Nominet are currently seeking feedback from members and the public on governance matters:The governance review, which we announced last year, led by Professor Bob Garratt, is making good progress. As part of that process, we have engaged an independent company, Mutuo, to conduct research into stakeholders' views on governance. The results of this research will be … [Read more...] about Nominet Seeking Feedback on Governance
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Nominet Are Hiring
Considering all the "doom and gloom" floating around at the moment, it's nice to see that Nominet have a vacancy.They're currently seeking applicants for the role of "Director of IT".Full details on their site. … [Read more...] about Nominet Are Hiring
Nominet Board Member Resigns
Jim Davies, who was at the centre of a recent debacle involving Nominet, has tendered his resignation from the board. In a letter to Bob Gilbert, which Mr Davies also posted to a members' mailing list this afternoon, Davies cited his continued disagreement with the Board's conduct and that of the organisation's executives as reasons for his resignation. Oddly enough no mention … [Read more...] about Nominet Board Member Resigns
NZRS Appoints Jay Daley CEO
NZRS, which runs the .nz registry, has announced the appointment of Jay Daley as CEO.Mr Daley was previously Director of IT at Nominet. … [Read more...] about NZRS Appoints Jay Daley CEO
More Nominet Jigs and Reels
In the lead up to Nominet's AGM earlier this year I mentioned some of the squabbling.While we may have had a respite, it's now "open season" once again.The latest news is that some people are pushing a vote of no confidence in the current Nominet board and demanding that an EGM be called.What exactly happened?As usual trying to make sense of any debacles that breakout on the … [Read more...] about More Nominet Jigs and Reels
Namesco Ripping Off Registrants
Nominet does not charge registrars anything to retag a domain name (ie. release the domain to another registrar / provider) .I've mentioned this previously, but I wasn't expecting to hear about this kind of money grabbing from companies operating out of Ireland.Unfortunately the acquisition of Register365 by Names.co.uk (part of the Dada group) means that anyone who is … [Read more...] about Namesco Ripping Off Registrants
Nominet Registrar Conference Registration Now Open
Image via WikipediaNominet's annual registrar conference will be held in Wembley Stadium on November 19th 2008.The day's agenda will cover topics such as marketing UK domains, ENUM, the future of UK domains and will include the presentation of the 2nd annual Domain Name Industry Report.Further details and registration information is available on the Nominet site. Related … [Read more...] about Nominet Registrar Conference Registration Now Open
Nominet Official Launch of ENUM in UK
Nominet has officially launched ENUM.Nominet sent an email to its registrars earlier today making the announcement official, although much of the marketing collateral had been on the Nominet site since yesterday (if not earlier).Further information on Enum in the UK may be found on the Nominet site. … [Read more...] about Nominet Official Launch of ENUM in UK
Has the time come to redelegate IE namespace?
I've written extensively about the IE namespace and its current registry operator - IEDR in the past. While I've always tried to be fair and balanced in my coverage of the issues facing the IE namespace I'm afraid my patience with the current registry operator has worn thin.While things may have improved over the course of the last few years it is becoming abundantly … [Read more...] about Has the time come to redelegate IE namespace?
Vint Cert Visits Nominet and Oxford Internet Institute
Image via WikipediaThe Nominet management blog is always a good source of thoughtful and interesting posts.The latest one, by Lesley Cowley, Nominet's CEO, covers Vint Cerf's recent visit to their offices and a talk he gave at the Oxford Internet Institute.As can be expected IPv6 and the depletion of IPv4 was on the agenda.You can read the full post over on the Nominet blog … [Read more...] about Vint Cert Visits Nominet and Oxford Internet Institute