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Late Thursday night, the Board of Directors of the Open Computing
Facility voted to rename the organization to the Open Facility
for Computing (OFC).
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"After seeing 'OCF' written as 'OFC' by people on Facebook,
Twitter, and even by the Daily Cal's writers all in the same
day, I decided it was worth bringing up at one of our
meetings," said Chris Kuehl, the organization's former Site
Manager. (Chris recently stepped down to focus on his studies.)
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After a heated discussion (and short break to get boba), the
members of the Board voted unanimously to adopt the new name
and acronym.
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"I try really hard to stay away from social media like Reddit
and Facebook," said Nick Impicciche, the OFC's current General
Manager. "Still, we're pretty strong believers in democracy,
and it's clear what the people wanted."
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After the decision was announced, <strike>OCF</strike> OFC
technicians worked into the night to get the website moved from
<tt>ocf.berkeley.edu</tt> to its new home at
<tt>ofc.berkeley.edu</tt>.
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In the coming days, we'll be reaching out to student groups
using our web hosting to ask them to replace their now-outdated
"Hosted by OCF" web banners. We're also working with facilities
to get some stickers printed to cover up the signs in the
hallways of MLK.
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The Open Facility for Computing is an all-volunteer, student-run
organization. It was founded in 1989 to serve the interests of
the UC Berkeley campus community.
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Questions about this change? Please reach out to
<a href="mailto:devnull@ocf.berkeley.edu">devnull@ofc.berkeley.edu</a>.
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