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On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Wilhelmina Randtke <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Pay for it shouldn't be an issue. It's like $10 a year to register the > domain, right? So, don't make a big deal out of OSU paying for it. The > fee is negligible. Yes, it's not so much a matter of money as it is remembering to pay it :-) > The key concern is how committed to OSU is Ryan Ordway, and what's the > climate there like. I see this as transferring to the people who are > currently technical contacts at OSU, not to a faceless organization. If > they already hold several other URLs, and have a policy and timeframe for > tracking and renewing these then that's a plus. OSU is committed enough to have a Domain Name Committee to evaluate these matters, which accepted the proposal to host code4lib.org. The first code4lib conference was held at OSU, and there are several active long time OSU folks who have helped create the code4lib community...so it's not as if there's no connection between the organization and this community. I am not disagreeing with your assessment about individual vs organizational ownership. But I am saying I don't want to be that individual anymore, and that OSU is the best option for not letting the domain lapse. //Ed