> So, I looked into "PUG" in Milwaukee. We have a local user group for PHP > of 319 members, created in 2009, that uses "PUG". > > I absolutely understand why "PUG" would be preferable to some folks. And
> this being community driven, I will *_absolutely_* go with it if that's the
> consensus, now worries. But as for myself, I'd really like to > differentiate my merry band from other user groups in Milwaukee if > possible. :) > > Is anyone else willing to share some feedback? Thanks!
As far as postgresql.org mailing lists are concerned, we typically assign names that have "PUG" somewhere supposedly because it's an acronym for "Postgres User Group". We try to go for more-or-less formal names using the city name and/or state two-letter code (for PUGs in the USA); in the last few years this has been followed more or less consistently, at least for US cities/states. We have always made exceptions, so I don't necessarily oppose to a name such as "BrewPUG" but I'd need some other American to confirm that this name actually makes sense, and somebody from some other part of the world that this isn't too insane.
BrewPUG doesn't sound so bad to me; at least it's not as bad as having given the "spug" name to a group that didn't ever get off the ground. -- Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services