Are we ready for a name change?

Probably more than half of our viewers are not retired employes of the Beacon Journal, so "BJ Retirees" is not a name that fits this blog.. There are many former BJ types who have left the newspaper for far-off lands like Paris, LA, DC, New Zealand and elsewhere. They may be retired or even doing another kind of work.

Before the blog, when we just kept a list of BJ email addresses, the name might have fit a little better. When we put up the website as a place for longer pieces and commentary, it was named "BJ Retirees et.al' as a better fit.

Now it seems, it is time for a name change.

Because of the current buyout (because we did not want to lose them, too), we have been asking those who will no longer reside at the corner of Exchange and High streets to give us their new, non BJ, email address. We also want to add them to our Address list. It might be painful for some to think of themselves as retirees when they are just hoping to change jobs.

The postal address list originally was one provided by the company which used to compile a list around Christmas each year to mail out in an employee newsletter. They can no longer provide that list and we already have added many who are just BJ types now living elsewhere. It is difficult to keep such a list current but we try.

We already have decided to change that link at the left which says "Retiree Address List" to simply" Address List" and the link that says "Retirees Website" to simply "Our Website." That leaves the page header which still says "BJ Retirees" so we are asking for suggestions on a name change. We could just make it BJ Retirees et. al. except there are probably more et. al. types than retiree types. We must continue to keep the BJ, but what other short title will describe us. We already have rejected BJ Goners and BJ hasbins. Maybe we all are, after all, just "BJ Retirees." What say you?