By Ron on Tuesday, January 18, 2000 - 10:14 am: EditShawn, how come you are changing the home page address from swingtimesd? What legal issues? What a bummer. That'll change every link to every page.
So, you came up with Swingorama? Gag me.
| By Ron on Tuesday, January 18, 2000 - 10:14 am: Edit |
Shawn, how come you are changing the home page address from swingtimesd? What legal issues? What a bummer. That'll change every link to every page. So, you came up with Swingorama? Gag me. |
| By Charlie Yi on Tuesday, January 18, 2000 - 10:23 am: Edit |
Shawn, Since you have to change the name, how about a cool name? Hate to say it, but Swing O Rama sounds Lame O Rama. Suggestion: Hold a name that site contest! Have everyone send in an idea for the name via e-mail or suggestion slips at dances. The winner gets a prize and you get a cool name for your site! Post the Name That Site thread under events if you like. Since almost no one except Ron is registered to be updated under the Site Suggestion Thread! |
| By Ian Campbell on Tuesday, January 18, 2000 - 10:37 am: Edit |
In Shawn's defense, he elicited suggestions from a few of us, unfortunately getting a domain name these days is not that easy- the good one's were taken. |
| By Shawn Hanna on Tuesday, January 18, 2000 - 11:02 am: Edit |
Hey guys, I had basically a day to come up with a new name. Legal threats are no fun! I polled those few people I knew well and responded to email quickly. The team included Ian, Tammy, Meeshi, Aletha, Valerie, Heather, Benno and me. A consensus was VERY hard to come to. Every name we came up with, somebody didn't like it. Without fail! SwingOrama grabbed all but a couple people's interest. It had the word swing in it and was easy to spell and remember. That's it! |
| By Shawn Hanna on Tuesday, January 18, 2000 - 11:09 am: Edit |
Ron, as to links to pages, it is no worries. I will keep the old site up for a while. It will take a few weeks before everything is working perfectly, and then each existing page on SwingtimeSD.com will automatically redirect to the new site. Simple! |
| By Reuben Brown on Tuesday, January 18, 2000 - 11:31 am: Edit |
As we discussed Shawn, this whole thing reaks. I don't understand why a dance studio in LA would care about the domain name: swingtimeSD.com I doubt they would win any case against you. I started a thread on "Jive Junction" to see if anyone knows anything about this studio, and what their deal is. They seem rather ass-holish so far. |
| By Chris Bowling on Tuesday, January 18, 2000 - 11:33 am: Edit |
There is a new .__ name out there. Like .com, .org, .net, and now there is .cc Check out www.spot.cc |
| By Chris Bowling on Tuesday, January 18, 2000 - 11:35 am: Edit |
Shawn, The links still look for www.swingtimessd.com. click on the url above http://www.swingtimesd.com/discus/messages/127/url this is what it reads. |
| By Shawn Hanna on Tuesday, January 18, 2000 - 11:56 am: Edit |
Chris, there are lots of non-us links. Hundreds in fact. dot.nl,.uk, .au, etc. I just went with one that would not cause any confusion and was simple. If you want to see the owners of the name, go to: http://www.SwingtimeDanceStudio.com Another person who has been threatened: http://www.SwingtimeDance.com And the place to check legal ownership of a name: http://trademarks.uspto.gov/access/search-mark.html What's done is done. |
| By Ron on Tuesday, January 18, 2000 - 12:52 pm: Edit |
I can't believe it. Swingtime is so generic, why should they care? And to give you only a short time to switch, what jerks. And you have to pay for the new domain name too, I bet. Charlie- I don't register to be updated. Who wants to be bombarded by all those e-mails out of context? I just click on new messages. Its the only way to go. |
| By Ron on Tuesday, January 18, 2000 - 12:57 pm: Edit |
how about: swingsd.com sdswing.com swingdancesd.com sdswingdance.com something generic. or swingoutsd.com swingoutsandiego.com (like chicago) |
| By Shawn Hanna on Tuesday, January 18, 2000 - 01:36 pm: Edit |
It is done Ron! Just bask in the glory of SwingOrama and enjoy. I opted away from the SD (SwingSD) because I wanted to get away from everybody needing the SD spelled or explained. I wanted a word I could use and wouldn't need that kind of attention. |
