The final decision and the law of averages
 

I do believe that DocJohn said that he would be making the final selection among those getting the most votes based on his personal preferences.

Which makes it a a moot point as to whether we having people registering again to get an extra vote, for one would have to presume that the 2nd time voters would have a similar ratio among the most popular names.

Theresa

Most votes takes it!

A run-off might be a good idea. Could lock the membership during the run-off.

too bad BHC ( like Brain Health Central ) wasn't there. then i could confuse hubby constanly since the health club we own is BHC. he would never know what the heck i'm talking about. :p

psst...i'm like you lara...haven't voted yet...go with the flow. but kinda hope the flow isn't bm :eek: ;)

now why didnt you propose that sooner!!! ;)

I get it ;). Took me just a little bit...lol.

Cara

Then, we have PU !!:D :p :D

And they didn't have my BraintoBodyTalk on the list either.

I don't know about you all, but the suspense is killing me! Well, whatever it's called, it's still home!
Hugs,

Me too, Lois. WoooooHooooo, let's go.:D

this is my opinion on a few things that have been brought up.

1) When we all came here, if the forum was named "Charlesmansonsucks", would anyone that is here now NOT have came here if the name offended someone because of the name? (before anyone argues that Doc John would have better taste to come up with "Charlesmansonsucks" for a name, bare in mind I am simply making a point)?

probably NOT. Because most of us were OBT timers and we needed a place to go when it crashed. If this place was named "DocJohn'spupuplater" and the pupu offended some, they would've probably came here anyways...

2) I think that no matter what name is chosen, it wouldn't and shouldn't affect anyone that much due to internet user prefrerences. Meaning that for most of us, as soon as we've typed in the URL, we would've saved it to our "favorites" and then we'd probably just go to our "favorites" to get here anyways. So it probably won't matter what the final name will be chosen because there is an option that once we save it to our favorites, we can name it whatever we want to.

For example, let's say the new name is Brain Matters an for those that don't like it, when you save it as your favorite, you can change the name to Doc John's forum so everytime you want to come here, you'll only see Doc John's forum under your favorite's list.

Yes, you can still see the URL but how many of us really look at the URL while we read the forums??

{if anyone out there is new to the internet, I'll include links to how to save and edit your favorites at the end of this post. :-) }



3) in this world, something is going to offend someone, I've laughed at a funeral at a close friend of mine because he would've wanted me to laugh, he told me to...and yet, it offended others. Yes, to them, I shouldn't have. But between him and me, I needed to because that was our pact. Should I stay true to my friend or should I worry about offending funeral attenders (when most of them don't know him like I did).

So, here is what my perspective of the bottom line would be:

Doc John could've name this forum whatever name he wanted to without asking for a vote. Those of us here would've probably come here anyways no matter what the name would've been...he is gracious enough to let us vote on a long list of names and even to have three votes. To me, that is more than gracious. Running a forum is time consuming and it is my understanding that he runs two?

The emphasis on initials and what the name should be , in my humbled opinion, isn't the central point to what the crux of what this forum is about. It is the folks that come here that make the difference.

This poll should be fun. And those that are pulling votes in, that IS fun cause it is like Mock Election.

If anyone wants to keep a name they like, campaign for it. I think that is WHERE the spirit is.

Shakespeare said it best, "a rose by any other name, is still a rose"

this post will probably offend someone, and that's fine. I often offend without realizing it and at this point in my life...it really doesn't matter anymore. Have to be true to meself. LOL

Good day to all and I hope this new home to many of you will be a safe, happy, enjoyable, but most of all, loving one.

regards,

Dude

PS.

How to save, edit, rename favorites:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...e7_basics.mspx

http://www.wellesley.edu/Computing/I...html#bookmarks