[*BCM*] Donations for Domain Name?

[Adam Rosi-Kessel]

Thanks Dan! You can send a check to me at 36 Taft Hill Park, Roslindale, MA
02131.

I know that there are some lower cost domain name registration providers. We
use GANDI.NET, which is a Eurpoean company. When we first started with
GANDI, the dollar was stronger and the cost was only $8 or $9, but as the
dollar has dropped with respect to the Euro it has gone up to $14 or $15.

GANDI seemed to have the best policies of all the registrars I looked at.
I've dealt with several other registrars in various capacities, including
godaddy.com which is probably the cheapest, and I've found them to be
inferior in various ways. (Godaddy in particular has been very rude in
dealing with customer service issues on the phone).

I've noticed some tendency for websites with free speech interests to use
GANDI--the fact that it is located in France may make it more difficult to
use legal means to shut down the site, at least if the party seeking to shut
it down is in the United States.

The facts that GANDI has been very reliable, has good policies, perhaps is
more protective of free speech plus the fees we would incur switching to
another registrar have been enough for me to justify the additional $5 or so
per year over the lowest cost provider.

Adam

Dan Zarrella wrote:
> registration should only cost about 8-9$ a year.
> but put me down for 20$ (if you use something other than paypal, i don't
> use paypal)
> -Dan
> 
> On 1/18/06, * Adam Rosi-Kessel* <adam at rosi-kessel.org
> <mailto:adam at rosi-kessel.org>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi All:
> 
>     I've been hosting and paying for the registration of
>     bostoncriticalmass.org <http://bostoncriticalmass.org>
>     for six years now. I am happy to continue to donating free hosting
>     space/services/bandwidth on my ISP, but I am paying approximately
>     $15/year
>     out of pocket for the domain name registration. I am wondering if
>     anyone on
>     this list would like to make a small donation to help cover the
>     domain name
>     registration?
> 
>     Here's my proposal: I will register for as many years as I receive
>     funds
>     for. 100% of donations will go directly to the registration. If I
>     receive
>     more than a multiple of 15, I will make up the difference to the next
>     multiple.  E.g., if I receive $35, I will chip in the remaining $10
>     out of
>     pocket to make $45 or three years of registration.  If I receive
>     less than
>     $15, I will of course continue to pay for the domain name
>     registration and
>     renew it for one more year (it expires in March currently).
> 
>     The easiest way to contribute is with PayPal. If you have a PayPal
>     account
>     linked to your checking account (or with a balance in it), you can
>     send as
>     little as $1 with no fees taken out. So to make up one year
>     registration,
>     just 15 people have to send me $1! It's that easy.
> 
>     So there's my pitch. Don't feel bad about just contributing $1 -- if
>     everyone on this list send $1, that would get us more than 20 years
>     registration!
> 
>     You can use this address for PayPal payments.
> 
>     I will send an update in a month reporting any donations received
>     and how
>     long the domain name has been renewed for.
> 
>     Adam
> 
> 
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