Hi, responding to a few points:
1)
TLD wants to know if CWUG is a legal entity and who the company would
be making this agreement with specifically... in other words, who would
the domain actually be transferred to?
Response: Cascadia Wikimedians User Group is currently an unincorporated association. We are currently in the process of drafting bylaws and taking other steps to establish ourselves as a Washington State nonprofit corporation. The domain would become owned by CWUG, not by a single person.
2)
Rather than drafting an extensive contract under a specific license,
can I (on behalf of TLD) just outline the company's offer at Meta, which
is public-facing and makes the company accountable for its actions?
This to me seems better than spending a lot of time going back and forth
drafting a contract. I don't think it needs to be so complicated.
Response: Yes, and what you've outlined in your email is OK. A contract can be short and to the point, and I think that what we have discussed here is sufficient basis for a contract. The only remaining steps are that CWUG's board needs to approve this agreement, and then indicate its readiness. We would need to work out the timing internally, for example by making sure that we have one or more people who are ready to put content on the site shortly after the domain is transferred. I anticipate that this will happen within the first half of 2015.
3) TLD would not place advertising on
Cascadia.wiki, but it would be nice if the company were somehow
recognized for its support, whether it be a link on the sidebar or
another form of corporate recognition. (Again, this is something we
should expect any contributing company to request.) For an example of a
sidebar link, I share ICANNWiki and invite you to look at the bottom of
the sidebar. Again, this is NOT required, or the wording can be changed,
or whatever. Just sharing an example of what has worked elsewhere.
Response: I think we can work something out. I was imagining having a tastefully sized box somewhere on the homepage that says "Domain and hosting provided courtesy of TLD.com". If we put a list of other sponsors on the website homepage, we can include TLD in that list instead.
Does this sound OK to you and the folks at TLD?
Thanks!
Pine