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 >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia >> >>
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