[Tux4kids-discuss] Tux4Kids domain names

[Caroline Ford]

We are affiliated with SPI so we could transfer there. I'll happily  
contribute to the renewal costs.

Caroline

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On 12 Jan 2010, at 18:44, Sam Hart <hartsn at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey everyone, long time no see :-)
>
> Unfortunately, it's that time again, and I'm looking to see if
> *anyone* who is currently more active on the project than I am is
> willing to take over the various Tux4Kids related domain names from me
> so that Tux4Kids doesn't run the risk of losing them.
>
> For those who *may* not be familiar with the history of the project, I
> started Tux4Kids in 1997, but transferred leadership of the project in
> 2005 and haven't contributed any code since. My only contribution
> since leaving the project has been to maintain several domain names.
> However, I feel it has come time to let someone else more active on
> the project maintain them (there's a variety of reasons for this, if
> anyone is curious, feel free to email me privately).
>
> The most pressing domains, along with expiration dates, are as  
> follows:
> * tuxtype.com - 1/30/2010
> * tuxtype.net - 1/30/2010
> * tuxtype.org - 1/31/2010
>
> Obviously, these expire this month, and now would be the ideal time to
> transfer ownership of them to someone else.
>
> The main Tux4Kids domains have the following expiration dates:
> * tux4kids.com - 12/15/2013
> * tux4kids.net - 8/19/2010
>
> Tux4kids.com wont expire until 2013 (thanks to a generous contribution
> several years ago from Calvin Arndt, IIRC), so, obviously, the only
> reason to transfer ownership of it would be to ensure that its DNS
> entries remain current. Tux4kids.net is a tiny bit more pressing as it
> will expire in August of this year.
>
> My personal preference is that some parent or controlling body (such
> as SPI, if Tux4Kids is still affiliated with them) would wind up
> owning these domains as that would ensure they'd not be lost in the
> future. I'd also *love* to see the domains utilized more (back in my
> day, all the Tux4Kids mailing lists went through the @tux4kids.net
> domain :-) But, really, whatever the current project leadership
> thought was right would work for me.
>
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