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    Reza Sobati Nominet Vote

    Thanks for the comment. I don't think anyone has described me as a 'domainer hater' before, so I'm slightly unsure where that comes from. The term is widely used to mean lots of different things from site development (I'm no huge fan of PPC sites that basically add no value; but I've never...
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    Domaining, dropcatching and the secondary market

    .scot and .cym would involve going through the ICANN process which could very well put in different restrictions.. I'm not sure to what extent that would be Nominet's choice.. We could find the Welsh & Scottish communities want local presence requirements, etc. (I have no info on this at all...
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    Domaining, dropcatching and the secondary market

    I assume you mean Scottish Parliament elections :) I'm not sure that another outcome at the elections would have affected the Scottish campaign for .scot to be honest. I don't think it's a question of bypassing the .uk SLD policy.. I suspect they would prefer .scot anyway. seb
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    Domaining, dropcatching and the secondary market

    Ok.. so some people argue "why should these people create profit from purely speculating.. adding no value.. to a name..?" I suspect domainers would argue they do add value by developing traffic to the sites, etc.. but that's the view many people have. It's a bit like a new country.. and a...
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    Domaining, dropcatching and the secondary market

    Indeed. However policies can control the speed at which it will run out.. IPv4 is a classing example of how control can help. We don't "create" .scot.uk and .cym.uk because there is a policy that was put into place about how they are done.. so it's not a simple issue. I also suspect Scottish...
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    Domaining, dropcatching and the secondary market

    Quite.. and in most individual cases you can name, there's nothing wrong.. but when you look at it "in the bigger picture" finding a domain name which is good is difficult.. This isn't just a generics issue.. The fact is it's a lot easier to register a good limited company name than a domain...
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    Domaining, dropcatching and the secondary market

    You may not agree with it (most domainers probably wouldn't) but you should see the views some registrants come up with in frustration of getting a decent domain.. Of course they want a 'nicer' name.. The argument is that few people hold 'nice' names which is 'bad for society'. (I'm not...
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    Domaining, dropcatching and the secondary market

    There's at two ways of looking at domainers which explains this thinking: 1. Domainers are speculators who use up resources for their personal profit which reduces the availability of options for other registrants, and the 'greater good' should prevail. 2. Domainers are clever people who...
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    Director election results

    Sounds incorrect to me. E-mail them and ask :) seb
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    Director election results

    They do... My company is not set up for electronic communication but I still voted online (and of course didn't return my paper vote). seb
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    Director election results

    Very disappointing indeed. seb
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    Registrar systems upgrade

    Overdue is a bit of an understatement in my view.. but I don't think they committed to a timescale ever so probably not technically.. but it should have been done a long time ago. Pleased to see it going now.. To be honest from what I gather, Nominet really doesn't want more direct...
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    PGP emails & mobility

    ..because you're getting an E90? :) http://europe.nokia.com/A4346040 SSH to server with pgp seems to make most sense. seb
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    Nominet Board Election

    I will be standing (sorry only just saw this) seb
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    Nominet Registrars

    I haven't done extensive research into (I could call the IoD and ask I'm sure) but this but having talked with a colleague I believe this is possible. I know the NHS has boards of directors some of whom are "non-voting" for example...
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