Should we think about registering a domain name?

[Rob Valdez 79 R65]

OK people, I just got off the phone with sloth again (twice in one night!) and he says NO PROBLEM using r65.org domain name!  And it won't cost us anything, besides!

Lookin' win-win here!  [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

[Justin B.]

I'm glad he's cool with it, and it very well may be a burden lifted from his shoulders not to have to baby-sit a forum.  Rob, is he going to make the DNS changes to point the URL to suraklyn.com/yabb ?  I don't have the authority or site/login to do it...  I hope he comes on over, registers, and chimes in from time-to-time.  I really was starting to think something nasty had happened to him...

Oh, and see if he'll e-mail us the old board logo image file and I'll figure out a way to "graft" it somewhere here so we can maintain a "link" to the past...

[Melena]

Rob, you have been one busy guy!  Thanks!  I hope that didn't run your phone bill up too much.  

I guess sloth hadn't been back to see how the forum that he set up had been doing.  I wonder if we can get the old threads from the original forum from him and put them in some kind of archive?  I'm getting a bit ahead of things here.  It was just a thought that ran through my brain.

[Rob Valdez 79 R65]

I expect we will be hearing from him soon.  This year has been a very non-motorcycling one for him.  Yeah, I am sure he is aware that it is he that needs to make the change.  He has our address.

[MrRiden]

COW.org Naa. put me down for a contribution to pay for the domain.
Rich

[SCJJR65]

Your cow is saying, "I'm OK, I'm OK... Really....It's just a cramp....  I'll walk it off...."

 [smiley=rolleyes.gif]

[Justin B.]

Hehehe... [smiley=Oscar.gif]

[Ed Miller]

It looks like his bike was top heavy.  Hard to strap much stuff under the motor though.

I'm on on the .org domain, or what ever.

[Semper Gumby]

Put me down for sharing the cost.  More hands make lighter work!  Let us know hom much and when.  Thanks Rob.

[Justin B.]

So far, everything we have done has been free.     ;DThe kid has a couple hunderd meg and a ton of bandwidth laying around he doesn't use.    I may feel guilty and kick him a few bucks toward his yearly fee -let me stress MAY - but so far he hasn't mentioned it and refers to the yearly hosting fees as "chump-change".  Kinda sux when your offspring make more than you do...

[sloth]

Well I have gotten a step closer to getting the old db backup. I had to build a linux box to install mysql and apache. I am going to setup the bulletin board software tomorrow and attempt to import the old db. Fingers crossed.

[msbuck]

Fingers crossed as requested. Good Luck!  [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

[Justin B.]

Cool, Sloth.   [smiley=thumbsup.gif]  You're a lot more motivated and "less lazy" than I am!