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[DEPRECATED] Global GDG Event Directory
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Access to gdg.events domain lost #40

Closed Splaktar closed 9 years ago

Splaktar commented 9 years ago

Firefly site is currently down and out of action.

NOTICE: This domain name expired on 6/11/2015 and is pending renewal or deletion.

This domain will likely be returned to the pool of publically available addresses on 9/11/2015.

mauimauer commented 9 years ago

@joshuawoodward owns the domain

Splaktar commented 9 years ago

It's been a month since this domain expired and the entire Firefly project went offline. I tried to buy the domain on GoDaddy.com myself (Google Domains doesn't support .events domains), but it is still reserved. I have not been able to get any response from Josh on the issue.

joshuawoodward commented 9 years ago

Just seeing this now, sorry guys. I don't see this domain in my admin panel to renew/release On Jul 11, 2015 1:54 PM, "Michael Prentice" notifications@github.com wrote:

It's been a month since this domain expired and the entire Firefly project went offline. I tried to buy the domain on GoDaddy.com myself (Google Domains doesn't support .events domains), but it is still reserved. I have not been able to get any response from Josh on the issue.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/gdg-x/firefly/issues/40#issuecomment-120661141.

Splaktar commented 9 years ago

Bummer. @joshuawoodward Any idea who owns this domain then? or who would know?

joshuawoodward commented 9 years ago

It may be in limbo On Jul 11, 2015 2:12 PM, "Michael Prentice" notifications@github.com wrote:

Bummer. @joshuawoodward https://github.com/joshuawoodward Any idea who owns this domain then?

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mauimauer commented 9 years ago

Can you do it via http://mya.godaddy.com/myrenewals/myRenewals.aspx?ci=85920&isc=GPPT05K500&tab=domains ?

@joshuawoodward

joshuawoodward commented 9 years ago

It's not in that list :/ On Jul 12, 2015 2:04 AM, "Sebastian Mauer" notifications@github.com wrote:

Can you do it via http://mya.godaddy.com/myrenewals/myRenewals.aspx?ci=85920&isc=GPPT05K500&tab=domains ?

@joshuawoodward https://github.com/joshuawoodward

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ghchinoy commented 9 years ago

I'm assuming this doesn't help, either? https://uk.godaddy.com/help/recovering-expired-domain-names-5018

joshuawoodward commented 9 years ago

It does show up there, there is a $80 recovery fee :/ I see gdg-x.com also expired, is that used by any service? On Jul 12, 2015 7:08 AM, "G. Hussain Chinoy" notifications@github.com wrote:

I'm assuming this doesn't help, either? https://uk.godaddy.com/help/recovering-expired-domain-names-5018

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/gdg-x/firefly/issues/40#issuecomment-120722494.

stefanhoth commented 9 years ago

My guess is the main reason to have the .com was to get the G+ page vanity name without a required suffix. But I don't know for sure.

friedger commented 9 years ago

I wouldn't pay the recovery fee. Am 12.07.2015 19:20 schrieb "Stefan Hoth" notifications@github.com:

My guess is the main reason to have the .com was to get the G+ page vanity name without a required suffix. But I don't know for sure.

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samcarecho commented 9 years ago

Why don't you guys take this opportunity to change the domain? Are .go domains already being commercialized?

Cheers

On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 3:27 PM, Friedger Müffke notifications@github.com wrote:

I wouldn't pay the recovery fee. Am 12.07.2015 19:20 schrieb "Stefan Hoth" notifications@github.com:

My guess is the main reason to have the .com was to get the G+ page vanity name without a required suffix. But I don't know for sure.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/gdg-x/firefly/issues/40#issuecomment-120743218.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/gdg-x/firefly/issues/40#issuecomment-120752728.

Splaktar commented 9 years ago

gdg-x.org is available for $7.99 or so. If we don't mind switching from gdg-x.com, I can pick it up.

As for gdg.events, I believe that Adriana would like to pay for the $80 recovery fee and have the domain transferred to her.

