[sudo-discuss] Domain Name: sudoroom.org

[Jenny Ryan]

I can do it. Also, we have the money :)


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On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 4:40 PM, danarauz at gmail.com <danarauz at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The Business Assistance Center is here to serve you!  We welcome you to
> visit us in person, or make a request for assistance online via our request
> form.
>
> Oakland Business Assistance Center
> 270 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
> 510.238.7952
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> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 2:24 PM, J Clark <hello at sl-co.com> wrote:
>
>> Jake,
>>
>> I sent a note to the discuss list a week or so ago with links and amounts
>> needed, to hopefully make this easy. The bottom line: get it started ASAP
>> because it takes a month or so to complete.
>>
>> And Patrik, yes CCL will need to do this too. In fact every group at Omni
>> that takes money (members, rent, selling stuff) will need to do it.
>>
>>   judi
>>
>> -------- My prior note --------
>>
>> A business license is something you apply for at the City of Oakland.
>> Straightforward process, requires filing a form and paying a $60 fee, then
>> running a notice in a local (authorized) printed newspaper for some number
>> of days, then the City sends you a paper saying you're licensed to do
>> business. You should have one already (within 30 days of starting your
>> business).
>>
>>
>> http://oaklandbusinesscenter.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=63&Itemid=59
>> or PDF online:
>> http://www.oaklandnet.com/government/fwawebsite/revenue/revenue_newbiaapp.htm
>>
>> If you file the papers with the City then wait a couple of days before
>> doing the posting in, say, the Oakland Tribune (for something like $70?),
>> some other outfit will send a postcard advertising the same service for
>> closer to $35 or $40. I used them last time I filed and it worked just fine.
>>
>> Note that this will also tick the box that tells the City to send
>> business tax notices too.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 9/3/15 2:14 PM, Jake wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 3 Sep 2015, Marc Juul wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 12:52 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> <jake at spaz.org>
>> wrote:
>>       there is a risk that the current owner of our domain could "drop"
>> it, which would send it immediately to auction where we might lose it to
>> squatters, unless we
>>       pay huge money to get it back.
>>
>>       for this reason i suggest that we go the route of getting the host
>> to hand it over to us because we are a "business" and we own the name.
>> Lots of people have
>>       said they know how to do this, has anyone started the process?
>>
>>       in the meantime, i think that people should NOT contact this person
>> on twitter without prior discussion and agreement at a meeting.
>>
>>       I think we should ask godaddy to hand it over now, and see what
>> they say in response.  Maybe they'll say "we require a business license
>> from the city" or maybe
>>       they'll say "here you go"
>>
>>       have we even tried yet?
>>
>> Yes I spent quite a while on the phone with them and they do require a
>> business license.
>>
>>
>> good answer.  Let's get a business license right away!
>>
>> who knows how to get a business license for sudoroom?
>>
>> who wants to go and actually get the business license?
>>
>> who wants to pay for the business license (we need money)?
>>
>> -jake
>>
>>
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