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Watch the video to see Bob Gilbert, Clive Grace, Nora Nanayakkara and Jonathan Robinson, members of Nominet's Board, talking about our proposal to secure Nominet for the public purpose.
- We hold .uk in trust for the nation
- With our registrars we will serve all UK Internet users equitably and fairly
- We will reinvest Nominet profits for the public purpose and Nominet will remain a non-profit distributing private company
Why we need to make this change
Nominet was set up by Internet pioneers who established it as a non-profit distributing, member-led organisation with a responsibility to ensure the UK domain name space was a trusted, self-regulated space for the benefit of everyone. We want to retain this public purpose. Member consultation so far has told us that you do too. Now we’re seeking to put this commitment in writing and we want to enshrine this in our constitution, just as The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has recently made a public interest commitment. The Government views .uk as being an increasingly important part of the national infrastructure and believes Nominet has a responsibility to manage .uk for all stakeholders.
What this change will mean
We will retain our existing objects as set out in our constitution. However, we will explicitly state that we will perform these objects with a view to public benefit.
Consultation Timetable
- Now – 15 December
- Members gave views on proposals
- December – January
- Board considered responses & decided changes
- January
- Articles published that incorporated these changes
- February/March
- Voting and EGM
