On 09/01/2012, at 5:08 PM, Pat Allan wrote: > It would have been great to have one organisation for Oceania, but legally > that's far too large a headache to be worthwhile
Also most people don't know what the hell Oceania means, nor how to spell it. Or is that just me? +1 for Ruby, not Rails. +1 for Australia, not Oceaneanic. NZ is welcome to make official their de facto status as an Australian state ;) > -- > Pat > > On 09/01/2012, at 5:05 PM, Clifford Heath wrote: > >> In earlier discussion we agreed that RORO, which initially had been coined as >> an acronym for Ruby On Rails Oceania, should henceforth be interpreted as >> Ruby Or Rails Oceania. >> >> Further, Oceania was chosen because New Zealand wanted to be included. Not >> griping about the name of Ruby Australia, but there was previously a desire >> to be >> more inclusive. >> >> For Ruby Australia, I think <city>.ruby.org.au is the most intuitive naming >> strategy. >> >> Clifford Heath. >> >> On 09/01/2012, at 4:43 PM, Pat Allan wrote: >>> Two concerns I have with this - we're a Ruby community, not just a Rails >>> community (yes, this group's email address is misnamed - past names were >>> more Rails-focused than Ruby-focused). >>> >>> Also, the association name is Ruby Australia - so not sure if we could even >>> claim onrails.org.au (granted, registrars probably don't check these things >>> that closely, but I'm not sure). >>> >>> That said, you're right that it does have a nice pattern to it with the >>> subdomains :) >>> >>> -- >>> Pat >>> >>> On 08/01/2012, at 10:58 PM, K.M. wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> how about 'onrails.org.au' as a base domain? >>>> For specific states, we can have: >>>> -melbourne.onrails.org.au >>>> -sydney.onrails.org.au >>>> -perth.onrails.org.au >>>> >>>> My 2cents... >>>> >>>> >>>> Gordon Yeong :) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jan 7, 11:34 pm, Ivan Vanderbyl <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> As for the domain, I agree that we should move away from >>>>> rubyonrails.com.au to something like sydney.ruby.org.au or >>>>> melbourne.ruby.org.au with a similar site structure and link backs to >>>>> keep the content, calendar and events localized. >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
