co-op naming

[nibot]

So we need a name for our dear nascient rochester_coop! We have a few ideas but nothing really awesome. I think a name of the form [Cool Sounding Noun] Co-op/Cooperative/Collective would be great, like Robot Co-op or Oktogon Co-op or something. Or a cool animal. Or a historial person who is awesome. Or a neat foreign metro station. Or some kind of literary allusion. Ideas? We want to decide on a name for this thing tomorrow. Any/all suggestions would be appreciated. (-: Maybe our mission will be suggestive.

[Poll #458955]

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Comments

[nibot.livejournal.com]

The list of Berlin metro stations (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Berlin_metro_stations) is full of promise!

[nibot.livejournal.com]

København Cooperative

[furzicle.livejournal.com]

Novo Sibersk jk

[furzicle.livejournal.com]

Awesome House -- OZ for short

[kaolinfire.livejournal.com]

Plitmus Haus, with a silent P.

PH for short. ;)

[kaolinfire.livejournal.com]

The Un Co-operative

The Poo Co-operative

Or the Pooh Co-operative

"My House"

"Our House"

"Compound Co-op"

Experi-co-op

[furzicle.livejournal.com]

.........Feynmen

[metamouse.livejournal.com]

I'm a sucker for plant names - Magnolia House, Manzanita... but you'd want something native, probably. Sassafras Hall, Stoneroot...

http://home.twcny.rr.com/allenz/forest.htm

[shamster.livejournal.com]

Acid Co-op
The Gilligan Co-op
Cast-Away Collective
The Bucky Collective / Bucky House
Fuddnudler House
Ham-ikka-Schnim-ikka-Schnam-ikka-Schnopp Cooperative
Jeronimo House
Saffron House
**The Orange Chicken Collective** Yum!
The Red Curry House
Sexy Cooperative
Nut House
Cookie Monster Collective
The Pea Pod
Space Pod
The Decompression Chamber
Vacuum Collective

Any name from the list of Dr. Seuss characters: http://www.primate.wisc.edu/people/hamel/seuss.html

suggestions

[hypostatization.livejournal.com]

-Black Mountain Coop. I especially like this one. More important than just paying homage to the men and women who passed through Black Mountain College (http://www.bmcproject.org/History/history2.htm), it would be a fitting tribute to the athmosphere and aspirations of the college itself. [Wikipedia link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mountain_College)]

In regards to naming the coop something that would tie it to the area:

-Above someone mentioned plant names. The Lilac Coop might be worth considering, or even just something so simple as Flower City Coop.

-I've previously suggested The Sam Patch Coop. You can read a little about his life here (http://www.niagarafallsreporter.com/kostoff24.html). In short, he was a famous daredevil who came to the area to jump from the Genesee falls. He did successfully, once. It was his second jump, however, that secured his name in local history. In Rochester facing unfavorable odds, at the edge of falls, I like to view our coop in these terms. If we don't surface at the bottom, at least we've done something worth remembering. If our efforts amount to nothing, I hope for it to be a spectacle on the way down. A brilliant failure. [Conflict: 'Sam Patch' is already used as the name for a boat tour on the Erie canal. Shouldn't be a huge problem though, I'm sure there are plenty of variations that would work. Patch's Leap, for instance.]

-I like the idea of something along the lines of New Carthage Coop. Carthage was an early competitor to Rochester, its residents hoping to overtake Rochester as the most important settlement in this area. They were well on their way when tragedy struck. The pride of Carthage had been their bridge spanning the Genesee river. It connected them to the Erie canal by way of train. When the bridge fell, so did Carthage. Unable to compete with Rochester, it was eventually absorbed. The settlement's tragic end isn't why it appeals to me. Instead I'm drawn to the idea of Carthage's revenge.

[wanton-adonis.livejournal.com]

Co-op of the Rising Sun
House dedicated to the dishevealment of physicists
High End Co-op Kangaroo Heck

[nanomonkey.livejournal.com]

Chester House sounds nice.

Use the name of the street on which the house is located...unless located on Broad or Main.

Creative Commons...although I think that name is being used by a copyright nonprofit. Maybe just The Commons.

Bounty House...or just Bounty for short.

Hmmm...it will probably be more apparent once you find the house itself.

i've given this great thought.

[dannidoll86.livejournal.com]

Guster (like the band) coop
Cheshire (like the cat) coop
Ringo (from the Beatles) coop

[ucbfumbler.livejournal.com]

The Bunker
Ant Farm
and my personal favorite The Collective

[hyperfl0w.livejournal.com]

You should do a word play on co-opt and co-opt

[zenkalia.livejournal.com]

you should name your co-op "Steve"

or maybe "Mike"..

i like steve the best.