Friday, February 18, 2011

What is in a Name?

Creating a name for an organization is a powerful act.

In the comment field below, please share the name you might choose for the organization. Serious names, silly names, striking names, all are welcome. And you do not need to have been to the meetings to suggest one to the group.

Here are a couple questions to ask yourself as you think of names?

-What is it that makes this group unique?
-What focus do we want to bring to the attention of the public?
-Who do we want to be our future members? And will they identify with this name?

During the meeting on January 29th, we created a new mission and vision for the Indianapolis Food, Farm and Family Coalition. Although we spoke of creating a new name, we tabled that discussion in hopes that after our brainstorming we would have a better idea about who we are and thus would have a better idea about how we could identify ourselves. Well I beg the question...What should we call ourselves?

On February 22nd, we will hang all of these different ideas up and make a decision about which name we identify with most.

STUCK..? Think about our newly formed mission statement:

"Our mission is to enhance the health of our community by improving the food system and increasing access to resources and nutritious food."

11 comments:

  1. Indy Food Coalition or Central Indiana Food Coalition. I like growINDY too!

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  2. Ideas for components and or names:
    Network,
    Vision,
    Visionaries,
    Collaborative,
    Collective,
    Tree Huggers for Gastronomic Sustenance,
    Actions (or Network) for the Gastronomic and Agricultural Dimensions of Sustainability,
    Soil Savers,
    Indianapolis Coalition on Food,
    And Nourishment for All,
    And Nutrition for All,
    Indianapolis Food Coalition,
    Indianapolis Food Development Network,
    Developing People,
    Indianapolis Food Development Coalition,
    Local Food Support Network,
    Task Force,
    Comission,
    Befriending Farmers for Food Strike Force,
    White River,
    Food Ecosystem Development Network,
    Ecosystem,
    Ecological,
    Stability,
    Food Ecosystem Network,
    Support System,
    Protecting Nature for Our Gatronomic Well-Being,
    Network on Gastronomic Sustainability,
    Community Network on Food,
    local Native American terms for the local geography,
    Community Network for Securing Food,
    Indianapolis Network on Food,
    look up some of these words in a thesaurus for even more options, especially gastronomic


    Disliked contents:
    Indy,
    Growth,
    Grow,
    Growing,
    Food (used as an adjective),
    Sustainable / sustainability (unless used unambiguously to mean steady state economy or at least avoids a connotation of economic growth).

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  3. Farms
    Resources
    Education
    Spokespeople
    Health
    Coalition
    F.R.E.S.H. Coalition

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  4. Farming Resources, Education, and Sharing for [good]Health FRESH...

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  5. Indy Food Farm Fam (IFFF)
    Indy Healthland Security
    The Indy Food Farm Family

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  6. Indianapolis Healthy Home Harvest
    Indy Local Nutrition Coalition

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  7. I'm a-thinkin! ok, look what Maine did - can we do this here? or have we already...?
    http://healthimpactnews.com/2011/food-sovereignty-law-passed-in-small-maine-town-to-allow-sale-of-locally-produced-food-without-interference-of-regulators/
    Great stuff!

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