[FreeGeek] whats in a name?

[ifny]

kudos to simeon for sagely reserving our domain name, to be sure we
didnʻt get scuttled!

& thanks scott for starting a dedicated bylaw wiki page over at
freegeek.org. it will be a good place to start hashin out bylaws &
related issues.

you can find it at:

http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/Vancouver%2C_BC%2C_Canada

since this is a "talk page," itʻs considered good form to sign your
contributions. you will need to create a user name once you get there.
to sign your post, type ~~~~ thatʻs four tildes (~) at the end of what
your wrote. that will leave your username & timestamp.

donʻt be shy. if youʻve never edited a wiki before, just remember that
most every monkey can do it, as long as that monkey is not afraid.
worst comes to worst, we can always fix it. these pages will help you
shush your fearful monkey:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page

you can also practice editing in the sandbox:
http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/Sandbox

& if youʻre frisky & want to see the conventions for talk pages, check
out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_pages

more help/info at http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/Help:Contents


!fny







On 11/12/06, sean <freegeek at seanhill.ca> wrote:
>
>  Great work to both of you!
>
>  Good news that we have a name! It makes it easier to talk to people about
> this venture when we can state who we are.
>
>  Also, having a web presence will make it easier to focus people's attention
> down to what we're doing.
>
>  I really dig the timeline module! Can that be given its own page as well to
> show a greater range of time?
>
>  sean  :o)
>
>
>
>  agent humble wrote:
>  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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