Splaktar commented 9 years ago

I just spoke with GoDaddy support. gdg.events was not in fact registered with GoDaddy. It was registered by "Go Montenegro Domains,LLC".

This registrar has now moved to http://www.domainspricedright.com/

I tried to contact Josh via Hangouts with this information to see if he had an account with them, but I haven't received a response.

Is there anyone else who might have registered the gdg.events domain with http://www.gomontenegrodomains.com/ ?

GoDaddy support also said that the domain should normally be available 3 months after it expires. This means that we would have another month to wait if we aren't able to get access to the domain on Domains Priced Right.

stefanhoth commented 9 years ago

/cc @mauimauer @friedger any chance you registered them or have the account data?

Splaktar commented 9 years ago

Josh says that Martin registered the domain and transferred it to Josh's GoDaddy account. He suggests that we should just ditch the domain and go with something else.

https://hub.gdgx.io and https://cloud.gdgx.io are valid. Perhaps we can just add an https://events.gdgx.io ?

Who owns gdgx.io?

tasomaniac commented 9 years ago

I think it is ok to wait and re-register.

On Fri, Aug 7, 2015, 9:47 PM Stefan Hoth notifications@github.com wrote:

/cc @mauimauer https://github.com/mauimauer @friedger https://github.com/friedger any change you registered them?

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friedger commented 9 years ago

I didn't register it On 7 Aug 2015 8:47 pm, "Stefan Hoth" notifications@github.com wrote:

/cc @mauimauer https://github.com/mauimauer @friedger https://github.com/friedger any change you registered them?

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friedger commented 9 years ago

@Splaktar Sebastian owns it: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=whois+gdgx.io&t=ffab&ia=whois

Splaktar commented 9 years ago

It looks like we can use the gdgroups.org domain that Van owns (Adriana in control of it atm). I'm working on getting access to manage the DNS, but they are still learning the brand new GoDaddy account sharing features. Hopefully that will be worked out on Monday.

I've done some testing with one of my personal domains and now know the A and CNAME configuration that will be needed other than having the full list of possible prefixes (android, androidwear, angularjs, developer, studyjam, etc).

Splaktar commented 9 years ago

Firefly on http://gdgroups.org is live!

Hopefully we can get gdg.events back soon and eventually keep Firefly there and transition this gdgroups.org to serve as a more general GDG community-based site. But we'll probably need to keep Firefly on gdgroups.org at least through DevFest season.

tasomaniac commented 9 years ago

Makes sense.

On Mon, Aug 17, 2015, 5:00 AM Michael Prentice notifications@github.com wrote:

Firefly on http://gdgroups.org is live!

Hopefully we can get gdg.events back soon and eventually keep Firefly there and transition this gdgroups.org to serve as a more general GDG community-based site. But we'll probably need to keep Firefly on gdgroups.org at least through DevFest season.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/gdg-x/firefly/issues/40#issuecomment-131663890.

Splaktar commented 9 years ago

I was just able to pick up http://gdg.events again for $30 from Google Domains!

tasomaniac commented 9 years ago

Wow. Great news! What should we do now? Should we move back to this domain?

friedger commented 9 years ago

I think gdg.events is good for event series, gdgroups.org is good for the directory.

Hm, not sure what to do.. Am 02.10.2015 9:02 nachm. schrieb "Said Tahsin Dane" < notifications@github.com>:

Wow. Great news! What should we do now? Should we move back to this domain?

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tasomaniac commented 9 years ago

gdg.events is a really cool domain for events.

But I think our first priority is something bigger that fits in gdgroups.org If we think that we have a really few number of devs, it will be harder to maintain both.

friedger commented 9 years ago

We can use gdg. events for the url shortner Am 02.10.2015 10:11 nachm. schrieb "Said Tahsin Dane" < notifications@github.com>:

gdg.events is a really cool domain for events.

But I think our first priority is something bigger that fits in gdgroups.org If we think that we have a really few number of devs, it will be harder to maintain both.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/gdg-x/firefly/issues/40#issuecomment-145143155.