[ncolug] Re: Name and Website
- From: "M. Knisely" <charon79m@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:46:05 -0500
Well, as the BDFL, you're the only one that can organize at the moment...
unless we start over again.
Yeah, I agree. Unfortunately, it looks like the domain isn't going to be
released by them any time soon. They've renewed it twice now.
I agree on the name thing. It would be good if they chose another name.
I've contacted them as well. I'm interested for two reasons. First,
because I want to support the formation of more LUGs. Secondly, this is in
my home area, and my old HS just switched to Ubuntu/Joomla, so they could
use the support.
Mike
On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 3:27 PM, <cstickelman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I agree that we "need" some amount of organization... Not too much though.
> :)
>
> While I'd hate to pay the sob *any* money for squatting, I think it's an
> acceptable use of our funds. I also think that we should use the "coffee
> can" funds for this.
>
> Mike and I agree that we would need to register the names "North Central
> Ohio Linux Users Group" and "NCOLUG" in order to *force* someone to honor
> those names... I'm hoping that the Freemont folks back off... (I did do
> some research and learned Ohio has 2 CLUGs - the Cleveland Linux Users
> Group, and the Cincinnati Linux Users Group. In this scenario the confusion
> around the acronym is resolved when they are spelled out. This would not be
> the case w/ 2 North Central Ohio Linux Users Groups... Not to mention that
> we were here first...)
>
> Chuck
>
> ---- "M. Knisely" <charon79m@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I think it would be good for us to start down that path... but we all
> need
> > to understand that this is going to take somone's time and $ from the
> > group. I believe in order for us to be able to do this we need to "get
> > organized" again.
> >
> > As for the domain, it's still being cybersquatted and we need to "make
> and
> > offer" for the domain.... its starts at $60. How's the group's coffee
> can
> > account look?
> >
> > Mike K.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 2:42 PM, <cstickelman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Howdy gang!
> > >
> > > By now you've read my letter to the *other* group trying to use the
> NCOLUG
> > > name. My belief is that we need to defend our right to that name and
> refuse
> > > to allow any other group access to our name. This may be a hard fight
> if
> > > the folks on the other side do not wish to make a change. Do any of
> you
> > > have opinions on how we handle this further? Should we take action to
> make
> > > sure that name "belongs" to us?
> > >
> > > This new group does have a website - it's fairly crude, but it's
> something.
> > > Which brings me to the topic of our site. It's been so long since we
> lost
> > > control of ncolug.org that I don't even remember where we are with
> it...
> > > What does the group feel about this topic? What should we do?
> Personally,
> > > I *HATE* the fact that we lost control of our domain name! I'm NOT too
> > > concerned about how it happened, but I am not comfortable with things
> being
> > > in limbo. Again, I seek your input.
> > >
> > > Thoughts, ideas, comments welcomed!
> > > Chuck
> > >
> > >
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