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. Over the course of the … [Read more...] about Kieren McCarthy Elected to Nominet Board
RIPE Seeking Hosts for 2023 and 2024
RIPE is on the lookout for hosts for some of its upcoming meetings. Right now they're specifically looking for hosts for two meetings: RIPE 87 which is to run from November 27th 2023 to December 1st 2023 and RIPE 88 which is scheduled from 13th to 17th of May 2024. You can read more about what's involved here. … [Read more...] about RIPE Seeking Hosts for 2023 and 2024
Nordic Domain Days Announces 2023 Dates
Nordic Domain Days will be held next year in Stockholm in May 2023. When? May 8th and 9th, with some welcome events and dinner on the 7th Where? Stockholm, Sweden Further details about the event will be released over the coming weeks and months, but for now you can pencil the dates in. … [Read more...] about Nordic Domain Days Announces 2023 Dates
NewFold Digital to Acquire Mark Monitor
Mark Monitor is to be acquired by NewFold Digital from its current owners Clarivate. Mark Monitor is one of the longest established corporate domain name registrars and provides services to many of the Fortune 500 companies. The deal sees the company swapping hands for $302.5 million. The company was originally founded in Boise back in 1999. It was previously acquired … [Read more...] about NewFold Digital to Acquire Mark Monitor
Africa DNS Forum to be Held in Nairobi
For the past two years the Africa DNS forum, like so many other events, switched to a virtual event format. This year, however, the event will be held in person in Nairobi, Kenya. When? 5-6 October Where? Nairobi, Kenya Full information about the event will be available on the official event site here. Registration is free. I was at the last "in person" … [Read more...] about Africa DNS Forum to be Held in Nairobi
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 DaviesVolker GreimannKieren McCarthy While anyone can be nominated to the … [Read more...] about Nominet Election Candidates 2022 Finally Announced
Nominet Taking RDAP Out of Beta
Nominet, the .uk domain registry, has been running RDAP (Registration Data Access Protocol) for over a year in public beta. They're now moving to it out of beta and adding it to the IANA bootstrap which will mean that it'll be readily accessible by anyone using an RDAP client. RDAP is the new, technical protocol that replaces whois. As it's XML JSON based it's 100% machine … [Read more...] about Nominet Taking RDAP Out of Beta
ICANN Still Insisting Their Waiver is “Normal”
Prior to the ICANN meeting in The Hague I wrote a couple of times about their insane waiver. I wrote to ICANN's CEO and the Chair of the ICANN Board, but that went nowhere. We even filed a reconsideration request along with the .na domain registry, but that was also rejected. And we were not alone. The ALAC also wrote to ICANN's Board formally about the waiver (full text … [Read more...] about ICANN Still Insisting Their Waiver is “Normal”
RIPE 85 Registration Now Open
The next RIPE meeting is being held in Belgrade, Serbia. As they've been doing for the last couple of meetings RIPE is offering two options: Onsite in person attendancevirtual online attendance It's 100% free to attend the meeting online, while attending in person for the full week costs €350. Based on past experience with RIPE meetings that's €350 well spent, as they … [Read more...] about RIPE 85 Registration Now Open
NamesCon Agenda Published
NamesCon will be held in Austin, Texas from August 31st to September 3rd. Yesterday the event organisers published the agenda, though it still has a few gaps. So what's on the agenda? There's a combination of keynotes, smaller panels and of course an auction. NamesCon is primarily focussed on domain investors so the schedule reflects topics that you'd … [Read more...] about NamesCon Agenda Published