We held an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) on 24 February 2010 to enable members to vote on a number of measures that we believe will strengthen .uk and the domain name industry.

We are pleased to announce that our members voted to change our constitution.  Each of the proposed changes was supported by over 90% of the member votes cast and so all resolutions were carried.  Full details of how the votes were cast can be read here.

The amended Nominet constitution encapsulates our public purpose, ensuring that the board takes all stakeholders’ views into account when developing policy and making business decisions.  This will ensure that:

• We conduct our business for the public benefit
• We have a well balanced board that is able to make good business decisions for the public purpose
• Our board has the ability to set prices for registrations and renewals
• We will work with our members to find a way for other stakeholders to have a voice in business decisions and policy development. 

The proposals were developed following an independent governance review in 2009.