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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Denise,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>You have an interesting question (and Eric
or Joel should be able to provide an answer), but it’s unrelated to the decision
at hand: keep or dump the domains </span></font><font size=2
face="Arial Unicode MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"'><a
href="http://www.capri25.net">www.capri25.net</a> and <a
href="http://www.capri25national.org">www.capri25national.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Let’s suppose the traffic is near
zero. The value of the domains could exceed $8 if they brought just <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>one additional boat to the nationals</span></b>.
This is possible since people set bookmarks and search engines know the
domains. If we are going to drop these domains, we should do so <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>after</span></b> the nationals, not with just 4 months
to go. Cross linking won’t help if the domains go away.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>IANAM (I am not a marketer), but I’d
like to know, how did boats like Dragon Lady (and others who did not come, but
may come in future years) heard about the nationals? If these
domains were involved, then they are valuable property despite what any traffic
analysis may say.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
capri25-bounces@lists.wyc.org [mailto:capri25-bounces@lists.wyc.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Denise Eng<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, May 17, 2005 9:58
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> capri25@lists.wyc.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Capri25]capri25.net</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The two sites are already crossed
linked. For example, the national site refers people to the WYC site for
listings of boats for sale. I think a better question to ask is how many
people actually hit the national site on any regular basis. Is there
year-round traffic or were there just bursts when the site was initially launched
and as we got closer to regatta-time?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
capri25-bounces@lists.wyc.org [mailto:capri25-bounces@lists.wyc.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b><st1:PersonName w:st="on">Smith,
Craig A</st1:PersonName> (MN14)<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, May 17, 2005 9:52
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">capri25@lists.wyc.org</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Capri25]capri25.net</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>How about a compromise?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Rather than shut it down and abandon
existing users, why not point the domain(s) to the WYC Capri25 pages?
This would preserve the value of the domains, garner traffic for WYC, and cost
nothing (other than $8/yr for the domain).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>In other words, all the files at <a
href="http://www.wyc.org/capri25/">http://www.wyc.org/capri25/</a> would also
appear at </span></font><font size=2 face="Arial Unicode MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"'><a
href="http://www.capri25national.org">www.capri25national.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Arial Unicode MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>This employs a webserver trick
(virtualhosts) so the McDonagh’s (who subsidize hosting of wyc.org) would
need to make a minor change to their server’s configuration, and the
domain owner (Eric?) would have to update DNS to point to the McDonagh server.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=red face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:red'>== Craig A. Smith </span></font><a
href="mailto:craig.a.smith@honeywell.com"><font size=2><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>mailto:craig.a.smith@honeywell.com</span></font></a><font size=2
color=red><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'> <br>
Principal Web Strategist, Honeywell Solid State Electronics Center </span></font><a
href="http://www.ssec.honeywell.com/"><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://www.ssec.honeywell.com/</span></font></a><font
size=2 color=red><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'> <br>
Office 763-954-2895 Cell 612.518.2200 FAX 763-954-2313 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
capri25-bounces@lists.wyc.org [mailto:capri25-bounces@lists.wyc.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Dutch Bull<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, May 16, 2005 3:13 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Eric Roubal; <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">capri25@lists.wyc.org</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Capri25]capri25.net</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>As regatta co-chair, I would be inclinded to
shut it down. I really do not believe we will attract any out of town boats
through that web site. Any interest we get will more likely come from the WYC
Capri website. I assume most search engines would direct people to our
site especially if the other site is shut down. Time to get started on
planning this years regatta. I'll put something out very
soon......................Dutch Bull</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
capri25-bounces@lists.wyc.org [mailto:capri25-bounces@lists.wyc.org]<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Eric Roubal<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, May 16, 2005 2:36 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">capri25@lists.wyc.org</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Capri25]capri25.net</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Arial Unicode MS"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Arial Unicode MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"'>The capri25.net site hosting contract is
about to expire. Joel had previously paid for all the setup,
hosting, and domain name expenses for a year of hosting and 2 years of domain
name registration (<a href="http://www.capri25.net">www.capri25.net</a>
and <a href="http://www.capri25national.org">www.capri25national.org</a>).
We need to collectively decide if we want to continue the national site and to
fund it somehow. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Arial Unicode MS"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"'>At this point, there are no further
setup costs (I've been maintaining the site), and I've been able to reconfigure
the hosting contract to use a cheaper yearly plan. Thus the new
yearly expenses will total $63 a year. This coming Friday, the site will
be shut down.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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