I have no problem letting Joe take over if he still wishes, if not my offer still stands.
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Vern Ceder <[email protected]> wrote: > So it looks like both Joe and Travis have offered to take over... > > What say you all? Any resolution? > > And Joe has suggested just migrating the addresses. This would be pretty > easy, I can extract that data very quickly. > > So please, let me know what you all want to do... the clock is ticking on > that hosting. > > Cheers, > Vern > > On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Joseph Brennan <[email protected]>wrote: > >> For some reason I thought this had been resolved. >> >> I am also in the process of moving my domains from GoDaddy (because of >> their support for SOPA) and Moniker (b/c I've been hearing bad things about >> their customer service since they were bought out, although I personally >> haven't had an issue yet). >> >> I would be happy to take over the domain name registration and hosting. I >> have an unlimited hosting plan, and the domain name expense is small. On >> the other hand, I have not been attending the meetings of late, so some >> might consider me an absentee member like Vern -- although this semester, I >> shouldn't have class conflicts and plan to attend at least some of the Ivy >> meetings, since I live right down the street. >> >> As for the list archives, perhaps it would be best to save only the old >> addresses and delete the content. Someone here might be in dire economic >> straits someday and be forced to apply for a job at GoDaddy, Frontier or >> <gasp> Microsoft and might not want their mailing list comments to be >> easily retrievable, despite having been warned "This is a public list and >> all posts are archived publicly. Please keep this in mind before posting." >> >> On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 1:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Send Fwlug mailing list submissions to >>> [email protected] >>> >>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >>> >>> http://mail.fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org >>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >>> [email protected] >>> >>> You can reach the person managing the list at >>> [email protected] >>> >>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >>> than "Re: Contents of Fwlug digest..." >>> >>> >>> Today's Topics: >>> >>> 1. Re: Web hosting and domain name ownership... sort of an >>> ultimatum... (Travis Paul) >>> 2. Re: Web hosting and domain name ownership... sort of an >>> ultimatum... (Vern Ceder) >>> 3. Re: Web hosting and domain name ownership... sort of an >>> ultimatum... (Clifford Garwood II) >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> Message: 1 >>> Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:06:46 -0500 >>> From: Travis Paul <[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected], Fort Wayne Linux Users Group >>> <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [fwlug] Web hosting and domain name ownership... sort of >>> an ultimatum... >>> Message-ID: >>> <CAOV_j5cV7SPD7KYScquYW1dC5oEmhEMLkwp8da65= >>> [email protected]> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >>> >>> I would be willing to take over registration and hosting for 2012 unless >>> someone objects or unless someone else would prefer to take it over. I >>> don't attend meetings but I do follow and utilize the mailing list. The >>> only thing I'm unsure about setting up is the mailing list itself so I >>> might have some questions but I'm sure I will figure it out. >>> >>> Vern, if you hear from the other members that this is ok we can exchange >>> the needed information. I would prefer to just transfer the domains over >>> to >>> my gandi.net account but I do have a GoDaddy account if the domain >>> needs to >>> live there for awhile. >>> >>> On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Vern Ceder <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > Hi everyone, >>> > >>> > Happy Holidays to All! I hope you all are having a great holiday. >>> > >>> > For my part, I've been enjoying Lake County, and have hooked up with a >>> > newly created LUG hosted at the College of Lake County, which has been >>> fun. >>> > I'm planning on being at the Indiana Linux Fest this spring to give my >>> > Python for Linux tutorial, and we at Zoro Tools are thinking of >>> sponsoring >>> > there, as we did OLF. So I hope to reconnect with some of you there. >>> > >>> > On the matter of hosting and domains, I haven't heard what you want to >>> do, >>> > but I'm moving things so some decisions need to be made. I have 2 >>> domains >>> > for the LUG - fortwaynelug.org and fortwaynelinux.com. The .org domain >>> > won't expire until 2013, while the .com (which just points to the .org >>> > version) will expire in February. Due to GoDaddy's support of SOPA I'm >>> > moving things away from them now. Part of that move means that I'm >>> > consolidating most of my hosting to either Nearlyfreespeech.net or >>> > webfaction.com, and frankly, I don't have the time or inclination to >>> > migrate the LUG site. So some options come to