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
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?JasonOn Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Benj. Mako Hill <mako@atdot.cc> 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
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