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Anyone up for it? I'm in the middle of a house move, so probably not good timing for me to try standing again.

Agreed, it only seems to be designed to help the big guys who are chasing the registrant who is changing registrar every year to save a few pennies, nothing to help anyone else.

It very much depends on what's dropping on that day, if there are good domains on the cards, then it's unlikely that anyone will want to give over a cheap catch slot when they could go for a domain with good value. Best bet is to approach those who have offered service in the past. Book it...

A domain is only worth what someone will pay for it, if it's brandable or a nice word, then possibly worth a lot, if not, it could be worth less than your catch fee. Do you want the domain for your own project or to sell on? If it's for your own project, then the value depends very much on...

If it's going to drop, then book in as many places as you can, it's all about getting the reg request in first, so getting as many catchers as possible working on your behalf instead of someone else gives you the best shot. As you appear to have appreciated, not all catchers restrict a catch...

Have to agree, the days of automated feeds I think are long gone, Google's getting too smart these days to do much automation. WordPress used to be pants, but has matured well over the last few years and the code has been cleaned up significantly. The auto-update makes it much easier for the...

Would be an interesting read, I had many simple FSB and similar sites, however, due to apathy, my usual Amazon commission email says no commission earned, it would be good to start turning these back on, even a few quid a time would be incentive to keep going.

Well with that over, back to the original question, anyone up for standing?

OK, I'll bite, explain to me what benefit it would bring to a small business to put forward someone to sit on a Nominet committee just to be a yes man? I can see it being a "jolly" to an employee of a large registrar in a similar way that a NED "appears" to be handed around the big players and...

I hope they never split the tagholder and membership, without needing to be a member, then it becomes just a financial transaction, we need people who care, we've seen what leaving it down to the number crunchers has done already over the last 5-10 years. If I did put myself forward, then I...

Of course not, just as I didn't think if I'd got the NED position a few years ago that I'd have changed Nominet from the inside all by just turning up to a meeting. What makes you think that the 2 "middle tier" seats are going to be Nominet yes men?

Out of interest, have you attended any of the Nominet events and actually met or worked with any of them? I've disagreed with many of them on policy over the years, but they've all been really nice people (even Russell and Eleanor!)

Agreed, we need to get Nominet back to being a registry and loose all the spin off's. I personally do fear a 2nd EGM will look more of a hostile takeover and ring bells with government and the last thing we want is one of Boris's mates "appointed" to Nominet. I'd support an EGM though if well...

I've only met David a couple of times, so can't really comment on him as a person, but as I read it, these are not positions with a fancy expense account and directors fees. If you separate members and tag holders then you are in effect handing control of the UK registry over to those who you...

I know it's advisory, but shouldn't we at least be putting some people in there? If there's no 2nd EGM or it fails then we'll need to have people putting our viewpoint across in as many places as possible. I can see the 2 "large" positions being stooges, but the 2 other positions are more...

Not seen that - link / details?

Who's up for standing? They are asking for 2 from the secondary market and it suggests one member one vote so a good chance for secondary market representation if anyone's up for it. I know it's not what the push for EGM wanted, but we need to engage with them at as many levels as possible...

It's like any other audit, as long as you have all the relevant information required by your registrar level, it's just a formality and nothing to concern yourself with. They actually audit me twice as I have 2 TAG's.

Interesting, given xdnet suggested they were working for ofcom then surely it should have been a paid gig, not a freebee? Are there enough accounting records published and someone with the necessary finance skills to track where the money actually went? I'm no accountant, but none of this seems...

I'm not saying Nominet staff are incapable of doing a non domain name related project, just that it's outside the remit of the company and if Nominet want to compete for outside work, then a review of the company structure needs to take place beforehand, not after the event. There's ways to do...