Domain renewal - Proposals
Michele Kipiel Wed 25 Apr 2018 12:06PMPublicSeen by 16Hi all,
In the light of what happened overnight (for those in the EU, at least!) I'd like to evaluate whether it makes sense for us to either:
- set up a recurring payment to renew the domain
- reserve it for N years right away
Domain renewal
poll by Michele Kipiel Closed Sat 5 May 2018 12:02PM
Looks like a recurring payment is the preferred option among the Finance WG members
Feel free to add pros and cons to your answers!
Results
| Results | Option | % of points | Voters | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Set up a recurring payment | 83 | 5 |    | |||
| Reserve the domain for N years | 17 | 1 | ||||
| Undecided | 4 |    |
7 of 11 votes cast (63% participation)
Matthew CroppWed 25 Apr 2018 2:53PM
I'd say set up a recurring payment, though if we formalize our structure, that might change.
Matt NoyesThu 26 Apr 2018 4:02PM
For the time being. We do need to sort out the basic organizational/legal status question. Why not form a coop where the coop laws are best suited to this project?
Nathan SchneiderWed 25 Apr 2018 3:37PM
Oh wow, this is good to know. (We could have done this through IoO.coop as well.) I'm fine with setting up a faircoin wallet and using that as an alternative membership/payment system. But I do think we should ensure that Start.coop is controlling its own domain registration.
Nick SWed 25 Apr 2018 2:09PM
That's important to know. Presumably it means legally FairCoop is responsible for the domain?
Also, for the pollers to be fully informed, I think we should know the price for reserving the domain for N years. Is it N x 71.5 EUR, or cheaper? And then I suppose there's the cost in FairCoin.
Robert BenjaminWed 25 Apr 2018 9:58PM
It is my understanding that an organization committed to the 7 cooperative principals is is eligible to get a .coop domain. Was there actually an attempt to register social.coop directly? If not maybe we could start there and transfer ownership of the domain initially to the founding admins until such a time when social.coop solidifies it's legal status.
As social.coop is now associated with IoO in some way having them register would be a secondary choice. The FairCoop arrangement seems overly complicated.
Michele KipielFri 27 Apr 2018 10:08AM
@ntnsndr can you give us some insight around this? Thanks!
Nathan SchneiderFri 27 Apr 2018 4:02PM
IoO is not itself a co-op and was able to register directly, on the basis of being democratic and of supporting the co-op movement. I'm sure social.coop could obtain approval on its own steam. I can help with that; I'm friendly with the people behind domains.coop.
Matt NoyesSun 6 May 2018 4:49PM
"Looks like a recurring payment is the preferred option among the Finance WG members" - true, but what about the domain name registration issue? It seems like there are a couple of options on the table: FairCoop, IoO, Social.coop on its own steam...?
Mayel de Borniol ·Wed 25 Apr 2018 12:21PM
Here's the complication: the domain was registered by Enric through FairCoop's Gandi account to get around the .coop NIC requirements (they wanted us to first be a registered coop). He has now renewed it for one year at 71.50 EUR.
Enric has proposed that we setup a FairCoin wallet to accept membership contributions, which we then use to pay for the domain name using FairCoin (to begin with).
We could also try getting Enric to change the domain's technical and administrative contacts to one of us, so we can handle future renewals internally.