HALAU it shall be

[Cliff Brown]

On Saturday 23 February 2002 18:04, you wrote:
> Just curious since I've never been to Hawaii and don't know Hawaiian,
> how exactly does one pronounce Halau?
>
> --MonMotha
>
> Warren Togami wrote:
> > Seems like most people like the name HALAU.  I like it too.  Unless there
> > are any objections, we don't need a vote.
> >
> > Hawaii Advocates of Linux and Unix
> >
> > It has "Hawaii" and says exactly what we do while being group neutral.
> > Doesn't Halau mean something like "group" in Hawaiian?  Perfect.
> >
> > I still don't know if we will host the new list at HI.NET or UH.  Working
> > on that...
> >

Just my opinion: I like HULA better than HALAU, as some non-residents
of Hawaii have no idea of what Halau means, whereas everyone knows 
what HULA is and imediately makes a connection to Hawaii. Incidently, it's 
pronounced ha-low, as in "cow".
Count me as in favor of "hula".
Cliff