By the way, if we come to an agreement like we're discussing, I'm sure that
we can find a way to acknowledge the donor as an in-kind contributor on our
website and in our relevant financial reports (:

Pine
On Dec 9, 2014 4:02 PM, "Pine W" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi, as of right now the board hasn't delegated any of its authority, which
> is an issue that will be addressed when we have bylaws so that a board vote
> isn't necessary for every decision. We may also pass some resolutions for
> temporary delegation of responsibility until the bylaws are finalized. For
> now, though, we'll need a board vote to approve obtaining property. Our
> Meta talk page would be a good place to do this for matters that aren't
> confidential. Jason, I suggest that you ask the relevant person in your org
> to draft a contract that specifies that Cascadia Wikimedians User Group
> will be donated ownership of the cascadia.wiki domain, and specifies how
> hosting arrangements and costs will be arranged (no cost is great), and the
> procedure for transferring hosting of the domain if we decide to host
> elsewhere. After we get a copyof the proposal, our board can review it, and
> discuss and vote on our Meta talk page. It would be nice if the agreement
> is produced under a Commons-compatible license so it can be reviewed by the
> public on Commons and potentially reused by others.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Pine
> On Dec 8, 2014 5:03 PM, "Jason Moore" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> And transferring ownership of the domain may be fine with the company,
>> too. I'm not sure if/how domain registrations differ between individuals
>> and organizations (not my area of expertise), but again I am happy to
>> continue liaising between CWUG and the company and answer any specific
>> questions re: registration and hosting.
>>
>> I've not heard any resistance to the domain cascadia.wiki for our group,
>> so shall we continue moving forward with this plan or do we need to raise
>> the question with other board members or at meta?
>> Jason
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Benj. Mako Hill <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> <quote who="Jason Moore" date="Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 03:14:00PM -0800">
>>> > Cascadia.wiki is currently being reserved and could be made available
>>> at my
>>> > request despite being considered a "premium" name.
>>>
>>> Got it. :)
>>>
>>> > That being said, if the group is more comfortable with tasking
>>> > someone to accept transfer of the domain and maintain
>>> > hosting/renewals under his/her own name, we can help with those
>>> > arrangements, too. I am not sure what additional detail is needed,
>>> > but if you have specific questions or concerns, I'd be happy to
>>> > respond.
>>>
>>> I think that our long term plan should to have the domain ownership
>>> transfered to our organization. I don't mind if the technical contact,
>>> registration fees, and hosting is donated (in fact, that sounds
>>> wonderful!) but I think it is wise that our organization and its board
>>> have ownership and ultimate over the domain that people use to find
>>> us.
>>>
>>> Thank you so much for offering to organize this!
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Mako
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Benjamin Mako Hill
>>> http://mako.cc/
>>>
>>> Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so far
>>> as society is free to use the results. --GNU Manifesto
>>>
>>
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