[sf-lug] Thank you very much Asheesh! Re: sf-lug.{org, com} & Network Solutions / Web.com

[Michael Paoli]

Thank you very much Asheesh!
"Individual results may vary" - :-) ... glad you got it to work out not
only well, but *exceptionally* well (I also notice the expirations now
are not 2015-07-02, nor 2016-07-02, but 2017-07-02!  :-)

Even Network Solutions / Web.com probably deserves a bit of a thank you
in this particular instance (though perhaps quietly, depending how
"above and beyond" they went in this case).

I'm sure some of us will be curious to hear bit more of the details ...
in person sometime.

And if all's now well (or "good enough" for now), we should sit quietly and
not muck with it until after the Status: renewPeriod is safely past.
Most notably also, don't want to muck with data in manner that triggers
additional lock-in timers.


> From: "Asheesh Laroia" <asheesh at sandstorm.io>
> Subject: Re: [sf-lug] sf-lug.{org,com} & Network Solutions / Web.com
> Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2015 17:53:45 -0700

> Hi everyone,
>
> I called Network Solutions, waited on hold for half an hour, on and off,
> and then got both domains into good shape without paying anyone anything. I
> think the customer service people who helped me out went above and beyond
> what they would normally do, so I'm hesitant to say a lot more in writing,
> but basically some people are surprisingly helpful. I can talk more in
> person.
>
> So anyway, if you check the WHOIS, all should be well. Here's my summary:
>
> ?  ~  whois sf-lug.org | grep Jim
> Admin Name:Jim Stockford
> Tech Name:Jim Stockford
>
> ?  ~  whois sf-lug.com | grep Jim
> Admin Name: Stockford, Jim
> Tech Name: Stockford, Jim
>
>
> I'm happy to share details in person with people. Thanks for bringing the
> issue to the group's attention and for all the info, everyone!
>
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 2:56 PM, Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:
>
>> Quoting Daniel Gimpelevich (daniel at gimpelevich.san-francisco.ca.us):
>>
>> > I'm pretty sure Jim stated that sf-lug.com is canonical.
>>
>> I'm pretty sure he did.
>>
>> Just a datum to consider:  In my experience, strangers guessing at an
>> organisation's domain name will tend to guess .org first when the
>> organisation is a Linux user group.
>>
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