Nominations for Nominet’s Registry Advisory Council Close Friday

Nominet, the .uk domain registry, is currently seeking nominations for the .UK Registry Advisory Council (RAC). The RAC’s membership is divided into 3 cohorts: large registrars, mid-small and secondary market. This year the elections are for one representative for each segment. The deadline for nomination is 1700 on Friday 19th April. Only Nominet members can… Continue reading Nominations for Nominet’s Registry Advisory Council Close Friday

Kieren McCarthy Elected to Nominet Board

Last Friday the elections for Nominet’s Board closed. There were three candidates for one position as a non-executive director (NED), with two lawyers and a journalist running. As I mentioned previously one of the topics that candidates were quite vocal about was Nominet’s investment and subsequent sale of their cyber security interests in the US.… Continue reading Kieren McCarthy Elected to Nominet Board

Nominet Election Candidates 2022 Finally Announced

This year Nominet’s non-executive director election is for one seat on the board. For reasons that aren’t 100% clear the announcement of the candidates took quite a bit longer than normal, with the list only being made official in the last week. So who is running for election this time round? Jim Davies Volker Greimann… Continue reading Nominet Election Candidates 2022 Finally Announced

Nominet NED Nominations Open

Nominations for this year’s Nominet non-executive director (NED) elections have opened. This year there is one position to be filled. As usual the nomination and voting is only open to Nominet members, however non-members can be nominated and elected. Over the past year or so there’s been quite a few changes at Nominet including the… Continue reading Nominet NED Nominations Open

Nominet Suspends Russian Registrars

Nominet has unilaterally decided to suspend all its Russian registrars. As far as I can tell there’s no legal obligation on Nominet to take action against registrars based in Russia, but they’ve decided to suspend them. However they’re also claiming that they don’t want to impact existing registrations. With the Russian registrars suspended there’s no… Continue reading Nominet Suspends Russian Registrars

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