[OSGeo-Conf] conference domain name

[Jeff McKenna]

So if I'm understanding you correctly, you are agreeing with the plan to 
have the Victoria group host the foss4g2007 site temporarily...great (as 
long as this is ok with the OSGeo conference committee members).

Who in OSGeo has the power to register www.foss4g2007.org for OSGeo?

jeff




Tyler Mitchell wrote:
> Speaking with our infrastructure migration project in mind, I'd 
> recommend going forward with foss4g2007.org so that the organisers can 
> get started ASAP on a web presence.  It is also highly likely that the 
> osgeo web sites will not use so many subdomains as at present.  It'd be 
> safer to not build on xxx.osgeo.org.  However,  we can always point our 
> DNS for foss4g.osgeo.org to the foss4g2007 site and migrate later.   
> Either way, they need something to work with right away, and will get 
> held up by migration in the meantime.
> 
> Tyler
> On 14-Dec-06, at 12:06 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
> 
>> We quickly need to decide on the conference domain name.  From 
>> previous discussions we've learned:
>>
>> - www.foss4g.org is actively used by Osaka City University and Orkney 
>> Inc., but could be made available
>> - http://foss4g.osgeo.org/YEAR is a possibility
>>
>> We did choose to keep the FOSS4G name, but we never resolved the 
>> domain name.
>>
>> The Victoria group would like to get moving on this.  They have 
>> requested to possibly host www.foss4g2007.org until after the 
>> conference, after which we would move it to osgeo servers.
>>
>> Given the timing with the OSGeo backend (CollabNet) moving to other 
>> servers, I wouldn't mind giving the Victoria group hosting abililty. 
>> Plus maybe Venka could look into adding a link at the top of 
>> www.foss4g.org to www.foss4g2007.org (or more?).
>>
>> We do need to register www.foss4g2007.org right away.
>>
>> Then whenever the dust settles from the CollabNet move, we can set up 
>> http://foss4g.osgeo.org.
>>
>> What do people think?
>>
>>
>> jeff