From: gARetH baBB (hick_at_gink.org)
Date: 11/06/03 10:00
On Sun, 8 Jun 2003, Robert Currey wrote:
> I wanted to avoid geographical names: because they're an obstacle to
> outsiders getting involved and I'm hoping our efforts on ad-hoc
> networking will get taken up (ie the locustworld solution is crappy but
> the only thing out there at the mo'.) More locally the use of hebden
> bridge seems to alienate mytholmroyd and todmordeners.
You could have a name which has no focus geographically, but when people
look around and see the name in a national list or some such reference
then it isn't going to be apparant that they might be interested (as it's
close by to them) in it.
It is difficult, and you can't really win either way, but most other
groups have taken the "geographic" route in some shape or form.
> Not keen on using waterside for the network essid - would prefer an
I liked Hebden (Bridge) - Hebden is a different place in my head, well,
it's a different place altogether - and Waterside, because the centre of
activity is HB, but waterside could imply it's also branches out to cover
places along the "waterside" - be in the canal, the river etc.
It's not perfect, but I thought it was a good start.
> The RR - radio repeater bit was so we could affiliate with WLAN but a)
> I got it wrong it should include 'amateur radio', b) whatever I did with
> the phrase it conjured up a club with the wrong emphasis ie the
> physics-y antenna side of 'radio' not the enabling network side of
> things. On balance the confusion outweighs the advantage of affiliating
> to WLAN.
I'm confused what you're referring to here, do you mean wlan.org.uk ? If
so, I'm unsure what you mean by "affiliate" or why the name matters.
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