[FreeGeek] whats in a name?

[agent humble]

Yay!  Good work.

For my part I made the first pass at a website yesterday. In consultation with 
Ifny I installed Drupal 4.7.4 along with some extra modules and did some 
basic configuration. You can check out the results at 
http://freegeekvancouver.org

Please create an account and you can begin contributing to our online presence 
although note that this is highly preliminary!

Hello to PDX, David!

Scott 

On Saturday 11 November 2006 10:10 am, David Repa wrote:
> Greetings from PDX,
>
> Here is some interesting news -
>
>
>                          BC OnLine: COMPANIES - NAME REQUEST          
> 06/11/10 Lterm: XPSP0054     For: PB85397  UNITED CHINESE COMMUNITY ENRIC  
>    12:50:33
>
>
>          NR Number: NR8594836    ** REJECTED **     Expiry Date: N/A
>
>             Client: DAVID J. REPA
>
>  
> ***************************************************************************
>*** First Choice - * REJECTED *
>
>               Name: FREE GEEK VANCOUVER
>
>      Reason:      * REQUIRE DESCRIPTIVE SECOND WORD OR PHRASE *
>              E.G. CONSTRUCTION, GARDENING, INVESTMENTS, HOLDINGS, ETC.
>
>  
> ***************************************************************************
>***
>
> Yes, our first road block with a happy ending.  It didn't occur to me
> that FG-PDX might have been registered under a different name.  ifny
> pointed out that the name one the website is actually "Free Geek
> Community Technology Center".  I made a call to Victoria to see if I
> could plead stupidity and save having to do(and pay) for another name
> request.
>
> I was quite sure that I would not hear from the Registry office till
> next week.  Much to my surprise it only took about an hour for them to
> call me back.  I was now talking with the very person who rejected the
> name.  After making it clear that we were trying to do something good
> she simply said "What name would you like?"  I gave her "Free Geek
> Community Technology Center", which she said would fly, but I needed
> to add one thing to the end "society, association, or club".  So I
> under the gun, and not wanting to miss this golden opportunity, took
> Society.  So, for 55 days we have reserved the name "Free Geek
> Community Technology Centre Society".  YEAH!
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