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Votes

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No - stupid idea

No - but its a great idea

10%

Yes - I would submit news

Yes - I would submit articles

27%

Yes - I would submit pictures

27%

Yes - I would help out with editorial work

10%

Yes - i would help out with design/layout

13%

Yes - I would help with hosting and website suppor

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new climbing E-ZINE?? would you help?

Dalai

8-Feb-2006
10:07:05 AM

On 8/02/2006 Romfrantic wrote:

>I like "Exposure".

Could be mistaken for a photography site...


nmonteith

8-Feb-2006
10:13:42 AM

How about the cheesy 90's extreme sports version of the name 'Xposure' - good mag for the cragx
website i guess.

gemmaw

8-Feb-2006
10:24:00 AM

On 8/02/2006 Dalai wrote:
>On 8/02/2006 Romfrantic wrote:
>
>>I like "Exposure".
>
>Could be mistaken for a photography site...

Or a porno site!

How 'bout something truly Australian like:
'Sandbag' or 'Manky Carrot' (hehe)


rodw

8-Feb-2006
10:28:29 AM

Anyone that wants to help with editing/design/proof reading each issue (ie the glory jobs) email me so we can get a working group together to give this thing direction. Email:admin@cragx.org


nmonteith

8-Feb-2006
10:31:52 AM

Carrot - i like it! Very quirky and very Australian. Its just the sort of name we need to stand out from the
crowd. Generic names like rock, climb, climbing etc just blur into one indentitiy. Carrot however is unique
and original!

What do others think?

gemmaw

8-Feb-2006
10:39:21 AM

On 8/02/2006 nmonteith wrote:
>Carrot - i like it! Very quirky and very Australian. Its just the sort
>of name we need to stand out from the
>crowd. Generic names like rock, climb, climbing etc just blur into one
>indentitiy. Carrot however is unique
>and original!
>
>What do others think?

I did rather like your suggestion of 'BoulderCragMountain' as it sums up the arenas, but could be a bit long I guess. There is always the possibility of having a subtitle like "CARROT (or whatever it will be) Australia's boulder, crag, and mountain e-zine".


Romfrantic

8-Feb-2006
10:40:54 AM

On 8/02/2006 gemmaw wrote:
>
> ...Or a porno site!
>
>How 'bout something truly Australian like:
>'Sandbag' or 'Manky Carrot' (hehe)

he he, I have such a naive mind ;-) ...glad you lot brought my feet firmly on earth again.

Yep, sounds like the guys at CragX also like the "carrot" idea - I like it too.


Gunta Skirtpulla

8-Feb-2006
11:29:36 AM

keep it simple.

www.climber.com.au


nmonteith

8-Feb-2006
11:36:50 AM

The UK mag with the same name has been around for yonks...
http://www.climber.co.uk

as has the NZ mag...
http://www.alpineclub.org.nz/default.aspx?p=197


bundybear

8-Feb-2006
11:59:25 AM

Carrot is Gold. Great Name...


garbie

8-Feb-2006
12:08:59 PM

Yeh I like it as well.

kieranl

8-Feb-2006
12:22:22 PM

Carrot - The Australian Climbing Vegetable
"If you don't like it you can stick it"


IdratherbeclimbingM9

8-Feb-2006
12:31:00 PM

Errr, Whats up doc? comes to mind.
Interesting that the word 'carrot' evokes nostalgia even amongst the younger 'rings' (possibly) brigade?
:)


Richard

8-Feb-2006
12:45:18 PM

carrot .... yep, very nice. Let's not be like a commitee, and continually revisit / remake the same decision.

Now we have a name, what's next??


kuu

8-Feb-2006
1:02:40 PM

On 8/02/2006 kieranl wrote:
>Carrot - The Australian Climbing Vegetable
>"If you don't like it you can stick it"

Yep, the "Carrot & Stick" approach. The incentive of your choice!

Sadly though, the domain name 'www.carrot.com.au' appears to be not available.

'www.climber.com.au' IS available but perhaps confusingly similar to the domain name for Mark Baker's site 'www.climbing.com.au' ?

gemmaw

8-Feb-2006
1:06:04 PM

On 8/02/2006 kieranl wrote:
>Carrot - The Australian Climbing Vegetable
>"If you don't like it you can stick it"

Yeah, nice...

(I copied the photo from safer cliffs in case it looks familiar)


Richard

8-Feb-2006
1:11:14 PM

awesome, so we have a name and a cover for edition 1 !!

gemmaw

8-Feb-2006
2:04:38 PM

On 8/02/2006 kuu wrote:

>
>Sadly though, the domain name 'www.carrot.com.au' appears to be not available.

Strange that 'www.carrot.com.au' doesn't seem to be active though. But there's always alternatives like 'www.carrotmag.com.au', 'www.carrotstick.com.au', 'www.carrotclimb.com.au' or 'www.rustycarrot.com.au'...


kuu

8-Feb-2006
2:32:36 PM

On 8/02/2006 gemmaw wrote:
>
>Strange that 'www.carrot.com.au' doesn't seem to be active though. But
>there's always alternatives like 'www.carrotmag.com.au', 'www.carrotstick.com.au',
> 'www.carrotclimb.com.au' or 'www.rustycarrot.com.au'...

I think it's more likely a decision by the Australian Domain Registrar(s) to make "bread" and "butter" words unavailable for registration.

If the e-Zine is conceived as remaining a purely not-for-profit Climbing Community project and not at some time in the future becoming a commercial enterprise, then perhaps "www.carrot.org.au" might be suitable. The URL is available for registration, and at $13.75 for two years, is a cheaper option

Onsight

8-Feb-2006
2:51:08 PM

"Carrot" eh? Let's not get ahead of ourselves too much! Seems a bit political to me... What about "Mank"? Prefer "Sandbag" myself, sums up Oz climbing nicely. Lets canvas a wide range of options and put it to the vote, there is no rush on this.

Either way I don't think a domain and/or Zine name should be too generic and obvious. Things like Climb and Australian Climber are probably best avoided, Carrot would get my vote over those...

"Gripped off me Scone", now there was a classic rag...

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