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On 12/7/2019 3:41 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote:<br>
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was talking to Kurt, Bill Ricker and David Kramer. We have a
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might be time where we should retire the hardware and
virtualized. I'll try to talk to the guy at Synoptek. <br>
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I've been using prgmr.com for years, and I recommend them. My yearly
server rental is about $120, but you'll probably want more bandwidth
for a BLU server.
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#0000ff">Also,
we need backups for each of us as we are all aging. One issue
is if John goes away, we wont have access to the domain.
(Maybe <a href="http://blu.org" moz-do-not-send="true">blu.org</a>
should be owned by a corporation). And management of the
server and web site. We probably should use https. <br>
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<p>I think everyone in the leadership should write out a list of
applicable user id's and passwords, and put them in a safe-deposit
box or fire safe that two or three people can access: if blu
decides on a more formal arrangement, lawyers will store them for
a nominal fee. As a practical matter, almost all Domain Name
services like GoDaddy can change a domain's details with only a
User ID and password, so there's little need to incorporate just
as a placeholder for a domain name: incorporation is expensive,
and it requires yearly reports and tax filings, so I'd avoid it if
it were up to me. <br>
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<p>I don't feel that paying for SSL certificates is in the BLU's
best interest: all they do is close the "lock" icon on the
browsers that access the site. I know that browser designers shill
for the X.509 industry, by putting "insecure" warnings on
http-only sites, but I think there are still some free SSL certs
available if the BLU decides it's essential.<br>
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<p>That's my 2ยข. YMMV.</p>
<p>Bill Horne<br>
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