<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Joanna, <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Erik's advice is more generic and doesn’t apply in this case with Gaia. It should apply, but Gaia’s setup was criminally bad—literally, I believe. I would urge anyone to get in on a class action suit if that arises. The domain names should never have been registered in Gaia’s name, and releasing the domains for transfer should not require manual processing by Gaia. The customer is supposed to be able to orchestrate this on their own.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am dismayed to hear your experience with Be. It shows Charles did not plan this out with them. My clients asked for authorization codes to transfer before the deadline, and Charles never complied. We’re hoping the Be migration will actually work, and that we’ll have proper access to the domain registrations afterward. Based on your experience, I am not too hopeful.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It may be prudent to begin setting up an alternative website with a new domain name. This is what I have suggested to my clients on Gaia, even while we pursue the migration to Be.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">Best,</div><div class="">Greg Perham</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 15, 2019, at 4:59 PM, joanna campe via Hidden-discuss <<a href="mailto:hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net" class="">hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">Hi Erik,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">Thank you so much for your suggestions.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">As far as I can tell I can't do anything without an authorization code. I have spoken with our current host, Hostgator, and they gave me those two options that I mentioned. My intention is to migrate the website over to Dreamhost to save a tremendous amount of money that I pay for security with Sitelock.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><br class=""></div><span style="" class="">I suggest that you give them a call. Or better yet, if you have your username and password, login to the site and release the transfer lock and turn off any privacy settings. You should then be able to authorize the transfer.</span></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><font class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><br class=""></span></font><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4" face="garamond, times new roman, serif" class="">I did call Wild West domains and I see that aside from myself they said the same thing to another person on this listserv, that they can't do anything about it. <span style="" class="">I'm not quite sure I understand what you are referring to here since I don't actually have an account with Wild West Domains, but what I will do is pass this on to my </span><span style="" class="">volunteer</span><span style="" class=""> IT team and see if there is something here that we haven't already done.</span></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">I had an issue with B<span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 13px;" class="">e</span> Cooperative as far as transferring the domain, and they sent me back with a ticket to GaiaHost, which makes no sense because they seem to have shut down and they're not in communication. It says the ticket is being processed but it's just an automatic response and obviously nothing is going on there. I was reluctant to transfer my domains to them, because they didn't want to do it unless I was going to stay with them and they also want to host you. I decided to consider that until I found that the telephone number and all kinds of other things weren't following through. They don't seem to be quite established yet in a way that is inspiring confidence.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">Thanks again, I appreciate any further advice that I receive here on the listserv.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">My best,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"> Joanna</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><br class=""></div><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><font face="garamond, serif" size="4" class="">Joanna Campe<br class="">Executive Director<br class="">Remineralize the Earth<br class="">152 South Street<br class="">Northampton, MA 01060 USA </font></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><font face="garamond, serif" size="4" class="">Tel: 413-563-9938</font><div class=""><div class=""><font face="garamond, serif" size="4" class="">Skype: reminearth<br class="">Email: <a href="mailto:jcampe@remineralize.org" target="_blank" class="">jcampe@remineralize.org</a><br class=""><a href="http://www.remineralize.org/" target="_blank" class="">http://www.remineralize.org</a><div style="display:inline-block;width:16px;height:16px" class=""> </div></font></div></div><div class=""><font face="garamond, serif" size="4" class=""><div style="display:inline-block;width:16px;height:16px" class=""><br class=""></div></font></div><div class=""><font face="garamond, serif" size="4" class=""><b class="">Book</b></font></div><div class=""><font face="garamond, serif" size="4" class="">Geotherapy: Innovative Methods of Soil Fertility Restoration, Carbon Sequestration, and Reversing CO2 Increase</font></div><div class=""><font face="garamond, serif" size="4" class=""><a href="http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781466595392" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" class="">http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781466595392</a> </font></div><div class=""><font face="garamond, serif" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="garamond, serif" size="4" class="">Please support us on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/RTE" target="_blank" class="">Patr</a></font><span style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large" class=""><a href="https://www.patreon.com/RTE" target="_blank" class="">e</a></span><span style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large" class=""><a href="https://www.patreon.com/RTE" target="_blank" class="">on</a>.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large" class=""><br class=""></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 3:45 PM Erik Jonsberg <<a href="mailto:erik@hungryghostconsulting.com" class="">erik@hungryghostconsulting.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space" class="">Hi Joanna,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I just did a quick lookup of your domain on ICANN. It says that domain registrar is <a href="https://www.wildwestdomains.com/" target="_blank" class="">Wild West Domains, LLC</a>. Their customer support number is (480) 624-2500.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I suggest that you give them a call. Or better yet, if you have your username and password, login to the site and release the transfer lock and turn off any privacy settings. You should then be able to authorize the transfer.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’m not sure what Gaia Host is talking about. Someone else on this list might be better able to answer that. I’ve never heard of a domain registrar forcing clients to go to court over domain transfers. What exactly did they say? What is their reasoning? It looks like Gaia Host is shutting down, or has shut down and they’re asking everyone to move their sites to BeCooperative.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Anyway, if you want your site up on a different host quickly, you can login to your registrar and change the nameservers to point to your new host. No need to transfer. Your current nameservers are listed on <a href="https://lookup.icann.org/" target="_blank" class="">ICANN</a> - just plug in your domain name and you find all of your relevant registration info.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Sorry I couldn’t have been more helpful.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- Erik</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
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