> Hi all,

> This may be one for a mySociety list but I'm sure all the right people
> are here too :)

> As some of you may know, the OpenAustralia Foundation[0] has been
> looking at Alaveteli for some time. Earlier in the year we discussed a
> name and we tentatively liked the idea of whatdotheyknow.org.au
> <http://whatdotheyknow.org.au>

> My questions are: is mySociety OK with us reusing that name here in
> Australia? Do you think it's a good idea? Anything else we should think of?

> Thanks!

> Henare

> [0] http://www.openaustraliafoundation.org.au/

On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 7:06 AM, Robin Houston <ro...@mysociety.org> wrote:
> MySociety has no formal objection, I don't think. At least:  I emailed a
> private internal list to ask, and no one raised any objection.

> Sent from my telephone

> On 15 Aug 2012, at 07:23, Ganesh Sittampalam <gan...@earth.li> wrote:

> > One practical issue I can see is if each site starts getting support
> > requests intended for the other. It would (a) take a bit of time to
> > redirect people and (b) might occasionally be confusing enough that we
> > didn't immediately realise.

> > I don't know how likely that is. I do know that we get a lot of contact
> > from users who actually want to get in touch with a particular public
> > authority, despite quite explicit warnings in the various places they do
> > this from.

> > You might also find it harder to get google traction and build your own
> > brand, particularly given that we're whatdotheyknow.com not
> > whatdotheyknow.<something>.uk

> > Ganesh

> > On 10/08/2012 07:27, Henare Degan wrote:
> >> Hi all,

> >> This may be one for a mySociety list but I'm sure all the right people
> >> are here too :)

> >> As some of you may know, the OpenAustralia Foundation[0] has been
> >> looking at Alaveteli for some time. Earlier in the year we discussed a
> >> name and we tentatively liked the idea of whatdotheyknow.org.au
> >> <http://whatdotheyknow.org.au>

> >> My questions are: is mySociety OK with us reusing that name here in
> >> Australia? Do you think it's a good idea? Anything else we should think
> of?

> >> Thanks!

> >> Henare

> >> [0] http://www.openaustraliafoundation.org.au/

> Ah, Tom says “it’s fine”, so that’s official! Whether it’s a good idea is
> a different question, of course. I don’t see any massive problem with it,
> apart from the risk that people will be confused to find
> whatdotheyknow.com is a UK site.

> Robin

> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 7:06 AM, Robin Houston <ro...@mysociety.org>wrote:

>> MySociety has no formal objection, I don't think. At least:  I emailed a
>> private internal list to ask, and no one raised any objection.

>> Sent from my telephone

>> On 15 Aug 2012, at 07:23, Ganesh Sittampalam <gan...@earth.li> wrote:

>> > One practical issue I can see is if each site starts getting support
>> > requests intended for the other. It would (a) take a bit of time to
>> > redirect people and (b) might occasionally be confusing enough that we
>> > didn't immediately realise.

>> > I don't know how likely that is. I do know that we get a lot of contact
>> > from users who actually want to get in touch with a particular public
>> > authority, despite quite explicit warnings in the various places they do
>> > this from.

>> > You might also find it harder to get google traction and build your own
>> > brand, particularly given that we're whatdotheyknow.com not
>> > whatdotheyknow.<something>.uk

>> > Ganesh

>> > On 10/08/2012 07:27, Henare Degan wrote:
>> >> Hi all,

>> >> This may be one for a mySociety list but I'm sure all the right people
>> >> are here too :)

>> >> As some of you may know, the OpenAustralia Foundation[0] has been
>> >> looking at Alaveteli for some time. Earlier in the year we discussed a
>> >> name and we tentatively liked the idea of whatdotheyknow.org.au
>> >> <http://whatdotheyknow.org.au>

>> >> My questions are: is mySociety OK with us reusing that name here in
>> >> Australia? Do you think it's a good idea? Anything else we should
>> think of?

>> >> Thanks!

>> >> Henare

>> >> [0] http://www.openaustraliafoundation.org.au/