| By Andy on Tuesday, January 18, 2000 - 02:52 pm: Edit |
Hi all... just dropping by to page Chris. Check yer email and give me a holler back! andy |
| By Hurt on Tuesday, January 18, 2000 - 03:08 pm: Edit |
Oh, the forum is not good enough for posting unless you need it for finding Chris. Well aren't we special. |
| By Andy on Tuesday, January 18, 2000 - 03:21 pm: Edit |
Get over it, you pansy. I've already discussed why I stopped posting, and it has nothing to do with whether or not the forum is "good enough" for me. It has to do with incessant posting from extremely annoying dolts such as yourself. |
| By Shawn Hanna on Tuesday, January 18, 2000 - 03:24 pm: Edit |
Andy, you will be pleased to know that SwingOrama will be free of incessant postings from all extremely annoying dolts! It will be a warm fuzzy place for any and all right thinking swing dancers! Amen and Hallelujah! |
| By Andy on Tuesday, January 18, 2000 - 03:26 pm: Edit |
Utopia at last! Nice concept, how do you propose to see fruition? |
| By Shawn Hanna on Tuesday, January 18, 2000 - 03:37 pm: Edit |
Well, Frutopia anyway. Tell me, I removed the anon feature of the board. Shall I now make all sections "private posting areas" and require all to register? There will still be obnoxious people, but I think that as a whole, the board has been pretty good of late. What I would really like is for more people to use it for feedback after events and postings under "going dancing" before events. It seems that would be so productive for San Diego dancers. Hmmm. |
| By Ian Campbell on Tuesday, January 18, 2000 - 03:45 pm: Edit |
how do you define "right thinking"?? Ron's thinking...Shawn's thinking...stripey thinking... |
| By Shawn Hanna on Tuesday, January 18, 2000 - 04:50 pm: Edit |
I alone am the judge of Right Thinking. It's simpler that way. |
| By RamASwinger on Tuesday, January 18, 2000 - 04:53 pm: Edit |
SwingORama sounds like something from a Nick at Nite show. It's actually a good name. Considering almost everything else is taken. |
| By Ron on Tuesday, January 18, 2000 - 05:27 pm: Edit |
It sounds like an arcade name. Yuck, blech. Too late, you say. well, I'm vomiting anyway. |
| By Shawn Hanna on Tuesday, January 18, 2000 - 07:49 pm: Edit |
C'mon! "Ronald Bloom" could be an odd fungal growth in ones shorts. It's all how you use it, right? |
| By Melbamoose on Wednesday, January 19, 2000 - 01:47 am: Edit |
HA HA HA!!! Very funny last comment, Shawn. Who cares about the name anyways? I mean, do people really ponder it on a regular basis when everyone has it bookmarked anyways?? After reading everyone's reactions, the last one about the Nick at Nite similarity does make sense. I think it's pretty cool. Not that it matters... The whole legal issue does sound pretty lame though, you'd think that the two dance studios would have issues with eachother, no? Or was everything just directed at this specific site? Peace out ~Krista |
| By Nancyanne on Wednesday, January 19, 2000 - 09:02 am: Edit |
Ahhh HaaaaHaaaaHaaaa! Shawn...... You've brightened my day with that last post. Snicker, knee-slap! {:>) |
| By Shawn Hanna on Wednesday, January 19, 2000 - 06:08 pm: Edit |
Perfect timing! From Margie's list: We are publicising the Jan - March 2000 USA coast-to-coast tour called SWINGTIME! that features the London based Jivin' Lindy Hoppers (6 dancers) with a collection of some of best American jazz musicians (plus one Brit.) known as the New York City Jazz All-Star Orchestra led by Warren Vach. Perhaps the main point to be stressed about the dance side of this production does not consist of a bunch of Broadway style hoofers masquerading as "real" Lindy Hoppers. The JLH are possibly unique in being the only totally full time professional dance company dedicated to the dance forms of Swing, starting with the Lindy Hop, who genuinely depend on this type of work alone for their survival. And they have been doing this since they turned rofessional in 1987, the company having been founded at the beginning of 1984. |
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