Re: Naming this child...

["DRoxburgh" <DRoxburgh@email.msn.com>]

Good point Sarge re site name rather than mail address.

Site? audiowners.com, audiclub.com, 4Rings.com, Audifiles.com I dont know!
-----Original Message-----
From: Sargent Schutt <sargent@novagate.com>
To: DRoxburgh <DRoxburgh@email.msn.com>
Cc: quattro@coimbra.ans.net <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: 17 June 1998 21:43
Subject: Re: Naming this child...


>DRoxburgh wrote:
>>
>> the 'q' model has always -well since 1980something - been the top model
of
>> each Audi range, so why not, it doesn't mean others are not welcome. Its
>> short, easy, and most Audi owners would identify with it.
>
>Well, it's still limiting, isn't it? You bring up another point too.
Quattro's
>only been around since the 80's. Yes, audi has a strong identity tied to
>quattro, but Audi has been around a good time longer than quattro. Naming
the
>site after quattros only limits the time frame as well as the model.
>
>Just no good reason to limit it, IMO. You can still call the mailing list
the
>quattro list (I wouldn't change the name/address of that, you'd lose a
bunch
>of people, shooting yourself in the foot). Dan is looking for a *domain*
name,
>not a mailing list name (as I understand it). I think Dan, and few others
>around here realize there is potentially more to this than the list alone
>(commercial site that actually pays for itself via site ads/banners, better
>archives, FAQ's, more events, etc).
>
>This is potentially a larger organization than what we currently have. The
>racing background and mechanical competency here is very high. That's a
good
>backbone to build from. File that in the 'Someday' folder, but today's
choices
>will help define the future, and IMO it's a better idea to leave all the
doors
>open in this case. Why close any if you don't have to?
>
>Sarge