation and Membership Vote on Merger
> 
> Hi J-F:
> 
> We don't have a good translation for the word Apereo in Japanese. Or
> we could say that the word Apereo is a quite neutral word in Japanese.
> 
> Shoji at Kyoto
> 
> At Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:37:26 +0100,
> Jean-Francois Leveque wrote:
> >
> > While Sakai sounds like the colloquial French "・a caille", Apereo sounds
> > like the colloquial French "ap・ro". What does it sound like in other
> > languages?
> >
> > I wonder what merging the two words the other way to get "merto" would
> > have sounded in other languages. In French, it would have been close to
> > "marteau". A google search leads to family names and typos on metro.
> >
> > Choosing a name for international use can be hard, don't you think?
> >
> > Cheers for the Apereo Foundation! ;-)
> >
> > J-F
> >
> > On 20/03/2012 17:03, Josh Baron wrote:
> > > NOTE: Attached are PDF versions of this announcement in English,
> Spanish
> > > (Espa・ol) and French (Fran・ais) which also include the relevant
> hyperlinks.
> > >
> > > *Jasig and Sakai Announce Name for Proposed Foundation
> > > and Membership Vote on Merger*
> > >
> > > Shortly after the 2011 EDUCAUSE Conference, Sakai and Jasig announced
> a
> > > community naming process for the new, merged organization we
> proposed a
> > > year before. We wanted suggestions for Foundation names that were
> > > memorable and reflected the core values of the merged organization
> which
> > > we previously articulated in the “ Value of a Common Foundation
> > >
> <http://www.sakaiproject.org/sites/default/files/CommonFoundationValue
> 1-1.pdf>
> > > ”. In announcing the outcomes of this naming process today, it is
> > > important to emphasize that the new organization will have a strong
> > > focus on existing software communities and project brands. Names such
> as
> > > Sakai and uPortal won’t go away, they will remain an essential element
> > > of reaching constituents old and new.
> > >
> > > The Founding Board, which was elected by the Jasig and Sakai Foundation
> > > Boards in October (2011)
> > > <http://www.sakaiproject.org/news/jasig-and-sakai-foundations-
> finalize-merger-plans>
> > > to take the lead on merger decisions, is excited to announce that the
> > > name of the new organization we are proposing will be the *Apereo
> > > Foundation *( listen to pronunciation
> > > <https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwZE-
> GJkLsdmRDNEVVlOQW5RY2FIUE93aWEzZDNKQQ/edit>
> > > ). The name is a combination of community suggestions, and represents
> > > the fusion of two Latin words, “ aperto
> > > <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aperto> ”, which means “open” and “
> mereo
> > > <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mereo> ”, meaning merit. Given the
> > > importance of openness and meritocracy, in all its forms and flavors, to
> > > both organizations as well as the larger open-source movement, the
> > > merging of these Latin words to form Apereo resonated with the
> Founding
> > > Board. Combining the suggestions was also helpful in securing the domain
> > > name.
> > >
> > > We will begin to use Apereo as the name of the proposed new
> organization
> > > in our communication moving forward. However this is not intended to
> > > indicate the merger is complete; nor assumed as, most importantly, a
> > > majority vote by our collective membership is required to gain approval.
> > > To this end, the announcement of the proposed Foundation name is
> being
> > > used to launch a larger communication initiative. Over the coming four
> > > weeks we will release additional information, the first of which will be
> > > posted the week of March 26th, and create opportunities for
> > > conversations about the path ahead. These will include discussion lists,
> > > webinars, and other opportunities for community engagement on issues
> > > related to the merger. *This will culminate in a membership vote to
> > > approve the merger which will take place in late-April 2012.*
> > >
> > > Finally, those who suggested the names we selected have generously
> > > donated the prizes we were offering to participants in our forthcoming
> > > June conference. We’ll come up with some exciting ideas to put them to
> > > good use at the event!
> > >
> > > If you have questions or comments on the name please post them to the
> > > Jasig-Sakai Collaboration Google Group (subscribe at:
> > > http://groups.google.com/group/*jasig-sakai-collaboration* **
> > > <https://groups.google.com/group/jasig-sakai-collaboration?hl=en> )
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----------------------------
> > > Joshua Baron
> > > Senior Academic Technology Officer
> > > Marist College
> > > Poughkeepsie, New York 12601
> > > (845) 575-3623 (work)
> > > Twitter: JoshBaron
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