Jason,
Did you get a response from TLD about this?
Thanks!
Pine
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On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 11:47 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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