Im gonna take a second and thank @smorks for taking responsibility to give us this server, then selflessly giving away control and the funds in his charge to the new foundation.

We are grateful for your hard work and transperency.

I would like to caution against opting for a name that may be too open ended as it may dilute the purpose of the foundation simultaneously; in what people may misunderstand/perceive its purpose to be, and the scope of actions the foundations takes to achieve that unclear or shifting purpose/goal.

Firstly, a general or vague name will not immediately define the organization and therefore require more explanations and time to always explain its purpose/mission so as to avoid misunderstandings and/or apathy.

Secondly, an open ended or general name may look convenient because we do not yet clearly know everything the foundation may need to do in the future so we settle for a “catch-all” and hope for the best.

However, a vague or general name also leaves open the possibility to have the foundation's initial purpose be diverted to something completely unrelated or maybe even counterproductive due to the nature of a changing context (original decision maker leaves, communities has diverging and incompatible priorities, takeover à-la-twitter, lopsided/frivolous legal threats, etc...).

Hence, we should first list all the goals and purposes we may have, wish and foresee for the foundation first. Then, vote on what make overall sense to include before selecting a name that succcintly and neatly encompasses those goals/missions.

Thank you for coming to my probably pointless Ted Talk™©® 🤣

OCC

Open Comms Canada

Would be interested in knowing what kind of future projects we're thinking about? Do we want it focused on Federated projects? Or more open communication standards beyond the fediverse?

Something like Canadian Open-Source Communication Advocates (or Association) is very generic sounding

Federated communications Canada (FCC)

Canadian Associated New Universal Communications Knowledgebase
CANUCK
Open to edits

Canadian Open Communication Knowledge Server.

Apologies but in my world we have to have a round of toilet humour before anything gets named.

What I see as unique about the service is that it's Canadian, it's focused on providing a social media function, and it's built on a federated platform...Federated Social Media Canada?

I can't believe nobody has proposed Lemmy McLemmFace yet

Just spitballing here, but how about "Canadian Communities Online"?

F*ck Spez Canada? /jk

On a more serious note, Federated Platforms Canada or Canadian Federated Platforms?

I don’t have a suggestion, but I want to thank you for all your hard work to maintain this community and everything you’ve done going above an beyond.

I’m not able to financially contribute, but I’ve UX/UI/usability and graphic design skills (I was a top 3 finalist for an Apple design award) – I’d like to offer that if you need those services.

Thanks so much for making this community a success!

Northwest Passage

Is "Lemmy Canada" ineligible?

Did you ever find a name you liked?

Far and Wide Communications

CanFederation

(just thought it was cute, probably not a good overall name)

Marmot Social

(Marmots being common in Canada. Beaver Social came to mind first, but I guess some folks might make false assumptions about that one.)

Open Conversation Canada - Democratic Open Conversation Canada

A question regarding those of us who had signed up to make regular donations. Will this need to be redone once the paperwork is all sorted out?

LEMMYS:

Lame Eccentrics Mostly Making Yapping Sounds

Local Ernest Morons Monologueing Yearningly Sometimes

Lighthearted Edgy Magnificent & Marvellous Youths Swearing

Lovable Ethically Mediocre Miscreants Yellowing Slowly

I could go on, but it's getting late.

(Association/Society of) Decentralized Web Denizens (of Canada)

Or some such arrangement

Canada Communication Consortium

Marxist-Lemming Association

Thanks for running this!

• Open Foundation Canada
• Open Social Foundation Canada
• Canadian Open Foundation
• Open Things Canada
• Good Things Collective
• Good Foundation Canada
• Decent Foundation Canada
• Decent Canada
• Decent Social Canada
• Decent Foundation Canada
• Decent Co-op?

Or add some of the keywords to a random generator and pull a few options and make a survey.

You can add Co-op to any of them if you decide to form a co-op. Which I think you should, but that probably doesn't need to happen right this second, unlike the accounting and server cost reimbursement. Democratic workers co-op being the antidote to the centralized decision-making plaguing the companies whose services we're running away from.

Canfeddi.