[LFG] LFG-Conference domain name

[Annie Zaenen]

Hi Damir,

I’ll pay for it for next year but remind me of it and tell me how to do it in a couple of days: i am traveling now.

Annie

> On Sep 29, 2015, at 20:39, Damir Cavar <damir at linguistlist.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear colleagues,
> 
> the domain name:
> 
> lfg-conference.org
> 
> is expiring in October. I decided in 2014 to buy this domain and host
> the LFG 2014 conference page in Ann Arbor on the site. Some time ago I
> suggested that we could use it to host copies of past LFG-conference
> sites (and all the new ones, too) on this domain (which we linked to one
> of our LINGUIST List servers, i.e. it comes with some space for pages, too).
> 
> We received some comments that it might be a good idea to keep the
> domain and use the space to backup old conference sites. Since then no
> further action followed (i.e. we did not get material to host, no
> request by some other organizer to use the domain name or space etc.).
> 
> The costs for this domain hosted at GoDaddy are in the rage of $ 18 plus
> tax per year. LINGUIST could maintain this domain name and space, but we
> have rather high server and domain name costs in general, but an
> extremely low budget. If the LFG community wants to take over the domain
> name and costs or rather support LINGUIST in some way so that it
> maintains it, let us know. The expiration for the domain is 28th of
> October this year.
> 
> We can extend this reservation and pay for another year now, if there is
> interest, and hopefully some of you will remember that, when we call for
> LINGUIST support next time (in December this year, most likely). :-)
> 
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> 
> Best wishes
> 
> Damir
> 
> 
> --
> Damir Cavar
> Department of Linguistics
> Indiana University
> Co-director and Moderator of
> The LINGUIST List
> 
> 
> 
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