[WEB4LIB] neustar.us and lib.ny.us

[Josh Kuperman]

I've received the suggestion to register my domain in .org or
somesuch. Which in fact I have, but that hasn't caused any problems,
so I didn't mention it. I have sspl.org as well as
saratoga.lib.ny.us. One thing worth noting is the same site can easily
be in multiple domains. You don't have to have only one domain for
your site or organization.

As far as I know the RFCs still say public libraries should be in the
lib.xx.us domain where xx is the state. Has that changed? I would like
to keep using what is recommended by the RFCs - which weren't well
though out in regard to libaries, but nevertheless provide some
guidance. I would also like to push for competent management of the
.us domain that should be freely available to government and
educational orginizations.

Secondly, I seem to know cheap and easy source to register
domains. Better than some of the suggestion. While you seem to be
aware of the right price range. Gandi.net in France, charges in Euros
(12 Euros - sorry can't find the symbol on my keyboard), which until
recently was less than $10. Now its aobut ten. When I first started
using them it once fell to under eight.

On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 12:25:41AM -0700, Dan Lester wrote:
> I agree that stuff like this shouldn't happen.  However, between the
> greater visibility of .org or similar TLD designations and the low
> cost of such registration, it would seem preferable for you to just
> bite the bullet and make the change.  Personally, I'd choose one of
> the registrars that has been around a while, even if you can save a few
> bucks a year from one of the new guys.  I say this based on personal
> experience with both types.  With a new registrar I faced many of the
> same types of problems that you describe.  Your time, and mine, are
> worth much more than an extra ten or 35 bucks a year, even for a poor
> and underfunded library.
> 
> cheers
> 
> dan
> 
> Friday, November 8, 2002, 9:33:29 AM, you wrote:
> 
> JK>  Is the lib.ny.us, or perhaps I should say lib.xx.us where xx is the
> JK> state, going to stay around for a while. Even when I first registered,
> JK> there were critics pointing out that a commercial company was most
> JK> likely to encourage institutions to register as an org, instead of
> JK> promoting a permanet domain available for ree. What is the current
> JK> state of though on this? What recourse/actions can I take to
> JK> straigthen out a problem if I can't work it out with neustar?
> JK> Shouldn't a domain scheme, like the .us be managed say by the
> JK> government or at least, if contracted out, require promotion of the
> JK> "technically correct" domain by the eligible institutions?
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Josh Kuperman                       
josh at saratoga.lib.ny.us