Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Domain Names

[Tim Dobson]

Simon Ward wrote:
> Given that we now have manchester.fsuk.org pointed where requested,
> there are no current issues with the setup.

this is not entirely true.

> Do we still need another domain?

I believe so.

> Some considerations:
>
> We may want something else changed, and may hit the same issue of
> getting it done in a reasonable amount of time.

I think this is always going to be an issue.

> Additional control of the manchester.fsuk.org domain may suffice (NS
> pointing to name servers we can maintain).

I think the issue is also related to the fsuk.org domain.

> There are plans for fsuk.org that may be beneficial to Manchester Free
> Software.

> On the other hand, I don’t fully know what direction those plans will
> take.  We may want to do something else instead of, or in addition to,
> fsuk.org.  We need to make the aims clear.

At the moment we have no idea what direction these plans are in. We know 
they relate to grassroots free software in the UK, but you can get that 
much from the domain.
While they may be beneficial to us, they equally may not be. At the 
moment, it has been evident that delays in doing things, have not been 
beneficial to us.

I would suggest that until we are clear about what fsuk.org *is* and 
what it means for us to be hosted there, that we move to hosting 
independent of it until we are clearer about what it is. When it is 
clear what fsuk.org means and represents then I would suggest that we 
have a discussion about whether it's goals align with ours, and whether 
being a subdomain of it if beneficial to us.

Tim


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