[grc] GRC Web site opportunity

David Klann dklann at wdrt.org
Wed Jan 4 14:18:37 PST 2017


I just sent a note to the contact email for the domain. We'll see if
anybody responds... It's registered with OpenSRS (aka TUCOWS) in Canada,
the same registrar for which I am a reseller. If nobody responds to my
query, I'll contact OpenSRS and see if we can take that ownership of
that domain.

  ~David


On 01/04/2017 04:07 PM, Frieda Werden wrote:
> can you find out what they want for grassrootsradio.org
> <http://grassrootsradio.org>?
> 
> On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 2:04 PM, David Klann via grc
> <grc at maillist.peak.org <mailto:grc at maillist.peak.org>> wrote:
> 
>     I (personally) am not crazy about grradio.org <http://grradio.org>.
> 
>     I do like grassrootsrad.io <http://grassrootsrad.io>!
> 
>     I am a registered domain registrar, and I'd be happy to register
>     whatever domain most people like.
> 
>     I just set up a "Doodle" poll with three available domains (including
>     the expiring grradio.org <http://grradio.org>, so this assumes we
>     can take ownership of it).
> 
>     Visit http://doodle.com/poll/disy2gi5agtqwyfa
>     <http://doodle.com/poll/disy2gi5agtqwyfa> to register your preference.
> 
> 
> 
>     On 01/04/2017 03:56 PM, Paul Bame via grc wrote:
>     > As I recall, KGNU grabbed grradio.org <http://grradio.org> because
>     grassrootsradio.org <http://grassrootsradio.org> was
>     > taken; and I seem to recall that someone in GRC had spoken to the
>     owner
>     > back then (1999?) and they were not interested letting it go. Now the
>     > owner is obscured so it is harder to figure out who they are.
>     >
>     > But I'm afraid I derailed the original question: what should be done
>     > with grradio.org <http://grradio.org>?
>     >
>     > On 2017-01-04 14:57, Barbara K via grc wrote:
>     >> radiograssroots.org <http://radiograssroots.org> is available
>     >>
>     >> Barbara K
>     >>
>     >> On Jan 4, 2017, at 8:00 PM, Paul Hertz via grc
>     <grc at maillist.peak.org <mailto:grc at maillist.peak.org>>
>     >> wrote:
>     >>
>     >>> Another possibility is grassrootsrad.io
>     <http://grassrootsrad.io>. See
>     >>> https://www.nic.io/pricelist.xzx
>     <https://www.nic.io/pricelist.xzx> for pricing. The .radio TLD doesn't
>     >>> appear
>     >>> to be available yet.
>     >>>
>     >>> On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 11:56 AM, Evan Perkins via grc
>     >>> <grc at maillist.peak.org <mailto:grc at maillist.peak.org>
>     >>>> wrote:
>     >>>
>     >>>> An ICANN whois lookup shows that grassrootsradio.org
>     <http://grassrootsradio.org> is owned by a
>     >>>> company
>     >>>> named Content Privacy Inc. in Toronto. From this I assume that it
>     >>>> wasn't
>     >>>> renewed and this company grabbed it via one of those obnoxious bots
>     >>>> to hold
>     >>>> it hostage.
>     >>>>
>     >>>> Evan
>     >>>>
>     >>>> On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Paul Bame via grc
>     >>>> <grc at maillist.peak.org <mailto:grc at maillist.peak.org>>
>     >>>> wrote:
>     >>>>
>     >>>>> I guess it is a sad second-best to grassrootsradio.org
>     <http://grassrootsradio.org> which always
>     >>>> seems
>     >>>>> to be taken yet also unused :-(
>     >>>>>
>     >>>>> However I see that grassrootsradio.fm
>     <http://grassrootsradio.fm> is available for $78/yr FYI
>     >>>>>
>     >>>>>
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>     >>>>
>     >>>>
>     >>>>
>     >>>> --
>     >>>> I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant,
>     >>>> Evan Perkins
>     >>>> Operations Director
>     >>>>
>     >>>> KGNU Community Radio
>     >>>> 4700 Walnut St.
>     >>>> Boulder, CO 80301-2548
>     >>>> 303.449.4885 <tel:303.449.4885>
>     >>>>
>     >>>> 88.5 FM / 1390 AM (Boulder + Denver)
>     >>>> 93.7 FM (Nederland)
>     >>>> www.kgnu.org <http://www.kgnu.org> + KGNU News
>     <http://news.kgnu.org> +  AfterFM
>     >>>> <http://www.afterfm.com> (KGNU's 24/7 Music Channel)
>     >>>> Twitter <http://twitter.com/kgnu> and Facebook
>     >>>>
>     <https://www.facebook.com/pages/KGNU-Community-Radio/162191133812039
>     <https://www.facebook.com/pages/KGNU-Community-Radio/162191133812039>>
>     >>>>
>     >>>> [image: KGNU] <http://kgnu.org/>
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