[ncolug] Re: Name and Website
- From: <cstickelman@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 2:17:34 -0500
I agree. My bad. I knew better at the time - I did that w/ Practical Network
Design back then...
Chuck
---- "M. Knisely" <charon79m@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well said, Chuck. It's times like this that I wish we had been more active
> with protecting the NCOLUG name. If we had registered NCOLUG, we would not
> only have more than just history on our side in working with the group from
> Fremont, we would also have legal recouse against the cyber squatters that
> have grabbed the domain.
>
> Mike K.
>
> On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 11:59 PM, <cstickelman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Yes, we've gone around and around with which day/time is best. Wednesday
> > often conflicts with church activities...
> >
> > While their domain name differs from ours, their name is North Central Ohio
> > Linux Users Groups; the same as ours. This is what I have a problem with.
> > We have had that name for nearly 10 years. If you do a Google search for
> > "North Central Ohio Linux Users Group" you get *many* hits that point to us.
> > (Which implies that they didn't do the leg work to make sure no one else
> > was using the name they wanted to use.)
> >
> > They NEED to change their name. (If not then I *will* make sure that
> > everyone knows that we are the *real* NCOLUG.) Imagine the confusion when
> > people think that *we* are now meeting on Wednesday's up in Freemont. This
> > is not good.
> >
> > Chuck
> >
> > ---- nor thern <zboson2003@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > the different time (8:00PM-10:00PM) and day of week (Wednesday) of their
> > meeting than ours is actually something discussed among our members several
> > years ago to increase membership. promoting Open-Source software is an
> > acceptable activity if the group name
> > > differs by a dash from ours. the meeting place for them is a web hosting
> > company.
> > >
> > >
> > > --- On Sun, 11/29/09, cstickelman@xxxxxxxxxx <cstickelman@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > From: cstickelman@xxxxxxxxxx <cstickelman@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Subject: [ncolug] Name and Website
> > > To: ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Date: Sunday, November 29, 2009, 11:42 AM
> > >
> > > Howdy gang!
> > >
> > > By now you've read my letter to the *other* group trying to use the
> > NCOLUG name. My belief is that we need to defend our right to that name and
> > refuse to allow any other group access to our name. This may be a hard
> > fight if the folks on the other side do not wish to make a change. Do any
> > of you have opinions on how we handle this further? Should we take action
> > to make sure that name "belongs" to us?
> > >
> > > This new group does have a website - it's fairly crude, but it's
> > something. Which brings me to the topic of our site. It's been so long
> > since we lost control of ncolug.org that I don't even remember where we
> > are with it... What does the group feel about this topic? What should we
> > do? Personally, I *HATE* the fact that we lost control of our domain name!
> > I'm NOT too concerned about how it happened, but I am not comfortable with
> > things being in limbo. Again, I seek your input.
> > >
> > > Thoughts, ideas, comments welcomed!
> > > Chuck
> > >
> > >
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