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Dear ISOC England members,<br>
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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.<br>
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For a copy of the Nominet email incorporating all the links to
further information, please scroll down to the message below.<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-forward-container">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.<br>
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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: <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://isoc-e.org/uk-sld/">http://isoc-e.org/uk-sld/</a><br>
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Our timetable is as follows:<br>
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- ISOC England call for comments starts now<br>
- End of initial call for comments period: 17 December 2012<br>
- Release of first draft statement (on the ISOC England Web Site):
21 December 2012<br>
- Call for further comments, namely on draft statement: 21
December 2012<br>
- Closing date of further comment period: 2 January 2013<br>
- Release of final statement: 4 January 2013<br>
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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.<br>
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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: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:contact@isoc-e.org">contact@isoc-e.org</a><br>
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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.<br>
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If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me or
to contact the ISOC England Leadership Team on: <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:contact@isoc-e.org">contact@isoc-e.org</a><br>
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We look forward to receiving your comments.<br>
<br>
Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond<br>
ISOC England Chair<br>
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<td>Reminder to submit your feedback to the direct.uk
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<td>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:50:57 +0000</td>
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<td>direct.uk <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear stakeholders,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">At the beginning of October Nominet
launched a consultation on the potential introduction of a new
service known as <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.nominet.org.uk/how-participate/policy-development/current-policy-discussions-and-consultations/consultation-new-uk">direct.uk</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal">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<sup>th</sup> January 2013.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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 <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.keysurvey.co.uk/votingmodule/s180/f/463417/172a">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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 <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:direct@nominet.org.uk">direct@nominet.org.uk</a>.
You can also request a hard copy of the consultation from the
above email address. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you require any further information
please <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:direct@nominet.org.uk">email</a> the .uk Policy
Secretariat. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The closing date for the submission of
responses is <b>Monday 7<sup>th</sup> January 2013.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We look forward to receiving your
response. <o:p></o:p></p>
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