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Registering a domain to an organization
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Or a group of people. Anyone have any info on this? How expensive is it to set up a registered nonprofit org in the US?Posted 5 years ago #
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its $45 bucks here in canada joe to register a non-profit- i registered one last month for a friend.Posted 5 years ago #
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What I would do is register it by a single person. Then in the contact info you could fill in the Organization. The cheapest domain place that I have ever bought from is http://www.godaddy.com I got it for $1.99 but then also had to pay 3.00 for hosting that month. So all around it is a great deal.Posted 5 years ago #
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i misread the title sorry about that. i thought joe meant an organization as opposed to the actual domain :) ethan, doing it that way still allows one person ultimate control of the domain. oh and if you need solid hosting drop me a line- nevermind godaddy they have enough cash, lol :)Posted 5 years ago #
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True: Godaddy does have a ton of cash. I have no idea how you would set up the whole Organizational control of the domain.Posted 5 years ago #
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no no, I meant an actual organization.Posted 5 years ago #
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cool, thats what i originally thought. its a great idea and it can be done. i don't think it matters what country we do it from but it should be done. I will voluteer to do this since I have done it recently here in Canada but we can have a vote to see what everyone wants to do :)Posted 5 years ago #
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I asked a few people, it can be done pretty much anywhere, but we need to first decide who the board will be, and register it on their names (that way no 1 individual can legally 'sell out')Posted 5 years ago #
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yep, you got it. in canada, you can even apply for government funding to help pay expenses. of course your not guaranteed to get it but its interesting :) i suppose we should only have so many decisions going on at once :)Posted 5 years ago #
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The Board will play a very important role in the new system. I will work on a little chart to try and map out the Boards role in the the management of the new site.Posted 5 years ago #
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I suggest Canada too, because I live in Kingston, Ontario. An official Board is a good idea, even if they never actually meet in the flesh. I've been on advisory boards before, and they really have a lot of weight in an NPO. Wouldn't it be a good idea to suggest that we just convert OWD over to this system? Shay might like it, since it means less work for each person involved.Posted 5 years ago #
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shay's only interest is income, it's a commercial site now.Posted 5 years ago #
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really? I didn't know...Posted 5 years ago #
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Gnome were you aware of the Text-Link adds were being placed in all of our designs?Posted 5 years ago #
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How about we set up regional groups, like everyone from the UK in one, everyone from the USA in another, etc. Then pull 1 or 2 members out of those groups and have them as the main members of the board? That way theres a higher chance for the regional groups to meet in the future maybe (and get very drunk hopefully hehe), then the main 1 / 2 members of the regional groups could input what everyone else in there region has said, sound good or pretty stupid?Posted 5 years ago #
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I have no chance of getting drunk with anyone unless i visit the US (planed visit sometime next year for GED exams) or UK (I really want to visit Ireland, been to london 3 times and scotland once) ;) but that's a good idea, but still I like the international part, where geographical borders don't matter anymore. but how about a top board of 3, that will handle the legal stuff, and a second board of 10? I'll start a new thread about the board once we decide on a domain.Posted 5 years ago #
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Sorry don't drink.Posted 5 years ago #
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Great idea, Christopher! Building on it, how about having a board member from Europe, one from North America, one from Asia, etc. And if there are less members in one region, we can join regions together (eg. a board member from the Asia-Europe region). The goal would be to have an even distribution of power across the world. And after we decided on the regions, we can have an election!Posted 5 years ago #
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I'm not sure I like this Idea. the big revolution of the web is creating a border-less world.Posted 5 years ago #
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And what about multilingual? English, French, Spanish and German for example? Of course LobsterMan you're right with the "border-less world". That's why we have the possibility to meet here together.Posted 5 years ago #
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Multilingual would be cool if we had people that would be willing to translate everything. also, the only way for us to keep together in the forums is a common language. If esperanto was more popular, i'd vote for it ;)Posted 5 years ago #
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English will be always the common language - of course. But to make the community world-wide more powerful it could be useful to have admins/moderators to answer in different languages. Only an idea. I would agree to do it in German e.g.Posted 5 years ago #
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elemental that's excatly like i thought, i just couldn't explain it as simple or as understandable as you have :) it would also help as there would be a board member available in your region and just as importantly, your timezone. the web may be border-less, but having groups in your own area isn't a bad thing surely, might mean a greater chance of meeting people that share your own interestes etc.Posted 5 years ago #
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I see this idea as a way to decide the "site owners" for the new domain to be registered. After all, we need to have somebody to lash out at if there's something we don't like... ;)Posted 5 years ago #