RE: [atlarge-discuss] An opportunity to help

["Jeff Holt" <jefftttt@txucom.net>]

This must occur only too frequently it seems.  Last year the Host for my
domain went under and the only way I found out of the pending closure
was from an email of a rival Hosting company wanting to take over the
job.... Fortunately I was able to backup almost all files and begin the
move process BEFORE the date the site went down, but there was still a
period of several days when my site was unavailable and I still lost a
few images during the transfer process to a new Host firm.

I find this a questionable situation and believe that kind of lack of
transparency should be one thing this Org addresses.

Sincerely,
 
Jeff Holt
Jefftttt@txucom.net
www.tejas-info-services.com
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jan Siren [mailto:sirenj@earthlink.net] 
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 8:48 AM
To: atlarge-discuss@lists.fitug.de
Subject: Re: [atlarge-discuss] An opportunity to help

Joanna Lane wrote:
> 
> I think this is exactly how the At Large should be spending our time
and
> energy, then there would be some motivation to stay involved, and the
At
> Large would have members lining up in their thousands with cash at the
> ready. Mr. Bode is not alone. I am currently dealing with a similar
problem
> and it's a nightmare, only my ISP didn't even have the courtesy to
inform me
> they were folding.
> 
...

> 
> Anyone else? We could start resolving these issues by forming a
committee to
> lobby the Registries on a case by case basis. Only non-verified
Registrants
> need apply.
> 

Joanna, I concur that this is exactly the sort of issue that this 
organization should sink its teeth into.

The appropriate channel for the process is through a committee, as you 
suggest; it should be authorized by the Panel, or more properly the
Board, 
once we are incorporated.

But I think that making committees exclusive is something that should be
done 
only in the rarest and most exigent of circumstances.  This committee
will 
need all the help it can get, even from people who haven't suffered this
kind 
of loss.

As a rule, all our committees should be open to the members, with
exceptions 
decided by the Board on a case-by-case basis.


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