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I was contacted on Thursday by someone called Elaine, claiming to be from a company called Sheersite in Plymouth. The UK Telephone directory contains the following entries under that name for Plymouth: SHEERSITE LTD, 19 Beaumont Hall Greenbank Av. 01752) 269886 SHEERSITE LTD FAX. (01752) 254345 although I am unable to say whether this company was the actual source of the call made to us. The subject of the call was a claim that someone else had contacted Sheersite wanting to register ourmuseum.com as a domain, and had not left a contact number with them, and they were now trying to trace the source of that call. No attempt was made to sell us a domain, but I made it clear at the very outset of the call that we would not be interested in registering a domain anyway. I am unable to say whether or not the call from Sheersite was genuine, or some sort of scam. Alasdair A Joyce, Senior Museums Officer The Moray Council, Forres, Scotland [log in to unmask] http://www.moray.org/museums/ ---------- From: David Dawson <[log in to unmask]> To: 'MCG mailbase' <[log in to unmask]>; 'GEM' <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Domain names Date: 20 July 2000 17:04 Dear all I understand that a number of museums have been approached by a company saying that a domain name for their museums name (ie www.museumname.co.uk ) has been asked for by a third party, giving the museum the option to reserve the domain name first for a fee of £99. Standard fees at the moment are £10 for 2 years for a .co.uk or a .org.uk address at the very cheapest end of the market. The offer may not be in the best interests of the museum. David David Dawson Senior ICT Adviser Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries Fifth Floor, 19-29 Woburn Place London WC1H 0LU email: [log in to unmask] tel: 020 7273 8757 (direct line) www.resource.gov.uk www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk ---------- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%