Re-naming our Community Design/Test forum (was Skunk Works)

[Loc Nar]

Re GrenaGear - thanks for the info, Stu. The website is a registered domain, but not in use. The Facebook page is just a landing area for a 108 member group to post about all sorts of Grenadier-related gear. The Facebook page "About" description just says, "All the GEAR for the Ineos Grenadier!!!" I'm no IP attorney, and don't know exactly what purpose, from a legal perspective, you all intend to use the name, but I'm not seeing any registered company or corporation with that name - just through a quick Google search. Company domain names get customized all the time to deal with other domain grabbers. Food for thought anyway.

 

[Zimm]

Much ado about nothing. They admitedly lifted it from a comic strip. Outside of some sort of cease and desist order that you don't feel like spending money on, I'd just leave it alone.



The Comic Strip:
Al Capp's satirical, hillbilly comic strip "Li'l Abner" featured a fictional, remote factory called the "Skonk Works" where a "skonk oil" was brewed from skunks and old shoes.

• Lockheed's Project:
  In 1943, Lockheed's chief engineer, Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, formed a special team to build America's first jet fighter, a project that required secrecy and speed.
  
  
  
• The Name:
  Irv Culver, an engineer on the team, jokingly compared their smelly, makeshift digs to the "Skonk Works" from "Li'l Abner".
  
  
  
• Adoption:
  The name "Skunk Works" stuck and became synonymous with Lockheed's secretive, high-performance projects, and later, with similar projects in other organizations.
  
  
  
• Beyond Lockheed:
  The term "Skunk Works" has since been used to describe similar high-priority, confidential research and development projects in various industries.
  

 

[CRH]

Much ado about nothing. They admitedly lifted it from a comic strip. Outside of some sort of cease and desist order that you don't feel like spending money on, I'd just leave it alone.



The Comic Strip:
Al Capp's satirical, hillbilly comic strip "Li'l Abner" featured a fictional, remote factory called the "Skonk Works" where a "skonk oil" was brewed from skunks and old shoes.

• Lockheed's Project:
  In 1943, Lockheed's chief engineer, Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, formed a special team to build America's first jet fighter, a project that required secrecy and speed.
  
  
  
• The Name:
  Irv Culver, an engineer on the team, jokingly compared their smelly, makeshift digs to the "Skonk Works" from "Li'l Abner".
  
  
  
• Adoption:
  The name "Skunk Works" stuck and became synonymous with Lockheed's secretive, high-performance projects, and later, with similar projects in other organizations.
  
  
  
• Beyond Lockheed:
  The term "Skunk Works" has since been used to describe similar high-priority, confidential research and development projects in various industries.
  

I did seam to think that the term 'Skunk Works' had been used by a number of different organisations for their more secretive or unorthodox version of the norm.

 

[GrumpyBastard]

Trusted
Alsacian
Improvements
aNd
Technical
Support

 

[Tom109]

Black Atom.

 

[LeeroyJ]

Aye Gee Twerks

 

[Krabby]

Mephitidae Manufacturing

Unkskay Orksway

 

[Itsdchz]

Grenadier imagineers

 

[Krabby]

Grenadier imagineers

Then Disney will be on our back! Last people you want to piss off - they're vicious.

 

[Itsdchz]

We Make Stuff

 

[Stu_Barnes]

Then Disney will be on our back! Last people you want to piss off - they're vicious.

Yes

 

[AaronS]

Adaptive
Design
Activities
Squad

 

[grenadierguy]

How about the “Grengineers” or “Grengineers Group”? I also think using the name “Grenadier Works Group” helps reinforce the notion ideas discussed in this part of the forum could potentially be made available for sale on the website and helps tie the two together… product development and sales?

I am a fan of Grengineers. Or Grengineer Gear

 

[Max]

The MU3D Pit.

 

[DenisM]

The "Grenshed" ... ?

 

[parb]

I did like gritworks.. pretty good

Pub works? Homage to where ideas are born?

 

[Max]

The Toaster is calling
The toaster beckons
Don't mention toaster

 

[AaronS]

The Toaster is calling
The toaster beckons
Don't mention toaster

Along those lines...

Brickworks

 

[BenTN]

OK we have a winner:

The community Skunk Works is now officially renamed Rat Works.

Thank you to @DenisM for this suggestion (which was actually a bit different but definitely inspired this choice). It is a play on Skunk Works, a low-key homage to Sir Jim Ratcliffe, and can also stand for Rugged Automotive Transport, according to Denis.

I was really impressed with the suggestions and all the input and enthusiasm for this. Thanks to everyone that contributed!

Now if some talented soul wants to sketch up a logo, we will feature that on the instruction inserts for the products we are creating.