Grex Coop Conference Item 369

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Proposal: Decommission Grex.

Sep 22 16:29 UTC 2022

I propose that we shut Grex down permanently.

Usage has declined significantly, and no one is
maintaining it.  There are other spaces online that
have grown to subsume its original mission.  The
non-profit behind it has been defunct for 7 years.

My suggestion is that we state publicly that it'll
be taken down, then give folks six months or so to
login and get whatever data they want to keep.  At
the end of that, we have an online party where we
shut it down for the last time.

We hang on to the domain names for another six
months or so, and then sell them; in accordance
with the bylaws, we donate the proceeds and whatever
money is in the PayPal account to charity.

Thoughts?

19 responses total.

ball

response 1 of 19:

Sep 23 01:20 UTC 2022

    I would be sad to see it go but I understand that there
are costs associated with Grex on-line.  If we have to say
goodbye, a managed shutdown is a better fate than some other
places experience.

papa

response 2 of 19:

Sep 23 01:29 UTC 2022

I agree with ball.

rak

response 3 of 19:

Sep 23 11:54 UTC 2022

I too would be sad to see it go, but understand the costs
involved and agree with ball.

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