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

[Jean-Francois Leveque]

I need a recording of you pronouncing it with a slight American accent
to be sure. :)

J-F

On 21/03/2012 11:11, Adam Marshall wrote:
> 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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Jean-François Lévêque
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Université Pierre et Marie Curie

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University Pierre and Marie Curie
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