Chiming in to agree very much with what's been said about the ongoing potential value of the bostondh domain. And thanks to Tufts for being willing to take on the cost, and to Anna and others for moving this forward!
best, Julia
> On Oct 4, 2023, at 3:02 PM, Florance, Patrick <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Hi All,
>
> This is Patrick Florance at Tufts. We can take over the cost of the domain name to ensure we (the community) keep the name; it’s usually a nominal fee. I am happy to coordinate the transfer with Anna and Matthew. Together, we can all figure out a more formal structure.
> Best,
>
> Patrick
>
> Patrick Florance
> Director, Research Technology, TTS
> Tufts University
> From: Boston and New England Digital Humanities <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Joanne Riley
> Sent: Wednesday, October 4, 2023 2:31 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [External] https://bostondh.org/
> Hi Anna, Matthew and all – thanks for raising this. I agree with Anna that bostondh.org is a useful domain and shouldn’t be released back into the wild quite yet. A number of us at UMass Boston are interested in becoming more involved in local and regional DH networking and activities and would be pleased to contribute to efforts to, as Anna put it, “keep the domain and maintain a presence about the community […] and/or explore a formal structure for Boston DH”. Perhaps interested parties could get together soon to start discussing - Matthew, might Brandeis hold onto the domain name for a while until a decision is made to shift elsewhere or let website and/or domain name go?
> best,
> Joanne
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> [log in to unmask] From: Boston and New England Digital Humanities <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Kijas, Anna E
> Sent: Wednesday, October 4, 2023 1:45 PM
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> Subject: Re: [External] https://bostondh.org/
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> Hello Matthew,
> Thanks for sharing this with the email list.
> As Tufts will be hosting the next Greater Boston DH symposium in 2024 the question about bostondh.org came up, so I reached out to a few people to find out if anyone knew who was still paying for the domain name (side-note: we were thinking that it would be great to host this and future symposium content on the BostonDH domain and have a landing page for the community (via Github/Jekyll pages rather than WordPress). I also heard from Simon Wiles (Chair of the Infrastructure Committee, ADHO) who was trying to find out who was maintaining the BostonDH domain, because he was doing a survey of ADHO-maintained sites, and the domain name points to ADHO server infrastructure.
> I am not in a position to offer that Tufts cover the ongoing costs of the domain name, but I would like to suggest that we the Boston-area DH Consortium have a conversation about what to do with the domain name and web presence. My understanding from Simon was that if we want to retire the old site he could retire or archive it, but the domain name still has utility to us as a community and so I don’t think we should just give it away.
> Is there interest in the community to keep the domain and maintain a presence about the community, especially for events, such as the symposium (using Github/Jekyll pages), and/or to explore a formal structure for Boston DH? I’m interested to hear people’s thoughts. Thanks.
> Best,
> Anna
> Anna E. Kijas
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> From: Boston and New England Digital Humanities <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Matthew Sheehy <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at 12:31 PM
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [External] https://bostondh.org/
> Hi folks,
> I found out Brandeis is still paying for https://bostondh.org/. Before we return the domain and the site goes away I thought I would let this group know. It looks like the website has not been active since 2016.
> Please contact me directly if you would like the domain or to archive the website in the next few days so we can make a decision.
> Best,
> Matthew
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