Jason, As I mention in the thread, we've over-raised at this point and aren't taking more contributions towards the domain purchase. We've had some suggestions about how to redistribute the funding and allow more people to benefit from the domain than the "fast and the funded", but we won't need to address that until the domain is transferred and up, which is going to be a bit :)
-Alex /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 12:44 AM, jasontgoodr...@gmail.com < jasontgoodr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm in for $500. > > On Feb 15, 11:26 am, Alex Hillman <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > A few days ago, the group received an e-mail from Gerrit at The Coworking > > Intitute, the owners of coworking.com > > > > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking/browse_thread/thread/5e4e84c... > > > > As he mentioned in the e-mail, he and his partner Bernie were recently > > approached by a commercial entity with interest in buying coworking.comfrom > > them. While the offer was "one they could not refuse", they agreed to > turn > > to our community first and give us a chance to counter-offer. > > > > I've been corresponding with Gerrit on the side and have had a very > positive > > dialogue. We've agreed to a counter offer (which they have accepted) of > 5000 > > Euros, or ~$6800 USD. > > > > I've never spent this kind of money on a domain before, so I've spoken > with > > a group of some of the longest-standing contributors to the coworking > > community to see if I was off my rocker. We've agreed that this is a > great > > opportunity to put a stronger stake in the ground for the brand of > > coworking, the core values that this list upholds, and a better technique > of > > communicating with people who are just finding our community. > > > > What do I think should be done with the domain? > > > > *My plan is as follows:* > > > > The wiki, blog, and google group will be aliased appropriately from > > subdomains of the coworking.com domain. Coworking.com will contain a > home > > page explaining those properties and their contents, as well as some > curated > > press links that will be user submitted. Additional ideas are welcome, > but > > this is where I'd like to start! > > > > In the last 24 hours, I've kicked off a pledge of $500 from my own pocket > > (IndyHall still has some debt to pay back from our move last spring and > we > > consider that priority), and have been followed by the following pledges: > > > > $500 - Alex Hillman/IndyHall > > $500 - Tara Hunt/Citizen Space > > $250 - Felicity Chapman/Cubes & Crayons > > $250 - Steven Heath/AltSpace > > $1000 - Susan Evans & Jacob Sayles/Office Nomads > > $500 - Chris Messina > > $500 - Patrick Tanguay/Station C > > > > That means we've been pledged $3500, just about halfway to the $7k mark > we > > need (including paypal fees and impending wire fees). That's enough for > me > > to transfer 50% of the asking price to the sellers to begin the transfer > to > > us. > > > > Now...what are these contributors getting for their hard earned money? > I've > > come up with a very simple structure to encourage consistent contribution > > amounts: > > > > • *Any contributor of $250* or more will have lifetime (of the domain) > > access to a subdomain of their choice (http://yourchoice.coworking.com), > so > > long as the content of the subdomain falls within the values of the > > Coworking Community Manifesto: > > > > Community > > Collaboration > > Openness > > Diversity > > Sustainability > > see Citizen Space <http://citizenspace.us/about/our-philosophy/> and > > Station-C <http://station-c.com/en/community-manifesto> for citation of > what > > those values mean > > > > • *Any contributor of $500* or more will get a subdomain of their choice > as > > well, and additionally up to 5 email addresses hosted at a Google for > your > > Domain account set up for coworking.com > > > > • *Any contributor of $1000* will get a subdomain, 5 e-mail addresses, > and a > > "sponsor" link in the footer of the coworking.com home page linking to > the > > coworking community/space website of their choice. > > > > No single contributor over $1000 will be accepted to give enough fair > > chances to contributors across the community. > > > > *There's no tricks, no scams, no funny business. * > > > > Disclosure: I will be maintaining the domain name and its DNS records on > > behalf of the community until, at some point in the future, there is an > > entity that supports *this community* that can take over. I will also be > > donating web hosting, again, until an entity that supports this community > > takes over. > > > > How do you become a contributor? > > > > Go to this form: > > > > https://indyhall.wufoo.com/forms/help-buy-coworkingcom/ > > > > Everything I've outlined in this e-mail is there as well. > > > > I look forward to this rallying point for the group, and having a great > > domain name to continue the growth of this community. > > > > -Alex > > > > /ah > > indyhall.org > > coworking in philadelphia > > -- > 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<coworking%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. 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