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[nanashiRei <nanashi.rei AT gmail.com>]

If it ever happens, that OpenNIC gets funded, then:

- We should use some of it, to get IPv4 an IPv6 addresses that do, as
you described, auto assignment based on geo location. This would remove
a lot of confusion and add to the trust a user will have into this. Just
imagine yourself finding OpenNIC reading all the cool stuff that it
"could" do, then you click on the link to the DNS list and ... your
world crumbles down. Why? A non-geek user must be like: "What the hell
is this?!". And if they find IPs on other pages stating they are OpenNIC
T2 DNS servers users will have a hard to confirming authenticity of
these, because basically, they are 100% random.

- We also should consider developing a real-time monitoring solution and
a publicly available page for it. This way everyone could see how active
OpenNIC is and how much of a "second world" is going on. I'm aware we
have some status information, but it's rather boring to look at and i
can imagine most users won't even understand it. (It need colors HTML5
flashyness and must be made out of pure gold :P)

- I hate advertising, i never did it for myself, but for OpenNIC it's
going to be required. In a very short sentence: If we don't get around
1% of the web to at least know we exist, then we are worth less then Tor
or your local tool store where you've never have seen another customer
besides yourself. More activity equals user interest.

So, yes i think as long as there is proper management and somehow proven
usage of the fund, then there is in my opinion absolutely nothing to say
against it. Just remember money destroys friendships! So keep an eye on
things.

Am 04.12.2012 13:07, schrieb Travis McCrea:
> The Kopimist Church of Idaho is willing to establish a fund for the
> OpenNIC Project which can be used for servers, marketing, or whatever
> the group decides. This would be a part of our missionary work to
> promote our values of free culture and an open internet.
> 
> We are a registered US 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, which means that
> we could do fundraising and we wouldn't have to go through the $500+
> process of getting OpenNIC itself registered as a 501(c)3.
> 
> As I am sure that some donors might not like the idea of their donations
> going to support other Kopimist Church projects, so we would establish a
> fund that serves the OpenNIC Project directly. We could set you up with
> paypal buttons, bitcoin links, etc which can be used on the website and
> then we will have those funds earmarked for OpenNIC project stuff.
> 
> To go along with the previous email on the website and marketing
> ourselves, I think that OpenNIC needs to do some campaigning and maybe
> even some advertising and stuff to market our services. Having funds to
> do that might help. Or maybe fund a couple of those IP addresses that
> Julian was talking about which would allow everyone to use the same 2 ip
> addresses and it would automatically assign them to the closest DNS
> server (like what Google does with 8.8.8.8 / 8.8.4.4).
> 
> I know this might be controversial so I am just going to leave this here
> and let you decide what you want to do.
> 
> 
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