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    This is dumb, but I need it

    Hi All,

    I need a nice catchy name for a school software I have done. The program handles pupil profiling, absenteeism, sports team lists and a bunch of other stuff. However, finding a name is more difficult than I thought.

    Please guys suggest something.

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    iSchool
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    Re: This is dumb, but I need it

    Oh, how about...

    MyRollbook
    or
    Permenant File Manager
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    Re: This is dumb, but I need it

    How about. P.A.S.?

    Profiling, Absenteeism and Sports

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    Re: This is dumb, but I need it

    Quote Originally Posted by Nitesh
    Hi All,

    I need a nice catchy name for a school software I have done. The program handles pupil profiling, absenteeism, sports team lists and a bunch of other stuff. However, finding a name is more difficult than I thought.

    Please guys suggest something.
    How 'bout "Student Tracker" ?

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    You might want to do a google search for similar software to get some good ideas on variations from them.
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    Re: This is dumb, but I need it

    If this is something you intend to market commerically you could set it up so that each school that purchases your product has the ability to give it their own, individual, name.

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    Yes, where I used to work they had a proprietary HR software package that we sold to school districts. It had that ability plus customizable reporting and templates etc. Each school could customize it highly for their individual needs. But with HR stuff there are allot of rules and regulations that it needs to adhere too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RobDog888
    Yes, where I used to work they had a proprietary HR software package that we sold to school districts. It had that ability plus customizable reporting and templates etc. Each school could customize it highly for their individual needs. But with HR stuff there are allot of rules and regulations that it needs to adhere too.
    I've had to work on HR apps before....I try to avoid them like the plague because of all the rules and regulations that need to be adhered to.

    So, what to I do now.....write apps for a Health Care provider which has to follow HIPPA guidelines.

    Still, I think a configurable app that allows the user to make the call would be a very nice feature.

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    Yes, I worked with HIPPA standards and rules too. It stinks

    How about naming it after the school and adding "Manager" or "Student Manager/Tracker"

    "My School Student Manager"?
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    I much prefer a unique and non-institutional name that has a bit of wit to it, because people will remember the name, and most will get a laugh out of it. And for those who don't? Try to poison their water, it's the only humane thing to do.
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    This is twisted, but how about "LaFave" or "Rogers?"

    http://wizbangblog.com/categories/school-sex-scandals/

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    Chav Tracker =]
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    So what does Chav mean?

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    It is typically used to refer to people with dubious taste in clothing and/or lacking in morals/intelligence (usually teenagers): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav

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    As this is a tracking program for a school, I'm guessing with that name it probably won't go over big in England.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RobDog888
    Yes, I worked with HIPPA standards and rules too. It stinks

    How about naming it after the school and adding "Manager" or "Student Manager/Tracker"

    "My School Student Manager"?
    I'm not sure which is worse ... HIPPA or SOX... SOX is killing us, we've lost a couple of potential clients because we can't 100% certify against SOX.

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    At the risk of going slightly off topic, other than a baseball team in both Boston and Chicago, what is SOX?

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    Sarbanes/Oxley ... named after Senators Sarbanes and Senator Okley (I think I have the spellings right) - legislation passed by congress in the wake of the Enron debacle to make people accountable for getting the data right.... it went a little too far in my opinion.

    Fortunately most of our clients are privetly held, so they don't fall under SOX jurisdiction ,but we do have a couple that are publicly traded, and so do fall under it....

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    Quote Originally Posted by techgnome
    Sarbanes/Oxley ... named after Senators Sarbanes and Senator Okley (I think I have the spellings right)
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    I just had to memorialize that, since you went to the length of pointing out the spellings and still spelled them differently . I believe you are correct with the first spelling, but frankly I have never heard of either of those two other than this bill.
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    LOL... heck, I didn't even know that the bill was named after ANYONE until I saw them on CNN one day. I figured it was one of those esoteric type of naming deals.

    -tg

    btw: Sen. Okley's first name is Annie....
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