This year's Nominet Board elections will be for two non-executive directors (NEDs). As usual the seats are open to anyone and they don't need to be a Nominet member to be elected, though only Nominet members get to vote.The full slate of nominees was announced earlier this afternoon. With 6 candidates running for 2 seats this will be one of the more hotly contested … [Read more...] about Candidates for Nominet Elections Announced
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Nominations for Nominet Board Elections Open
The nomination period for non-executive directors to the Nominet Board opened yesterday. The Nominet Board is made up of appointees and member elected representatives. The number of positions up for election in any given year tends to vary. This year there are two positions up for election due to members' terms.While both Non-Executive Directors could serve another term on … [Read more...] about Nominations for Nominet Board Elections Open
Nominet Announces Newly Formed Advisory Council
Yesterday Nominet announced who would be members of the newly formed ".UK Registry Advisory Council".The Council was announced several months ago, but the actual selection process for members only concluded last week.Unlike with the Board elections where all members vote to select one or more representatives from across the entire Nominet membership, the UKRAC's … [Read more...] about Nominet Announces Newly Formed Advisory Council
Nominet Under Fire (Again)
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)
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