[ISOC-E-news] Nominet direct.uk consultation / domain names directly under .uk

[Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond]

Dear ISOC England members,


By now most of you should be aware that Nominet, the organisation in
charge of coordinating the .UK top level domain, has launched a
consultation asking for feedback on the proposal to sell domain names
directly under .UK rather than the current hierarchy of .CO.UK, .ORG.UK etc.

For a copy of the Nominet email incorporating all the links to further
information, please scroll down to the message below.

This proposed change is explained as a new service but it also has
implications for current domain name holders under .UK since someone
might be able to register your domain name directly under .UK if the
proposal goes ahead.

Whilst we at ISOC England encourage everyone to comment directly into
the Nominet comment process, we are also evaluating whether a community
comment should be filed by ISOC England. In the true spirit of
generating discussion and finding about the opinion of our members in
the UK, I would like to invite you all to record your comments on the
ISOC England Web site at: http://isoc-e.org/uk-sld/

Our timetable is as follows:

- ISOC England call for comments starts now
- End of initial call for comments period: 17 December 2012
- Release of first draft statement (on the ISOC England Web Site): 21
December 2012
- Call for further comments, namely on draft statement: 21 December 2012
- Closing date of further comment period: 2 January 2013
- Release of final statement: 4 January 2013

This statement will then be sent to the Nominet consultation as a
Statement of the English Chapter of the Internet Society, based on the
input from its membership.

If you would like to comment but do not wish your comments to be made
public, you are of course very welcome to email them privately to:
contact at isoc-e.org

All comments received will be integrated into the ISOC England document
without specific attribution. Our aim is to provide Nominet with a
general idea of the level of support for the direct.uk proposal from our
membership.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me or to
contact the ISOC England Leadership Team on: contact at isoc-e.org

We look forward to receiving your comments.

Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond
ISOC England Chair



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Reminder to submit your feedback to the direct.uk consultation
Date: 	Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:50:57 +0000
From: 	direct.uk <direct at nominet.org.uk>
To: 	undisclosed-recipients:;



Dear stakeholders,

 

At the beginning of October Nominet launched a consultation on the
potential introduction of a new service known as direct.uk
<http://www.nominet.org.uk/how-participate/policy-development/current-policy-discussions-and-consultations/consultation-new-uk>.


 

Many thanks to all those who have already responded with their feedback
on the proposals.  If you have not yet had the chance to review the
consultation, we would welcome your views in advance of 7^th January 2013.

 

We have so far received a large and diverse range of comments and
opinions, and the recent stakeholder roundtable meetings in London and
Cardiff allowed us to hear many of these in person.  There are still a
number of regional stakeholder roundtable meetings outside of London. 
If you would like to register please visit here
<http://www.keysurvey.co.uk/votingmodule/s180/f/463417/172a>.

 

There are a number of ways in which to respond to the consultation
either by completing an online form, by downloading the consultation and
emailing your comments to direct at nominet.org.uk
<mailto:direct at nominet.org.uk>.  You can also request a hard copy of the
consultation from the above email address. 

 

If you require any further information please email
<mailto:direct at nominet.org.uk> the .uk Policy Secretariat. 

 

The closing date for the submission of responses is *Monday 7^th January
2013.*

 

We look forward to receiving your response.  

 

*Rory Kelly*

*Policy Executive*

*Rory.Kelly at nominet.org.uk* <mailto:Rory.Kelly at nominet.org.uk>**

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