[MEI-L] Do we have to call it "MEI Go!"?

[Byrd, Donald A.]

You're welcome, Andrew.  I think a Doodle poll is a good idea; I just don't want to set it up myself!

--DAB


On Mar 22, 2017, at 9:06 PM, Andrew Hankinson <andrew.hankinson at mail.mcgill.ca> wrote:

> Great, thank you Don.
> 
> If you don't want to set up a Doodle poll that's OK, but suggestions on the process through which we can arrive at a decision would be very helpful.
> 
> -Andrew
> 
>> On 23 Mar 2017, at 08:47, Byrd, Donald A. <donbyrd at indiana.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> Here's a list of the serious suggestions I'm aware of. There've been two or three others that I don't think were serious. In alphabetical order:
>> 
>> MEI attacca
>> MEI Basic
>> MEI c.f.  (for cantus firmus - i.e. the most important and lasting parts)
>> MEI CMN Basic
>> MEI Core
>> MEI Go!  (with or without exclamation point)
>> MEI Lite
>> MEI Pronto
>> 
>> If anyone knows of any I omitted, please speak up!
>> 
>> And who wants to set up a Doodle poll? Not me  :-| .
>> 
>> --DAB
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 22, 2017, at 11:22 AM, Andrew Hankinson <andrew.hankinson at mail.mcgill.ca> wrote:
>> 
>>> The last thing I would want to do is shut down a constructive conversation, but I believe thread has drifted into bikeshed* territory. I also don't think we'll resolve it over e-mail; at least not in this way.
>>> 
>>> As far as I'm concerned, MEI Go! has been a code-name that was suggested at last year's unconference meeting. It is, and has been, just a way of referring to a simpler version of MEI intended for wider adoption, and isn't a 'fait accompli'. Suggestions and critique are welcome, but rattling off messages with no attempt at organizing them and seeking consensus on a single name isn't really going to result in anything better.
>>> 
>>> So perhaps someone with an interest in helping our community choose a great name can compile a list of the suggestions that have been made, and/or set up a Doodle poll link with write-in space for suggestions? That would save a lot of time and energy (and inbox space).
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> -Andrew
>>> 
>>> * https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/misc.html#idp60567400
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 22 Mar 2017, at 23:59, Thomas Weber <tw at notabit.eu> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Am 22.03.2017 um 15:09 schrieb Byrd, Donald A.:
>>>>> I like MEI Presto!  MEI Core is good, too: more descriptive, though much less musical.  --DAB
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I'd prefer descriptive over musical.
>>>> 
>>>> Anyway, a slightly more descriptive musical suggestion: MEI c.f. (for cantus firmus - i.e. the most important and lasting parts)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> mei-l mailing list
> mei-l at lists.uni-paderborn.de
> https://lists.uni-paderborn.de/mailman/listinfo/mei-l

---
Donald Byrd
Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellow
Adjunct Associate Professor of Informatics
Visiting Scientist, Research Technologies
Indiana University Bloomington