[Imc-alternatives] Fwd: OpenPlans is becoming Coactivate

Wed Jun 10 22:16:58 PDT 2009

On June 17 the open plans site is changing its name.  Wherever we 
have the alternatives pages listed we'll have to change the URL.  I 
don't think we have it too many places, but it is in all the e-mails 
we've sent out about the project.  I hope they'll have some kind of 
redirection set up, or at least a note telling people to change the 
URLs they're using.

>Subject: OpenPlans is becoming Coactivate
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>*OpenPlans is getting a new name: Coactivate!*
>
>This is an important announcement to let you know that one week from
>today, on June 17, 2009, openplans.org wil be moving to a new home at
>coactivate.org.  All accounts, projects, and content that are currently
>on the OpenPlans site will be moved to the new location.  Nothing will
>change from a user perspective except for the URLs that you use to
>access the site.  Links and redirects will be set up at the
>openplans.org domain to make sure that people find the content in its
>new location.  Mailing list messages sent to lists.openplans.org will be
>transparently forwarded to the lists' new addresses at
>lists.coactivate.org.
>
>*Why the change?*
>
>As you may know, openplans.org and the OpenPlans software that powers it
>have been developed and maintained by The Open Planning Project (TOPP).
>TOPP does much more than just openplans.org, however; you can learn more
>about our various initiatives at http://theopenplanningproject.org/.
>
>Unfortunately, the similarity between the name of the organization ("The
>Open Planning Project") and the name of the OpenPlans project has led to
>a considerable amount of confusion. Some people who are familiar with
>OpenPlans and openplans.org think that this project is the entire focus
>of our organization. Furthermore, often when someone hears about TOPP
>and performs a web search for "The Open Planning Project" in order to
>learn more, they end up at the openplans.org site instead of our main
>organizational site. This is very confusing to people who are trying to
>find information about our open source geographical software (OpenGeo
><http://opengeo.org/>) or our transportation and urban planning advocacy
>efforts (the Livable Streets Initiative
><http://www.livablestreets.com/>).  To minimize confusion, and to make
>it easier for people who are interested in TOPP's other initiatives, we
>are moving the public collaboration tools to a new location, and we'll
>be repurposing openplans.org as the home of TOPP's main website.
>
>*How will the transition work?*
>Our target for transitioning the site is June 17, 2009.  No action will
>be necessary; at the aforementioned date, the website and mailing lists
>will start showing up at coactivate.org, all you'll have to do is start
>using the new URLs and mailing list addresses and everything will work
>exactly as before.
>
>Thanks for your time and your support.
>
>The Open Planning Project
>
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>OpenPlans is getting a new name: Coactivate!
>
>This is an important announcement to let you know that one week from 
>today, on June 17, 2009, openplans.org wil be moving to a new home 
>at coactivate.org. All accounts, projects, and content that are 
>currently on the OpenPlans site will be moved to the new location. 
>Nothing will change from a user perspective except for the URLs that 
>you use to access the site. Links and redirects will be set up at 
>the openplans.org domain to make sure that people find the content 
>in its new location. Mailing list messages sent to 
>lists.openplans.org will be transparently forwarded to the lists' 
>new addresses at lists.coactivate.org.
>
>Why the change?
>
>As you may know, openplans.org and the OpenPlans software that 
>powers it have been developed and maintained by The Open Planning 
>Project (TOPP). TOPP does much more than just openplans.org, 
>however; you can learn more about our various initiatives at 
><http://theopenplanningproject.org/>http://theopenplanningproject.org/.
>Unfortunately, the similarity between the name of the organization 
>("The Open Planning Project") and the name of the OpenPlans project 
>has led to a considerable amount of confusion. Some people who are 
>familiar with OpenPlans and openplans.org think that this project is 
>the entire focus of our organization. Furthermore, often when 
>someone hears about TOPP and performs a web search for "The Open 
>Planning Project" in order to learn more, they end up at the 
>openplans.org site instead of our main organizational site. This is 
>very confusing to people who are trying to find information about 
>our open source geographical software (<http://opengeo.org/>OpenGeo) 
>or our transportation and urban planning advocacy efforts (the 
><http://www.livablestreets.com/>Livable Streets Initiative). To 
>minimize confusion, and to make it easier for people who are 
>interested in TOPP's other initiatives, we are moving the public 
>collaboration tools to a new location, and we'll be repurposing 
>openplans.org as the home of TOPP's main website.
>
>How will the transition work?
>Our target for transitioning the site is June 17, 2009. No action 
>will be necessary; at the aforementioned date, the website and 
>mailing lists will start showing up at coactivate.org, all you'll 
>have to do is start using the new URLs and mailing list addresses 
>and everything will work exactly as before.
>
>Thanks for your time and your support.
>
>The Open Planning Project
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