On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 10:28 AM, Emily <emilia.p
...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Danielle for posting the domain names.
> After the meeting I continued to dwell on the domain name issue. I
> encourage others to think about other options as this will be an image
> for MSSC. A website is our greatest venue for outreach and education.
> Although the options are good. I do not feel they really represent
> what we are all about. We talked about some of these issues at the
> meeting, but I would like to reiterate them for others. I see MSSC as
> trying to make positive change, economic, environmental, and social.
> We have many angles.
> 1. greenmi.org: To narrow MSSC down to "greenmi.org" is not giving
> ourselves enough credit. To me "green" it relates to the overused
> environmental slang that has been used for greenwashing.
> 2. micoalitionorg: This can be mispronounced and misunderstood.
> example: mycoalition.org -we don't want people to be confused and we
> want it to be easy to say on the radio or in an interview.
> I am partial to renewmichigan.org. I checked register.com and it is
> not a current domain name.
> The word "renew" is very powerful in the sense of positive change. It
> can not be interpreted in any other way and can incorporate all of our
> campaigns. We could still keep our Renew Michigan lobby campaign.
> Confusing? Maybe, but most people will not know which one came first.
> Maybe we named the campaign after our domain. We can still have
> separate links to each campaign on the website so confusion could be
> cleared at this point. The Renew Michigan lobby campaign represents
> the MSSC mission and I feel it would be appropriate to have the same
> name. (or change the name of the lobby campaign?!?)
> I would prefer to have MSSC represented by the word renewal, a broader
> greater cause, then limiting our image to "green". (even if we have a
> campaign with the same name)
> Other open domain names...
> 1. newmichigan.org
> 2. michiganstudents.org
> 3. coalitionofmichigan.org
> 4. msscoalition.org
> 5. sustainmichigan.org
> peace
> Emily
> On May 12, 5:08 am, Danielle <d_ostafin...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hey MSSC!
> > This past Friday a small group of us met to talk about this summer
> > activities and the future of the MSSC. One topic of discussion was the
> > issue of a website for the group. What we need is a domain name for
> > the website that represents the MSSC and is short and easy to
> > remember. Many of the names we thought of are already taken so we have
> > come up with the two below.
> > 1. greenmi.org
> > 2. micoalition.org
> > Please vote for one of these two names or submit another- but make
> > sure that if you do you check too see if it has already been taken.
> > Some members will be meeting this Thursday to work on the website so
> > please reply by then. Thanks so much and have a wonderful Monday!
> > Danielle
