[sf-lug] renewed: Re: sf-lug.com - renew in 2018? (or not?)

[Michael Paoli]

It's already been renewed.

I covered sf-lug.org, someone else covered sf-lug.com.

> From: jim <jim at well.com>
> Subject: Re: [sf-lug] sf-lug.com - renew in 2018? (or not?)
> Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 15:58:39 +0000

>
> I get the notice from Joker; I'll renew things.
>
>
> On 05/04/2018 06:24 AM, Michael Paoli wrote:
>> So, ... I've renewed sf-lug.org.
>>
>> What of sf-lug.com.?  Don't really have to have it.
>> sf-lug.org. has been the canonical domain for quite a while.
>>
>> Anyone want to pay to renew sf-lug.com, or should we let that one go?
>> I think joker.com, like many registrars, may allow anyone to renew a
>> non-expired domain.
>>
>>> From: "Michael Paoli" <Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu>
>>> To: SF-LUG <sf-lug at linuxmafia.com>
>>> Subject: sf-lug.com - renew in 2018? (or not?)
>>> Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2017 08:46:15 -0700
>>
>>> Plan ahead :-) ...
>>>
>>> So, well noted on my calendar:
>>> 2018-05-02 sf-lug.com - will we renew? - domain expires  
>>> 2018-07-02T21:17:46Z
>>> Don't need to decide now or particularly soon, but ... thinking/planning
>>> ahead and such ...
>>> I notice that (at least at present time) it appears Joker.com
>>> allows non-registrants to pay renewals on non-expired .com
>>> domains.  So ... I'll be sure to cover sf-lug.org (at least if
>>> nobody else does so).  For sf-lug.com ... I needn't be
>>> particularly concerned in the decision ;-) ... as
>>> anyone can check if it's been renewed or not (whois, etc.), and
>>> (essentially) anyone can pay to have it renewed.
>>> I'll figure if y'all want sf-lug.com renewed, someone will
>>> renew it - and before it expires, and if not,
>>> well, I'll presume no one is really that interested in
>>> sf-lug.com and we can do without.  ;-)
>>> What's it cost to renew a non-expired .com on
>>> https://joker.com/ ? - at present it looks like $13.50 USD.
>>>
>>> So ... shall be decided in 2018.  :-)
>>>
>>> Also, the incremental work to also maintain sf-lug.com "atop"
>>> sf-lug.org is pretty minimal (using same hosting, etc.).
>>> It's mostly just (free) TLS(/"SSL") cert(s), relatively tiny bit of
>>> additional web stuff (notably redirects and cert(s)).
>>> Only other bit really is maintain the registrant data (quite
>>> easy) ... and there is of course the
>>> domain registration renewal costs ... at least for someone.  ;-)
>>>
>>>> From: "Michael Paoli" <Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu>
>>>> Subject: sf-lug.org remains canonical, thinning of non-canonical  
>>>> sf-lug.com (to [www.]sf-lug.com)
>>>> Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2017 20:58:15 -0700
>>>
>>>> So ... I'm going to be doing a bit of thinning (for simplification,
>>>> etc.) of [www.]sf-lug.com - which redirects to the canonical
>>>> www.sf-lug.org anyway,
>>>> notably dropping DNS (and related dependencies thereupon)
>>>> for all sf-lug.com except for [www.]sf-lug.com. (and excepting
>>>> anything that is needed specifically to support those).
>>>>
>>>> Whether or not we wish to keep the sf-lug.com. domain is a question we
>>>> can revisit each time renewal for sf-lug.com starts to approach ...
>>>> no rush at present, since currently that doesn't expire until:
>>>> 2018-07-02T21:17:46Z
>>>> So ... can probably revisit that question around 2018-05--2018-06.
>>>>
>>>>> From: "Michael Paoli" <Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu>
>>>>> To: "Jim Stockford" <jim at well.com>
>>>>> Cc: SF-LUG <sf-lug at linuxmafia.com>, "Rick Moen" <rick at linuxmafia.com>
>>>>> Subject: Re: sf-lug.{com,info} --> www.sf-lug.org (canonical)
>>>>> Date: Fri, 01 Jan 2016 22:09:19 -0800
>>>>
>>>>> I've also similarly set up
>>>>> [www.][ipv6.]sf-lug.com --> www.[ipv6.]sf-lug.org
>>>>>
>>>>> So canonical domain is sf-lug.org, with www.[ipv6.]sf-lug.org  
>>>>> for web site.
>>>>>
>>>>>> From: jim <jim at well.com>
>>>>>> Subject: Re: sf-lug.info
>>>>>> Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2016 18:24:55 +0000
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks. I don't recall creating sf-lug.info, but
>>>>>> a lot has happened, and I've shared the work with
>>>>>> anyone who wanted to chip in and learn or teach.
>>>>>> I agree that sf-lug.org should be the cannonical
>>>>
>>>> http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2016q1/011587.html
>>
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