Last point I have been pondering.... who is this group that wanted to come > in and make this buy? Why did they want it and why now? What was the > urgency? > > > 'We' had 3 days to decide if we could make an offer and buy this name. Alex emailed about a dozen people which resulted in enough interest to 1, fund a good hunk of the price and 2, allow a public post to secure the rest of the monies.
No one, and I mean no one, expected this money to be agreed and 70% collected in 36 hours! The initial off list discussions resulted in messages about 'legal entity' and 'value for money' and 'what the heck, better than some sleaze ball having it'. Once it was decided to go after this name we (really Alex) had little time to lose to get the pledges, put the offer in and then secure funds. I think the reason it worked is that we believe in the 'cause' and each could afford a share of the funds to secure the domain name. Alex had the idea, bunch of us agreed with him, agreed to support him in the approach and here we are! -- Steven Heath Director, Foxbane Consulting Founder, AltSpace Cell: +64 21 706-067 www.foxbane.co.nz Level 22 Plimmer Towers 2 Gilmer Terrace Wellington AltSpace.co.nz - Shared office space in Wellington for home based workers, freelancers, or nimble companies -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to cowork...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
