Nominet Debate

[JamesTaylor]

Vaseline at the ready!

Steve,
Many thanks for the support mate.
Does anyone have a list of domainer ladies?
I would like to get them to put forward their views in the mag. I am not suggesting a PAGE 3 Steve! [lol]
Hope the sun is shining in Spain?
James

 

[domainking]

Hi steve

Yes its me
and the reason i use the name king is that someone tried to dictate to me that he was king so i had the option of using my name that use in every other forum domainscot but for this one due to someone laying claim to the name domainking im using it as an objection.

i dont like the name personally i prefer domainscot but its a fun forum name
steve will call you later as skype is down

tommy

 

[Steve Russell]

Omatldtauadppf

the reason i use the name king is that someone tried to dictate to me that he was king

Well, TB, at least you haven't appointed yourself God, as a very famous Forum-er has done.

I think I shall appoint myself as Omnipotent Master of All cc and gTLDs in This and All Universes in All Dimensions Past Present and Future. But you mere mortals may call me OMATLDTAUADPPF. Sounds kinda Welsh, but for the vowels, ¿no?

Steve

 

[JamesTaylor]

Welsh Name

Steve,
I am sure that Tom Jones the singer was born in that Welsh village or was it Shirley Bassey? They both left in a hurry!
James

 

[domainking]

Steve,
Many thanks for the support mate.
Does anyone have a list of domainer ladies?
I would like to get them to put forward their views in the mag. I am not suggesting a PAGE 3 Steve! [lol]
Hope the sun is shining in Spain?
James

Hi James

Maybe you will get more views if you use page 3 girl with the word domains
adult section.
all those domainers with adult names listing there sites im sure you would do well with the revenue stream.
Please keep it to the back pages. :twisted:

 

[JamesTaylor]

Fantastic Idea

Tommy,
That is a fab idea. Maybe we should focus on developing a kind of flirt4free for domainers? Webcams to the ready!
All the best
James

 

[domainking]

Omatldtauadppf

[
I think I shall appoint myself as Omnipotent Master of All cc and gTLDs in This and All Universes in All Dimensions Past Present and Future. But you mere mortals may call me OMATLDTAUADPPF. Sounds kinda Welsh, but for the vowels, ¿no?

Steve[/QUOTE]
OMATLDTAUADPPF

Steve does that mean your a
Old Mature Adult Tanned lean Domainer Trying Another Under advanced Domain Parking program frontpage. :twisted::twisted::twisted::twisted:

 

[Steve Russell]

Ooops, I hijacked this thread

Sorry all:

Now that we have outed Tommy B, our cousin from north of Hadrian's Wall, lol, perhaps we can get back to James' original notion. I believe he wants to get opinions about Nominet to help him arrive at some talking points when he does interview them. Right, James?

My 2 Eurocents is (and my knowledge is limited, as I'm applying my energy to looking at ICANN's shortcomings):

It's quite normal for a "not for profit" company to have a positive balance on the books and, in fact, to make a profit on services rendered. Tax treatment is quite different compared to a "for profit" company.

However, some NFPs are shells in the name of charities, etc, and many times administrative expenses are so top heavy that only 10% of money raised is actually given to charities. Some of most well-paid executives work for so called NFPs. But, as a private company, there is no obligation to open the books to public scrutiny. Hence a NFP can be a marvelous insider slush fund, or a bona fide public good. Which is Nominet?

Do the "members" of Nominet know what's going on?

Where's the money? Who's getting it?

Are the directors directly benefiting from cross pollination directorships in other companies that could take advantage from insider info or preferred pricing?

In a domain dispute, (how) can Nominet be impartial? Where is the neutral third party?

Are the Nominet employees or directors charging the NFP for over-the-odds consultancy fees, etc?

Is Nominet really a for-profit company masquerading as a NFP, just to receive a favorable tax treatment?

And, at the end of the day, are Registrants receiving a good service and protection of their names? If no one is getting hurt, is there really any problem?

This is just off the top of my head stuff... what any reasonable and experienced business person would ask of any corporation, for or not-for profit.

Steve

 

[domainking]

Nominet

HI Steve

With regards Nominet questions it would be silly for people to post here as nominet read these posts.

I would suggest that people who are intrested in posting there views e-mail james directly and keep from posting some comments on this forum as might lead to legal problems later for some of those people.

you know as well as i do what lawyers make of words :-D

 

[Steve Russell]

Lawyers

Thanks for the heads up, T, but I think it's important for any public entity to know what its constituents think. Especially in an open forum. And if Nominet are reading these posts, they are free to engage in a healthy and intelligent debate.

