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Election fever grips UK domain registry
07/02/2003
UK domain registry Nominet will announce the people standing for the four vacant positions on its Policy Advisory Board (PAB) on Monday.
Why is this of interest? Because the PAB is the link between everyday Internet users and Nominet's Council of Management that decides what it going to happen with the Internet in the UK.
The PAB effectively decides what should be done with existing domains (including disputes, transfers etc etc) and whether there should be any new ones (the creation of .me.uk last year for example). It also forms Nominet's official wider policy to the Internet and world at large.
Each year, four of the eight members voted onto the PAB go up for re-election (selection lasts for two years). Whoever wins joins two non-executive directors of Nominet and five representatives of important UK organisations (Companies House, CBI, Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys, DTI, National Federation of Consumer Groups) to make up the Board.
Since they are in the majority, democratically voted members can theoretically change the UK's approach to the Internet to whatever they deem necessary.
More details at: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/29237.html
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