<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Bear in mind that while local autonomy is a good thing, and to be encouraged, there is nothing wrong with applying tot he PSF for funding. Even better, start a members list discussion on whether the PSF should generally be encouraged to pay for X, Y and/or Z.<div><br></div><div>regards</div><div>Socialist Steve</div><div><br><div><div>On Mar 5, 2012, at 8:01 PM, Kojo Idrissa wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Brad,</div><div>Related to David's comment, is this a question of how to MANAGE the payment of the EasyDNS fee or how to come up with the funds? If it's a question of funds, I think folks should chip in. No reason for you to carry that burden on your own. Count me in for SOMETHING.</div>
<div><br></div><div>If it's a question of management, I think FORMING a non-profit might be a bit much. Regarding having another entity handle it, I agree with Steven: local autonomy seems like it would be the preferred option. Especially here in the Lone Star State. :-)</div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 10:00 AM, David Duncan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dduncan@rubackedup.com">dduncan@rubackedup.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Brad Allen <<a href="mailto:bradallen137@gmail.com">bradallen137@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> The EasyDNS payment for <a href="http://pytexas.org/" target="_blank">pytexas.org</a> is due on Mar 10; I am willing to<br>
> continue handling payment and management of this DNS, unless anyone<br>
> has a better idea of how it should be managed. Any thoughts?<br>
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</div>is there a non-profit association that can handle this better or are<br>
we just a loosely coupled group of enthusiasts who take care of each<br>
other?<br>
I expect that we are the latter and to that end, what can we do to<br>
limit the effect on Brad's wallet for this stewardship?<br>
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