Calling for a new name for our community!!

[Admin]

Shebeeners,

the name of our community, while creative and original, may be offensive to some and may be perceived to give us and our country a bad reputation.

That is and never has been the intention of this web site. Instead, we want to portray a positive image of Namibia and us, its people. We want to provide a platform for the free exchange of information, a safe space to speak up online, and thereby assert our right to free speech. We want this community to enable us to share and exchange valuable and interesting facts and information and provide an opportunity to build bridges.

The time has come to consider changing the name of our community so as to enable it to be more acceptable to all, to be more neutral in name and as a result attract more readers and members and flourish, fulfil its true potential.

To stand a chance of winning N$300 send me a private message (PM) with your proposed name. All entries sent by private message will automatically enter a draw on 1 April 2009. The lucky winner will be announced on 2 April 2009. I will then put forward a shortlist of 3 names, and put them up for one week for community to vote on.

As ever, I'm looking forward to your proposed name(s).

[Neo-RP]

Would it not make sense to submit suggestions here as new posts on this thread? I mean, that is half the fun of such a competition -- seing what others have come up with and then improving on that! What do you think?

[Admin]

Hi Neo-RP,

That's what I intially wanted to do, but then I realised that the issue of registering a domain name can be fraught with difficulties. Imagine we list all the possible new names and then someone goes and registers the domain. I would like to make sure that any possible names are actually available and if they are not register them. Does this make sense? Please send me your proposed names by private message (PM). I'll put the best three names up for a vote if the corresponding domains are available and/or obtainable.

[Galaxy]

Agree with Neo-RP but can also see what you're getting at, Shebeen. I can live with your process and have sent you a couple of suggestions.

[Comrade007]

My name's in - please submti my name to the draw!

[Lukas]

You can check your inbox for my name.

[Admin]

Great! We now have 8 proposed names so far.... please keep them coming. Some really interesting ones, too. We're on course for draw and vote on 2 April 2009!

[Admin]

Fellow community members!

I have now received 11 proposed new names and will short-list to 3 based on the availability of domain names. Tomorrow is the draw, so if you have any good ideas for a new name, let me know soonest!

[Admin]

Here we go. We can consider the following three new names out of the 11 that were submitted , based on availability of domains:

1. Namblish - www.namblish.com
2. Hello Namibia! - www.hellonam.com
3. NamPlace - www.namplace.com

Which one shall it be? Cast your vote above....

[Admin]

And the winner of the draw is:Omer. Congratulations! Your name was drawwn from the 11 entries I received for the competition. The N$300 are yours. Send me a PM so we can make arrangements to get the prize to you!