[OSGeo-Conf] Fwd: FOSS4G 2007

[Allan Doyle]

On Oct 27, 2006, at 14:33, Daniel Morissette wrote:

> Tyler Mitchell wrote:
>> I received a brief note from a member, bringing up the issue of  
>> domain names:
>>> Just caught the RfP announcement for 07. Caused me to think -
>>> shouldn't OSGeo register the domain name foss4g2007.org soon as?
>> I explained there is still debate about the naming, but thought  
>> I'd pass this on to you anyway.
>
> I think you'd be better with a single generic domain name (or a  
> subdomain of osgeo.org) instead or registering new domains for each  
> year. Even if you manage to register foss4g2007.org in time, and  
> pre-register the 2008 and 2009 names now as well, someone could go  
> and register the 2010 or later years before you and you'll  
> eventually be stuck anyway.
>
> OTOH, with something like <conferencename>.org or  
> <conferencename>.osgeo.org you can create subdirectories in the  
> website or subdomains for each year and never worry again about  
> domain name registration.

Right. And not have to maintain the other name year in and year out  
to keep a record of past conferences. E.g. http://www.eogeo.org/ 
Workshops/ only costs $12/year. If we had one per year, it would be  
up to $120/year now and growing.

	Allan

>
> My 0.02$
>
> Daniel
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