[ncolug] Re: Name and Website
- From: "M. Knisely" <charon79m@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:44:39 -0500
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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