Of all the suggestions offered, OSMF seems like the most natural fit to
me. That seems like it would very much keep the domain in the hands of
the community, instead of an individual, which would guard against the
individual becoming disinterested or unavailable. The biggest roadblock
would be if that violated any of CIRA's rules (I'll poke around and see
what I can learn).
And I would LOVE to see a group of community members actually DO
something with the domain :-)
Thanks to everyone who has offered suggestions and assistance! If there
are no compelling objections, I will start the transfer of the domain to
OSMF in a few days.
- Darryl
On 3/27/2013 7:42 AM, Richard Weait wrote:
I understand the interest in OSMF holding the openstreetmap.ca
<http://openstreetmap.ca> domain. To balance that, there is a
requirement that .ca domains be held by some body with a legitimate
interest or residence in Canada. (Or something like that). If OSMF
(being a UK not for profit) does not meet that requirement, we're left
with holding on to it for ourselves in some way.
I'm all for whatever we decide. Especially if we can lighten the load
for Daryl, and allow more contribution from the community.
Thank you Daryl, for thinking to get the domain when it was available,
and for holding it safely for so long. I know that you and I talked
about doing something with it a while back, and neither of us did. I
don't think you've done anything "anti-community" with respect to the
domain. And I think that starting this conversation amply
demonstrates that you are one of the good guys.
So, thanks again!
Among the options, for the domain I suppose, are:
- investigate getting OSMF to hold it
- continue to have a trusted community member hold the domain
- allow a trusted company to hold it
- form a company to hold it on our behalf
- something else(?)
I'll ask about OSMF holding it. And I'd be willing to hold it on
behalf of OSMF and or "the Canadian community"
And I'd like to see, as a separate step, a group of us put our heads
and volunteer hours together to actually do something with it. :-)
Best regards,
Richard
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