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

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On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 11:24 PM, Michael Paoli <
Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu> 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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