If all we really owe is $35, then I'll just call and pay it now and tell them that we want to transfer opengraphics.org to another owner.
Should we keep the traversaltech.com domain for any reason? (I really liked the name. :) ) On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 4:06 PM, Matt <[email protected]> wrote: > On 16/11/11 20:45, Timothy Normand Miller wrote: > > Several people have offered to take over opengraphics.org, which we > appreciate very much. We have a few things we have to resolve. > > So, here's our situation. Since Traversal no longer exists (we moved > the commercial rights over to Dapem, André's open source hardware > venture), we miscommunicated with our ISP (Dreamhost), and ended up > not canceling the account and also not paying the bill. As a result, > we owe them $35. As well as traversaltech.com, we also registered the > opengraphics.org domain through the same account. In order to renew > the domain, we'd have to pay the $35 for hosting Traversal, which we > don't care about anymore. It appears that if we just don't pay, the > domain will expire on Dec 1. However we don't know if Dreamhost will > hold it hostage after that point or not. $35 isn't much at all, so if > that's necessary to get it released, I will pay it, but only if > necessary. Perhaps some people can shed some insight into this. > > As for who gets opengraphics.org, that's up to you guys... whoever > finds it the most convenient. > > After expiry the domain should go into what is called a "Redemption Grace > Period"; a zombie registration if you will. The time normally is a 30 day > period and no one but the prior registrant is allowed to "reanimate" the > domain, some registrars set a longer period than 30 days. The fees for > "reanimation" are considerably higher than a normal renewal; sometimes up to > 20 times more. The following link explains it enough; be aware that some of > the info on this page is Joker specific, check the much longer winded > versions at ICANN for a full description. > > https://joker.com/faq/content/10/151/en/what-is-a-redemption-grace-period.html > > Given your situation I think that some of us stumping up the funds would be > the easiest course of action. Otherwise you risk losing the domain to > someone using snapnames or the like, or having to pay way too much to get it > "reanimated". Once renewed you can always migrate the domain to another > registrar; just remember to migrate the domain before changing any details > like nameservers because most registrars will put a transfer lock on a > domain for 60 days after any registration details are changed. If you need > DNS hosting with redundancy I am willing to provide this free of charge. > > Personally I am up for contributing some money towards this. > > Matt > -- Timothy Normand Miller http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~millerti Open Graphics Project _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
