Names

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Several names have been discussed on the Discord for both the future federated community of fans and the central support organization that will provide support and maintain backups.

Possible Community Names

Community Of Our Own (CO3)
Pros: Similar to AO3
Cons: Similar to AO3

Our Local or Your Local
Pros: Vibing off the federated/union idea, with a dash of feeling of a neighborhood pub
Cons: Perhaps too unspecific-sounding?

Possible Support Organization Names

Mothership
Pros: Connotations of support and starships (which ties into Star Trek as an important influence in fandom)
Cons: Gendered

Arkship
Pros: Connotations of preserving things for later and carrying forward the building blocks for new growth
Cons: Possibly awkward?

Useful Imagery

Starships
Pros: Star Trek reference, futuristic, a sense of motion, reference to fannish ships
Cons: ?

Bees
Pros: Working together to build things
Cons: Easily mistaken as LDS

Plants
Pros: Growing, fruitful
Cons: ?

Snowflakes
Pros: Unique, multitudes
Cons: Cold, fragile, temporary, weak, unfortunately immediately calls to mind 4chan/reddit "lib snowflake" lingo

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