mind... >>> > >>> > For the domains: >>> > 1. I transfer the domains to someone with a Godaddy account (Canterbury >>> > has one) or other registrar account and that person takes it from >>> there.. >>> > 2. I just let them both die... >>> > 3. I let the fortwaynelinux.com domain just lapse and move the >>> > fortwaynelug.org over to nearlyfreespeech.net and we have a year to >>> > figure out who takes over the domain... >>> > >>> > If I don't hear something in the next week or so, I'm inclined to lean >>> > towards option 3, although I would think that option 1 is the best. >>> > >>> > For the hosting, I'll be keeping that account open through February, >>> but >>> > that's really a hard deadline, because I won't have any other sites on >>> that >>> > service by then and another hosting bill comes due. So we can... >>> > >>> > 1. Just let the site die when I cancel my account with that provider... >>> > 2. Someone can take the site over - I'll be happy to give that person >>> the >>> > login info to grab all of the content, or I can provide a tarball of >>> the >>> > entire site, if you prefer... >>> > 3. Some one can create a new site, we can leave the old content behind >>> and >>> > just move forward... >>> > >>> > Or whatever else you can think of... While I don't need a final answer >>> on >>> > all of it in the next week, I would sort of like to know about the >>> domains >>> > pretty soon, so I can finish my transfers. In particular, if the LUG or >>> > anyone else wants the fortwaynelinux.com domain, let me know, since it >>> > expires in early Feb. I'd ask the domain decision be public on this >>> list, >>> > so that the entire group is OK with who's taking over. >>> > >>> > So think about it (maybe at a business meeting this coming Thursday? >>> ;) ) >>> > and let me know what you think. I'd hate to see things die, but it just >>> > doesn't seem appropriate for me to be maintaining this from a distance. >>> > >>> > Cheers, >>> > Vern >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Vern Ceder >>> > [email protected], [email protected] >>> > The Quick Python Book, 2nd Ed - http://bit.ly/bRsWDW >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Fwlug mailing list >>> > [email protected] >>> > http://mail.fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org >>> > >>> > This is a public list and all posts are archived publicly. Please keep >>> > this in mind before posting. >>> > >>> > >>> -------------- next part -------------- >>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>> URL: < >>> http://mail.fortwaynelug.org/pipermail/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org/attachments/20111227/c2b7e1bc/attachment-0001.html >>> > >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Message: 2 >>> Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 08:56:08 -0600 >>> From: Vern Ceder <[email protected]> >>> To: Travis Paul <[email protected]> >>> Cc: Fort Wayne Linux Users Group <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [fwlug] Web hosting and domain name ownership... sort of >>> an ultimatum... >>> Message-ID: >>> < >>> caadq-kjshssw9d2amndeair5euyqf-pnkt4vvzhvo6w-e9p...@mail.gmail.com> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >>> >>> Hi Travis, >>> >>> To be honest, I don't know that we need to worry about transferring the >>> list archives - this list is archived at gmane.org. I'm sure we could >>> extract the email addresses and load them into a new server. While it's a >>> mailman list, unfortunately the actual command line interface is not >>> available IIRC, so I'm not sure of exactly what options we might have. I >>> suppose the worst case would be to set up the new list and then send out >>> a >>> few emails to the old list nagging people to sign up on the new list. >>> >>> The domain doesn't have to live at GoDaddy at all... it's unlocked and >>> ready to transfer to any place, really. The reason I mentioned GoDaddy is >>> that it is a bit easier to just hand over ownership internally there. >>> However, I'm not that thrilled with them at the moment, so I'd be just as >>> happy to move it directly off of there. >>> >>> For everyone else on the list, either make a counter offer or suggestion >>> if >>> you want... >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Vern >>> >>> On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 8:06 AM, Travis Paul <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > I would be willing to take over registration and hosting for 2012 >>> unless >>> > someone objects or unless someone else would prefer to take it over. I >>> > don't attend meetings but I do follow and utilize the mailing list. The >>> > only thing I'm unsure about setting up is the mailing list itself so I >>> > might have some questions but I'm sure I will figure it out. >>> > >>> > Vern, if you hear from the other members that this is ok we can >>> exchange >>> > the needed information. I would prefer to just transfer the domains >>> over to >>> > my gandi.net account but I do have a GoDaddy account if the domain >>> needs >>> > to live there for awhile. >>> > >>> > On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Vern Ceder <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > >>> >> Hi everyone, >>> >> >>> >> Happy Holidays to All! I hope you all are having a great holiday. >>> >> >>> >> For my part, I've been enjoying Lake County, and have hooked up with a >>> >> newly created LUG hosted at the College of Lake County, which has >>> been fun. >>> >> I'm planning on being at the Indiana Linux Fest this spring to give my >>> >> Python for Linux tutorial, and we at Zoro Tools are thinking of >>> sponsoring >>> >> there, as we did OLF. So I hope to reconnect with some of you there. >>> >> >>> >> On the matter of hosting and domains, I haven't heard what you want to >>> >> do, but I'm moving things so some decisions need to be made. I have 2 >>> >> domains for the LUG - fortwaynelug.org and fortwaynelinux.com. The >>> .org >>> >> domain won't expire until 2013, while the .com (which just points to >>> the >>> >> .org version) will expire in February. Due to GoDaddy's support of >>> SOPA I'm >>> >> moving things away from them now. Part of that move means that I'm >>> >> consolidating most of my hosting to either Nearlyfreespeech.net or >>> >> webfaction.com, and frankly, I don't have the time or inclination to >>> >> migrate the LUG site. So some options come to mind... >>> >> >>> >> For the domains: >>> >> 1. I transfer the domains to someone with a Godaddy account >>> (Canterbury >>> >> has one) or other registrar account and that person takes it from >>> there.. >>> >> 2. I just let them both die... >>> >> 3. I let the fortwaynelinux.com domain just lapse and move the >>> >> fortwaynelug.org over to nearlyfreespeech.net and we have a year to >>> >> figure out who takes over the domain... >>> >> >>> >> If I don't hear something in the next week or so, I'm inclined to lean >>> >> towards option 3, although I would think that option 1 is the best. >>> >> >>> >> For the hosting, I'll be keeping that account open through February, >>> but >>> >> that's really a hard deadline, because I won't have any other sites >>> on that >>> >> service by then and another hosting bill comes due. So we can... >>> >> >>> >> 1. Just let the site die when I cancel my account with that >>> provider... >>> >> 2. Someone can take the site over - I'll be happy to give that person >>> the >>> >> login info to grab all of the content, or I can provide a tarball of >>> the >>> >> entire site, if you prefer... >>> >> 3. Some one can create a new site, we can leave the old content behind >>> >> and just move forward... >>> >> >>> >> Or whatever else you can think of... While I don't need a final >>> answer on >>> >> all of it in the next week, I would sort of like to know about the >>> domains >>> >> pretty soon, so I can finish my transfers. In particular, if the LUG >>> or >>> >> anyone else wants the fortwaynelinux.com domain, let me know, since >>> it >>> >> expires in early Feb. I'd ask the domain decision be public on this >>> list, >>> >> so that the entire group is OK with who's taking over. >>> >> >>> >> So think about it (maybe at a business meeting this coming Thursday? >>> ;) ) >>> >> and let me know what you think. I'd hate to see things die, but it >>> just >>> >> doesn't seem appropriate for me to be maintaining this from a >>> distance. >>> >> >>> >> Cheers, >>> >> Vern >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> Vern Ceder >>> >> [email protected], [email protected] >>> >> The Quick Python Book, 2nd Ed - http://bit.ly/bRsWDW >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >>> >> Fwlug mailing list >>> >> [email protected] >>> >> http://mail.fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org >>> >> >>> >> This is a public list and all posts are archived publicly. Please keep >>> >> this in mind before posting. >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Vern Ceder >>> [email protected], [email protected] >>> The Quick Python Book, 2nd Ed - http://bit.ly/bRsWDW >>> -------------- next part -------------- >>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>> URL: < >>> http://mail.fortwaynelug.org/pipermail/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org/attachments/20111227/8f80982e/attachment-0001.html >>> > >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Message: 3 >>> Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 10:54:00 -0500 >>> From: Clifford Garwood II <[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected], Fort Wayne Linux Users Group >>> <[email protected]> >>> Cc: Travis Paul <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [fwlug] Web hosting and domain name ownership... sort of >>> an ultimatum... >>> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >>> >>> Agreed, their stance on SOPA is disgusting. >>> >>> On Tue, 2011-12-27 at 08:56 -0600, Vern Ceder wrote: >>> > However, I'm not that thrilled with them at the moment, so I'd be just >>> > as happy to move it directly off of there. >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Fwlug mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mail.fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org >>> >>> This is a public list and all posts are archived publicly. 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