[wellylug] Email Address + Website

[Tony Wills]

At 14:36 16/11/03 +1300, Andrew wrote:
>>I would suggest we make a decision about whether we register
>>a domain name (eg, wellylug.org.nz), and if so what it is,
>
>I wouldn't go for wellylug as a domain name - just thinking about how 
>people who don't know it would guess at it... No good having an invisible 
>domain.
>
>wellingtonlinux or wgtnlug are more likely guesses but not 'nice' names.
>
>Comments? Other suggestions?

I know some bureaucrats wasted some extraordinary amount buying 
newzealand.com, but as far as I've noticed domain names have one main 
requirement - being memorable, not descriptive.  I don't go looking for 
books on books.com (although I'm sure it exists) or searching the web on 
search.com.
If I'm looking for a organization that has a nice one word name I'd try 
nice.co.nz or nice.com otherwise I wouldn't waste time guessing, I'd go search.

This 'organisation' doesn't have a nice one word name, but a more or less 
descriptive name so just go for a memorable domain name.

A quick review of NZ LUGs shows:

auckland.lug.net.nz
christchurch.lug.net.nz
dunedin.lug.net.nz
hblug.debian.co.nz
klug.org.nz
lug.co.nz
www.wlug.org.nz
wlug.paradise.net.nz
wellington.lug.net.nz
wlug.naos.co.nz
www.linux.net.nz

NB we already have a link from "wellington.lug.net.nz" (who owns that?) to 
the old site that now redirects to the naos site.

So given that we already have a wellington.lug address we certainly don't 
need a descriptive one, I'd be happy with wellylug.org.nz or 
wellylug.geek.nz just to be ahead of the crowd :-).

--- Tony