What is in a Name?

   The new name on the front, BQR for short, has elicited quite a few comments– some positive, some not. Here are a few of them. Let us know what you think.

   I did, for one, notice the new name on the recent “the news” a.k.a. B’s Quarterly… Once again, the old what’s-in-a-name thing. Because I am the boatgal (boatman, guide, hag person) with a few names myself (Nancy, Mack Gidget, Chief, among others) I can understand the change–it’s a lot like changing one’s underwear (panties, boxers, shorts, drawers, briefs). I suppose some folks change these things when they become old, stinky, dirty, over-used, wrinkled, sticky… some folks like me don’t even wear them… what’s in a name!
   So, go for it. Hang those new ideas out in the breeze. My vote for the next issue: “Boatman’s Briefs”

Don’t change the name of your newsletter anymore–makes it hard to hard to find/file at libraries.

The “Boatman’s Quarterly Review”? Oh please–don’t do that to us. Most of us are so removed from the yuppiness the title implies that it is the antithesis of what we represent. I beg you return to the simple, straight forward “The News,” or at least open up the suggestion box to the rest of us.
   When the Board of Directors go on retreat to make decisions for the GCRG without asking for our input, I perceive a certain sense of elitism on your part, and worry on mine.

   Boatman’s Quarterly Review. Perfect. It states precisely what the magazine contains.

   How about “Canyon Telegraph” for the newsletter?

   Yuck! Maybe “Downriver News”? …

   Flotsam Review

   As always, we are open for suggestions and input. What do you think it should be called?