Nominet is coming under fire again.A group of Nominet critics, headed by Krystal hosting's Simon Blackler are mounting a campaign to oust members of Nominet's board including the CEO.The campaign purports to be focussed on the "public benefit" aspect of Nominet and is using the domain PublicBenefit.uk to lay out its goals and collect support from Nominet members for … [Read more...] about Nominet Under Fire (Again)
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Nominet Shutters Member Forum Without Warning
Nominet is holding its AGM today. As expected the event is being held online and is being streamed.A short time ago Nominet's CEO announced that they were closing the member forum with immediate effect.So the only online space where Nominet members, staff and board could interact has now gone:Prior to the launch of the forum several years ago Nominet members … [Read more...] about Nominet Shutters Member Forum Without Warning
Nominet Election Nominations Open
The nomination period for the election to Nominet's Board has opened. This year the election is for one non-executive director (NED). While only Nominet members can nominate people or vote in the election Board members do not need to be members of Nominet.The AGM is scheduled to be held in London on September 22nd.Full details of the process is included in the … [Read more...] about Nominet Election Nominations Open
Nominet Releases Updated ccTLD Map
I love data and when it's easy to consume I love it even more.Nominet have been producing a world map with a slight difference for the last few years. Their map displays the countries with their size related to the number of domains in their ccTLD. What that means is that countries that in reality are quite small end up appearing to be quite big, while some quite large … [Read more...] about Nominet Releases Updated ccTLD Map
Nominet Opens Consultation on Policy Changes
Nominet, the .uk domain name registry, has opened a public consultation period on a number of potential policy changes.There are three specific policy proposals that they are soliciting feedback on:Reducing the use of .UK domain names for phishing attacksImplementing law enforcement landing pages following suspensions for criminal activityImplementing a .UK drop list to … [Read more...] about Nominet Opens Consultation on Policy Changes
Nominet and Brexit
Nominet, the .uk domain registry, is well aware of the possible implications of Brexit. Earlier today they sent out a reminder email to registrars to underline the options:In the case of a "no deal" BrexitIn the case of Brexit with a deal, but without specific provisions covering the transfer of personal dataEssentially if the worst comes to happen then they will … [Read more...] about Nominet and Brexit
Nominet Releases Data on Right of Registration Release
When Nominet decided to offer "direct' registrations under .uk they made the decision to reserve the right of registration (ROR) for existing *.uk registrants for a 5 year period. What that meant was that if you had johndoe.co.uk then you had first call on johndoe.uk and you had the right to exercise that "call" for 5 years. Personally while I liked the idea of the "right of … [Read more...] about Nominet Releases Data on Right of Registration Release
Nominet Non-Exec Election Nominations Open
Nominet's non-executive directors elections are kicking off. This year the election is for one NED for a 3 year term.There are 4 elected non-executive directors serving on the Nominet Board, with only one whose term expires this cycle:Kelly SalterJames BladelVolker Greimann (term expires this cycle and he can stand for another term)David ThorntonFull details on the … [Read more...] about Nominet Non-Exec Election Nominations Open
Nominet Loses dotBlog Registry
The .blog registry informed their registrars earlier today that they're switching their backend to Centralnic from Nominet (There's also a blog post that's public here). The change will probably take place in August, though an exact date hasn't been announced.Since prior to its launch the .blog registry has been using Nominet as their registry service provider. … [Read more...] about Nominet Loses dotBlog Registry
UK Right of Registration Ends June 25th
It's been nearly 5 years since Nominet introduced direct domain registrations in .uk. The introduction of .uk was very contentious as I wrote at the time.As part of the rollout the registry decided to give registrants of pre-existing .co.uk domains a pre-emptive right to the equivalent .uk domain name. While other country code registries, such as .nz, opted for shorter … [Read more...] about UK Right of Registration Ends June 25th