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In article <1joucsINNf5g@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu>
bryan@notorious.rs.itd.umich.edu (Bryan Beecher) writes:

:As the new chief of the MI.ORG domain, I'd like to make a suggestion:  Let's
:get rid of the domain!

Aigh!!  I like mi.org, and its relative flexibility.  I can relocate
my site within Michigan and not feel compelled to change my name
'cause I happen to enter a different city.  The addressing is
certainly less awkward.

:Seriously, I think it might be time that the domain be retired.  The folks at
:ISI do a pretty good job with the MI.US domain.  Any time I have sent mail
:to them, I've always gotten a prompt, courteous reply.

Currently, there are more mi.org email sites than mi.us sites, from
what I can divine from nslookup.  (Of course, with mi.us one can do
subnetting).  I remember hearing at one of the SEMiSLUGs (from Steve
Simmons, possibly), that some of the well-managed domain parks like
lonestar.org, mn.org, and mi.org, might be given regional control by
the ISI people.  This was awhile back.

:MI.US is becoming increasingly populated.  High schools around Michigan are
:getting connected, and they are part of the domain.  There was also a lot of
:talk at the last IETF about reserving the EDU domain for four-year colleges
:and universities, and placing other schools under <state>.US.

Ahhh...  the three high schools that I see in your DNS seem to be
under k12.mi.us, rather than some-city.mi.us.  How do the people who
run .ca feel about a k13.{province}.ca for their high schools?

:How would people feel about a slow transition to remove the MI.ORG domain
:in favor of the MI.US domain?  I'd still be willing to act as a front-end
:for people who needed some help getting registered.

I am not in favor of it.  Of course, I realize that you're doing all
the work involved -- for our information, how much work IS involved?

						...Mike

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