Back Online

Hello everyone, You’ll have to excuse my prolonged absence – I’ve been taking some time to have a baby!  His name is Harry and has grown from a tiny, hungry newborn (left) to a whopping, active three month old baby (right).  He’s now so busy trying to eat his toes, grab the cat’s tail and [...]

Putting UK Internet users at the heart of .uk policy

For those of you that have never heard of Nominet’s Policy Advisory Body (PAB), and for those that have heard of the PAB, but didn’t know it could involve you, this post is for you! For the past few months, the PAB (of which I am an elected member) has been conducting a self-evaluation and [...]

Learning from Success – Parliament and Internet Conference

I have a confession to make.  I have historically been a little sceptical about the role of global “discussion groups” and some of the international debates surrounding Internet issues.  I take it back. Today, I attended the Parliament and Internet conference and came away feeling inspired and enlightened.  I gained an understanding of why the [...]

.IE and .ORG stats out today

Hello there, Thought I’d recommence blogging here today with a roundup of some newly released stats from the .ie registry and the .org registry. Key numbers include: Registrations for .ORG grew 11%, up to 7.69 million total registrations in the first half of 2009, compared to a year ago This growth rate outpaces other well [...]

Nominet Non Executive Director Election Results

Evening everyone, Many thanks to all those who voted for me and for your congratulations – they are much appreciated!  I’m delighted to have won a seat!  The candidates were very strong this year and I think it was a very close call.  Congratulations to Clive Grace and to Jonathan Robinson – I’m really looking [...]

Nominet AGM today

A very good morning to you all! Off to Nominet’s AGM today and to the stakeholder meeting afterwards – hope to see some of you there.  Will update later.  In other news – domain prices on the secondary market are on the increase; first green shoots?  Read more here! Best wishes, Nora

Nominet Best Practice Awards 2009

Afternoon! Am so glad the heatwave appears to be over – back to normality!  Don’t think I’m cut out for tropical climes… Busy day today – just popped on to update on last night.  The Nominet Best Practice Awards event held yesterday evening in London was great!  It was a really valuable opportunity to meet [...]

What Would You Like To See?

Morning all! Thursday’s my favourite day of the week – Monday is safely but a memory and the whole day seems longer with anticipation of Friday!  As a PAB Member, I’m attending the Nominet Best Practice Event this evening in London – should be a good opportunity to catch up with some of the much-discussed [...]

Governance Review

Good morning, Yesterday, I posted a bit “on-list” about my views on the results of the Nominet governance review so thought I’d include them here too.  I’ll update later with more – am working on some PAB stuff this morning and then have a few meetings; hope to be back online by early evening. For [...]

When We Accept Our Limits….

I’ve spoken before about the PAB sometimes being a receptacle for “difficult” issues – the political hot potatoes and revolving doors of Nominet’s policy process; e-crime, phishing, online fraud, child protection online, etc. – the questions to which there are no easy answers.  I sometimes feel that Nominet’s open-ended remit causes more than its fair [...]