Dang, the forums are full of ICANN muck raking. So, if Nominet do engage, let's all be civil.

As to lawyers, I've only posed questions, again what any reasonable and prudent business person would ask. Nothing libelous or slanderous.

I have now received two warnings in the last 10 minutes, outside this forum, to be careful about what I say about Nominet. Excuse me?

Hiya Lesley, care to join in this dialog? CEO to CEO, what are my colleagues so worried about?

I think this is what James is looking for, ¿no? Input and debate?

Steve

 

[JamesTaylor]

Fair and Balanced Debate

Informed, fair and balanced debate is all I am after. Tonight I speak as an individual only and a small stakeholder in the .uk business. Yes Steve, we need a broad canvas of opinion. Good on you. If anyone feels they do not want to express an opinion in open please feel free to email me at [email protected]
Mr T l have yet to revert.
James

 

[domainking]

nominet

Hi James

I have been a tag member of nominet for the last 8 years.
to be totally honest i have never had a problem with running of nominet.
1. the staff are always very polite and sort out any problems very fast
2. the register is one best in the world for tech back up and running of a main tld.
3.the have personally visited me and asked my views on nominet
4.its a very well run business model
5.yes it does have its problems with the DRS
and yes they do sometimes make mistakes on the drs and from most domainers this is the problem with nominet is the DRS.
6. domainers are only a % of nominets customers you have to take into account
the hosting companys who suppy names to most people they are not intrested in the DRS as does not really affect them.
7. and maybe just maybe some problems with nominet are with domainers who register dodgy company names and TM names in the first place and they know fine well that its just a matter of time before they get a DRS.
if you asked those same people would they rather have a £30.000 court case bill to to pay or lose name through a DRS .
Think they would prefer the DRS i know not perfect and im not happy with it but until that section changes its still a new industry and somethings might change for the better.

 

[scooter]

I look forward to the birth of Domain Focus Magazine.

Free or subscription? It does not matter, I will be a reader. It will be refreshing to read articles from a UK perspective.

Glad to see you are taking the bull by the horns in issue 1 :-D

Steve raises some excellent questions in this thread. I look forward to reading the finished article and especially Nominets response.

Good luck with it James and count me in.

.

 

[domainking]

nominet

Hi James

with regards th eNominet No show
maybe some person should have done there homework first and check with nominet to see what was happening with nominet first.
Im intrested when did you ask nominet to come to the show.
was it last week or was it 8 weeks ago or was 4 months ago.

maybe someone should have read the new press release that nominet where moving on the 6th of september.

but then again if your not a tag member or never visit the nominet web site then how would you expect to find this out and im suprised that a show like domainfocus is on same time as nominet move. and the headlines that where posted are typical of people that dont have a clue about the uk name space

 

[olebean]

Tommy,

How many people does it take to move Nominet?

Why can't those already attending represent Nominet?

OB

 

[domainking]

nominet

Hi Oldbean

For a company the size of nominet.
The question im asking as to the post NO show for Nominet on front page domainfocus.

Maybe the problem was not nominet. but if you called up last week and asked me if i was going to a show the answer would be its to short notice.
Most CEO of large business normally there diary is full weeks in advance.
and would think like any other business the key players will be making sure everything works right at nominet.
It would be crazy for nominet key people to attend a show at same time they are moving office.
who would be responsable if anything goes wrong with the move.
what happens if the uktld crashes when they are at the show.
I think the questions i have asked in the last post should be answered
as i personally dont think nominet have done anything wrong so why have the
headlines Nominet NO show

 

[olebean]

Tommy

Nobody that I can recall asked why wasn't Lesley going, I can understand reasons why she wouldn't. I understand what you say, making excuses for them when a director and two pab members are attending is equally as peculiar.

Are these people not capable of representing Nominet?

If the powers that be, do not feel they are capable, why is that the case?

Do those people want to represent Nominet?

Have they asked?


Has there been any conversations/communication/directives regarding their attending?

OB

 

[domainking]

nominet

Hi oldbean

Thats why im asking the questions
when where they asked to attend the show

 

[olebean]

Hi oldbean

Thats why im asking the questions
when where they asked to attend the show

popcorn popcorn

 

[aZooZaaZooZa is verified member.]

...what happens if the uktld crashes when they are at the show...

It'll probably be back online by the following weekend. Don't worry