[*BCM*] Donations for Domain Name?

[Dan Zarrella]

i believe yahoo.com has a deal for new customers for 2.99 a year.

On 1/18/06, Adam Rosi-Kessel <adam at rosi-kessel.org> wrote:
>
> 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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