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This is part of the larger question of how many domains we have and
why. It's also not really urgent. Even if we let it lapse there is
a grace period of several months when we can get it back.<br>
<br>
There are several reasons for us to lease and control a domain.<br>
<ol>
<li>As a primary access point that we advertise as our web
presence.</li>
<ul>
<li>biketothefuture.org</li>
<li>bikewinnipeg.ca</li>
<li>bicyclevaletwinnipeg.ca</li>
<li>biketoworkdaywinnipeg.org</li>
<li>winnipegbikeweek.com<br>
</li>
</ul>
<li>Access points that we may want to use in the future<br>
</li>
<ul>
<li>bikemanitoba.ca</li>
<li>ibikeivote.ca</li>
</ul>
<li>Domains we want to protect from use by other people. This is
based on the idea that someone would want to set up a website
that looks like it might be us but which attacks or interferes
with our purposes. <br>
</li>
<ul>
<li>bikewinnipeg.org</li>
<li>bikewpg.ca</li>
<li>bikewpg.com</li>
<li>bikewpg.org<br>
</li>
</ul>
</ol>
<p>We have two primary domains under our control: biketothefuture
which needs a retirement plan and bikewinnipeg, the real us. The
BVW domain is under Dave Weiser's control, or actually his wife
who works for the web service. We don't know how it gets paid
for. The two bike-to-work domains are not directly used by us but
they are controlled under our account. Nevertheless I don't
actually know who pays for them.<br>
</p>
<p>bikemanitoba might at one time have been our name and may yet be
the name of another, or an umbrella, group in the future. I think
it would be prudent to hang onto it.<br>
</p>
<p>The defensive domains are another story. This is only a short
list of all the potential look-alike domains that hostile people
might use against us. I question the existence of the threat and
the expense of maintaining this defense. <br>
</p>
<p>There is also the idea that some of the defensive names might be
used as "alternate access" to our website. I don't see this as
very useful. It's basically unergonomic in that it leads people
to believe that these other names are our real name. If we let
that happen we are stuck with those names forever.<br>
</p>
<p>This whole area needs further documentation (which I'm working
on) to establish exactly what we own and how we control it.
Domain names are only part of it. There is: Domain registration;
Web Service contracts; Website admin access. These three levels
of control need to be documented for all our sites.<br>
</p>
<p>In the mean time let's renew bikemanitoba.ca. As far as I know
most registrars charge $10 or less for .com and .org domains but
everybody seems to want $13 or more for .ca domains.<br>
</p>
<p> --Bill<br>
</p>
On 14-01-28 14:43, Bike Winnipeg wrote:<br>
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<div>Hi,<br>
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We will need to make a decision on whether or not to renew the
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://bikemanitoba.ca">bikemanitoba.ca</a>
domain name. The cost to renew would be $14 USD via Dreamhost.
While there are cheaper options for renwing, they would also
require a transfer fee that would end up costing more.<br>
<br>
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Mark<br>
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From: <b class="gmail_sendername">DreamHost
Registration Service</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
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Date: Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 2:12 AM<br>
Subject: [alafoi1 84945434] Domain "<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://bikemanitoba.ca">bikemanitoba.ca</a>"'s
Registration expires on 2014-02-14!<br>
To: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:biketothefuture@gmail.com">biketothefuture@gmail.com</a><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
"<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://bikemanitoba.ca" target="_blank">bikemanitoba.ca</a>"'s
Registration expires on 2014-02-14!<br>
<br>
(Note: if you look at the whois data for this domain,
you MAY<br>
see an expiration date of one year later. This DOES
NOT mean<br>
the domain has been renewed! The registry
"auto-renews" all<br>
domains, but they are then deleted if not EXPLICITLY
renewed.)<br>
<br>
This domain will expire unless you explicitly renew it
at the<br>
<br>
Domain > Registration section of our web panel at<br>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://panel.dreamhost.com/?tree=domain.registration"
target="_blank">https://panel.dreamhost.com/?tree=domain.registration</a><br>
<br>
** Even *if* your renewal is free, your hosting is
not!<br>
<br>
** If you renew a domain for free and then cancel your
hosting,<br>
you will then have to pay for the domain registration.<br>
<br>
** Even if you let your registration expire, your
*hosting* will<br>
renew and you WILL BE CHARGED unless you close your
account at:<br>
<br>
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href="https://panel.dreamhost.com/?tree=billing.accounts"
target="_blank">https://panel.dreamhost.com/?tree=billing.accounts</a><br>
<br>
Also, you might want to change your renewal settings
using the<br>
Domain > Registration area...<br>
<br>
"Yes" : We will always make sure your domain
gets renewed.<br>
"Ask" : Your current setting, we just send you
these emails.<br>
"Let Expire" : We will not bug you, nor will we renew
your domain.<br>
<br>
<br>
Remember, if your domain registration expires:<br>
<br>
1. Your web site at that domain will stop working.<br>
2. Your email at that domain will stop working.<br>
3. After about 30 days the domain will be available
for anyone<br>
in the world to register again!<br>
<br>
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