Nominet are involved in several new TLDs, but they are going to be running the new TLDs for Wales. Earlier today Nominet confirmed the launch date for both .cymru and .wales – September 1st 2014. The launch will be done in phases with general availability (GA) being planned for Q1 2015 Here’s the launch phases:… Continue reading Welsh New TLDs To Launch September
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Lesley Cowley To Step Down From Nominet
Nominet CEO Lesley Cowley is leaving the company. Ms Cowley, who has been with Nominet for more than 15 years will depart in July. Nominet hasn’t appointed her replacement yet. Here’s the release: Nominet is announcing the departure of Lesley Cowley OBE as CEO. The Nominet Board acknowledges the contribution Lesley has made to establish… Continue reading Lesley Cowley To Step Down From Nominet
Nominet Board Elections Are Go
Nominet’s board election process kicks off today. 13th March – nominations open 31st March – nominations close 25th April – voting opens 21st May voting closes This year there are two non-executive director positions up for grabs I’m not 100% sure whose term is up, but the current makeup of the Nominet board is here
Nominet Launch Pilot Of Security Service
Nominet, the UK domain registry, have announced a pilot of their new “cyber security” service aimed at small business. The new service which is being marketed under the moniker of “Nominet Cyber Assist”. The service was first announced back in February. It’s not clear if Nominet intend to charge for the service once the 3… Continue reading Nominet Launch Pilot Of Security Service
Nominet Delegates First Batch of Reserved .uk Domains
While Nominet won’t officially be launching “direct UK” until next year they’ve already started delegating some of the domains. Apparently 69 names were requested by the UK government and the first of these were delegated recently: Nominet has delegated the new second-level .uk domain names royal.uk, princeofwales.uk, supremecourt.uk and jcpc.uk to the Royal Household, the… Continue reading Nominet Delegates First Batch of Reserved .uk Domains
Nominet Launch Bullying and Trolling Education Campaign
Nominet, the UK domain name registry, has launched an educational campaign on the impact of cyber-bullying and trolling via its educational site “Know the ‘net“. According to research conducted on their behalf 2 out of 3 teenagers have been affected, but most would not go to their parents or teachers for advice or help. Full… Continue reading Nominet Launch Bullying and Trolling Education Campaign
Nominet Appoints Chief Commercial Officer
Nominet, the .uk domain name registry, has announced the appointment of Jill Finney as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). From their announcement: The CCO role has been newly created as we aim to build on our strengths as an internationally-respected registry and respond to the challenges of a liberalised domain name market. As part of her… Continue reading Nominet Appoints Chief Commercial Officer
Nominet Registrar Conference Video
Nominet have made available the video of their registrar conference: The consultation on “Direct UK” is still ongoing
Transparency Fail – Nominet’s Registrar Meeting On Direct UK
Today Nominet held their annual registrar conference. Unlike other year’s there was only one topic on the agenda: The Direct UK Consultation. I wrote about my issues with the proposal a while back and Edwin Hayward has collected pretty much all references to it in both blogs and mainstream media here. While I was not… Continue reading Transparency Fail – Nominet’s Registrar Meeting On Direct UK
Nominet To Hold Consultations On “Direct.uk” With Stakeholders
Nominet, who operate .uk, have announced plans for a number of “roundtables” on their “direct.uk” proposal, which we covered recently. There will be events held in London, Cardiff, Manchester and Belfast. An “open house” is also planned for 8 November in London. Full details of the various events are on the Nominet site Later in… Continue reading Nominet To Hold Consultations On “Direct.uk” With Stakeholders