Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Domain Names

[Lucy]

On 22/04/2008, Tim Dobson <address@hidden> wrote:
> 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.

How much of an issue? Is this not something we can mitigate somewhat
by talking things through with Matt? We have control of the website
now, what else is left? The mailing list?


> > 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.

Rather than creating yet another split in what is already a very small
niche, would it not be better to do what we can to keep our group
together with fsuk? While we don't know what the aims of fsuk are, we
also don't fully know what the aims of our group are yet either. I
think that it would be desirable if we could create a dialog between
us and Matt to establish exactly what his plans are. I think we should
only split away if it becomes obvious that our plans do not match his
and I don't think we are at that point yet.

Lucy