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StudentPermalink Reply by Stephanie the Incendiary Faerie* on April 29, 2010 at 11:44am

I tried submitting my name, which isn't on the list yet, but it still hasn't been added, and that was nearly a month ago. :(

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StudentPermalink Reply by Kelly Jean on April 29, 2010 at 12:10pm

The editor of Hooping.org has been traveling this month.
I know because I saw him there in Sarasota Florida for the premiere of "The Hooping Life" ^_^

I think it also says on the names directory that it gets updated about once per month, so I am sure it is coming soon!

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Permalink Reply by Sarah on April 29, 2010 at 12:16pm

I listed my name months ago and just now had my name added....have no fear...they will add you:)

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Permalink Reply by Sarah on April 29, 2010 at 12:23pm

I have been in the situation where we named an event after another performers classes without knowing. It was very unfortunate and caused several problems for the performer and for our event promoter. I strongly advise everyone who is looking for names for themselves, their business, or classes to google and bing everything so that this awkward situation does not happen to you!! I felt horrible about the whole thing!! That being said, I received several e-mails from friends of the performer actually threatening legal action!!! I am not directly involved in the naming of the event and was horrified at how some hoopers lashed out at me. If you feel that someone has stolen your name or a friends name, please contact them nicely to discuss it. Chances are they will be more than understanding. I do not enjoy waking up and checking my e-mail only to find four e-mails telling me that "lawyers are no fun"...trust me I know, my uncle is a patent attorney for a national law firm:) These issues are bound to come up and if we can all be kind and try to talk through problems, I see no reason why anyone should feel the need to threaten legal action! Much love to you all and I wish everyone, including myself, the best of luck with this issue!!!

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StudentPermalink Reply by Hoop City* on April 29, 2010 at 4:04pm

Here's information about listing your name on Hoop City http://www.hoopcity.ca/page/directory-for-performance-and


I recently did the same thing when we were looking for a name for the Edmonton hoop troupe. I ended up using Carnival Collective as a placeholder until we could think of a different name (knowing it was already in use by a troupe in Europe) Then I went to Bali and we never followed through and it was somewhat forgotten. I got an e-mail from the other troupe saying that people were confusing us. I was actually REALLY surprised that there had been cross over seeing how I had done little to no advertising for the troupe since it was only casually started up prior to leaving.

Naturally I was very apologetic for leaving that name up for so long and removed the show listing from my site with the only reference to that name being a title within a YouTube video.

It's really impressive how quickly two companies can be seen by similar people. Years ago you could easily share a company name and it was a non issue. With globalization and online markets we now have to be really careful about crossover causing confusion.

Much love,
SaFire

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Permalink Reply by Sarah on April 29, 2010 at 5:54pm

Well said. My main regret is that we did not research the name better to make sure it wasn't already being used. I LOVE the performance directories...sooooo helpful when trying to pick names!

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Permalink Reply by Belle on April 29, 2010 at 8:59pm

I tried re-submitting my name and post too - i couldn't find a record that I had done either in the comment feed. Hopefully, it was just tucked away among all the spam that hooping.org gets and will be all good from here. :)

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Permalink Reply by Delphine HappinessComesInHoops* on April 29, 2010 at 10:33pm

I have submitted mine twice in as many months - also without being able to find a record of having done so.

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StudentPermalink Reply by Jo Mondy of LiveLoveHoop on April 29, 2010 at 10:55pm

Guys, try adding your name as a comment on the actual page on hooping.org.

http://www.hooping.org/archives/001258.html

I emailed Philo recently and he says he struggles to keep up with the thousands of emails that hit his inbox daily. It's much easier for him to keep track of website comments.

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Permalink Reply by Delphine HappinessComesInHoops* on April 29, 2010 at 11:36pm

That's where I commented. I will be patient though. :)

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Permalink Reply by Sarah on April 30, 2010 at 1:02am

It really did take a while for me to get added and I remember thinking that perhaps the comment had not gone through. Like you said, be patient:) as hard as it may be!!! You will get added and you can still establish your name on here as well!

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