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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Of all the suggestions offered, OSMF
      seems like the most natural fit to me. That seems like it would
      very much keep the domain in the hands of the community, instead
      of an individual, which would guard against the individual
      becoming disinterested or unavailable. The biggest roadblock would
      be if that violated any of CIRA's rules (I'll poke around and see
      what I can learn).<br>
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      And I would LOVE to see a group of community members actually DO
      something with the domain :-)<br>
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      Thanks to everyone who has offered suggestions and assistance! If
      there are no compelling objections, I will start the transfer of
      the domain to OSMF in a few days.<br>
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      - Darryl<br>
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      On 3/27/2013 7:42 AM, Richard Weait wrote:<br>
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                        <div>I understand the interest in OSMF holding
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                          domain.   To balance that, there is a
                          requirement that .ca domains be held by some
                          body with a legitimate interest or residence
                          in Canada.  (Or something like that).  If OSMF
                          (being a UK not for profit) does not meet that
                          requirement, we're left with holding on to it
                          for ourselves in some way.<br>
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                        I'm all for whatever we decide.  Especially if
                        we can lighten the load for Daryl, and allow
                        more contribution from the community.  <br>
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                      <div>Thank you Daryl, for thinking to get the
                        domain when it was available, and for holding it
                        safely for so long.  I know that you and I
                        talked about doing something with it a while
                        back, and neither of us did.  I don't think
                        you've done anything "anti-community" with
                        respect to the domain.  And I think that
                        starting this conversation amply demonstrates
                        that you are one of the good guys.  <br>
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                        So, thanks again!<br>
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                      Among the options, for the domain I suppose, are:
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                    <div>- investigate getting OSMF to hold it<br>
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                    - continue to have a trusted community member hold
                    the domain<br>
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                  - allow a trusted company to hold it<br>
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                - form a company to hold it on our behalf<br>
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              - something else(?)<br>
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            I'll ask about OSMF holding it.  And I'd be willing to hold
            it on behalf of OSMF and or "the Canadian community"<br>
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          And I'd like to see, as a separate step, a group of us put our
          heads and volunteer hours together to actually do something
          with it.  :-)  <br>
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        Best regards,<br>
        Richard<br>
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