[iRail] iRail Digest, Vol 4, Issue 48

[Sander Van der Maelen]

Hi,

As I already mentioned yesterday to some people: we shouldn't let domain
name availabilty play a role in our decision taking. If I would like to
name my computer shop "Fido" but www.fido.eu isn't available anymore, I
could try for fidocomputers.be, welkombijfido.be, fidofixthet.be, etc. The
same can be said about our new name :)

More important is the area of work an already registered/trademarked name
is active - e.g. Apple Recordings (the Beatles) and Apple Computers (you
know).

Shortlisting isn't a bad idea however. We could also work with a nomination
system like in Eurosong: you can hand out points to e.g. 15 proposals, and
the final decision is made from the 5 names with the most votes (through a
second voting round, or by the board). Give it a thought!

Cheers,

Sander.

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Sander Van der Maelen
+32 474 05 79 12
Op 19 jul. 2012 17:54 schreef "Wouter Vandenneucker" <wouter at irail.be> het
volgende:

> I like what Greet says, but we should pin dates on it...
>
> Kind regards
>
>
> Wouter
>
> 2012/7/19 Greet Derudder <greet at pimpajoentje.be>
>
>> I suggest that the board makes a shortlist (to weed out the funny names
>> and the names of which the domain names aren't available anymore) and then
>> the members vote on the best name?
>>
>> Greet
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Sacha Schmitz <sacha.schmitz at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Ok, but what are the next milestones? A lot of suggestions have been
>>> emitted showing the interest from the members to change this shitty name
>>> (really sorry, Yeri); so what happens next?
>>> --
>>> Sacha Schmitz,
>>> +32 473 50 71 46
>>> Discover (and vote!) for Solvay's start-up: firstsight
>>> http://www.beinternational.be/awards/solvay
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> >Message: 1
>>> >Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 19:52:20 +0200
>>> >From: Pieter Colpaert <pieter at iRail.be>
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>>> >Subject: [iRail] iRail name
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>>> >Hi all,
>>> >
>>> >Bare in mind that it is one of the last chances to invent a new name for
>>> >the iRail npo. If no alternative has been found until next week, we're
>>> >stuck with "iRail" for the next 3 years and I don't want to hear anyone
>>> >bikeshed over this any longer.
>>> >
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>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/12Cow0sJs1ortecwfCNpHvwkyVu5sx-Ukh3CKfL
>>> >zFilg/edit
>>> >
>>> >Love,
>>> >
>>> >Pieter
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