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Archive of News Stories from 2008
November 1816:37 PM	Governance update Following recent conversations on our member’s mailing list, NomSteer, and wider feedback from our members and other stakeholders, we are now in a position to update you all on recent developments at Nominet.
November 1108:54 AM	Two minutes' silence - 11 November 2008 Nominet staff will be joining millions of people across Britain in remembering those who have died in war as two minutes' silence is observed at 11am today to mark Armistice Day.
November 709:41 AM	UK IGF web site launch We are pleased to announce the launch of the UK IGF web site.
November 709:24 AM	ENUM Registrar information day We are holding our second ENUM registrar information day on Wednesday 3 December 2008 at the Thorpe Park Hotel in Leeds.
November 411:00 AM	Web Domain Manager - phase 3 release We are please to announce an upgrade to web domain manager.
November 411:00 AM	Renewals changes We are implementing a series of changes to our renewal process.
November 310:36 AM	Member and registrar satisfaction survey An external research agency are conducting a telephone survey on our behalf to members and registrars to measure satisfaction with our support services.
October 2908:01 AM	Independent Corporate Governance Review In response to a letter from the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), we are announcing an independent review of our current corporate governance structure, to be benchmarked against established best practice corporate governance standards.
October 915:26 PM	.uk registrar conference - Book your place now! We are pleased to announce that this year's .uk registrar conference will be held at Wembley Stadium in London, on Wednesday 19 November 2008.
October 710:30 AM	ENUM launch We are pleased to announce the launch of UK ENUM today. We are now able to accept applications to become ENUM registrars and our registration systems are live.
October 116:30 PM	Nominet Foundation Trustees appointed We are pleased to announce the appointment of the Board of Trustees for the Nominet Foundation, the charitable organisation that will fund research and development initiatives in the Internet industry.
September 912:30 PM	Web domain manager - phase 2 launch We have now released phase 2 of Web domain manager.
September 314:40 PM	Brand awareness research We are currently using an external research agency, 2Europe, to carry out a market research project. The project is to measure awareness levels of Nominet and its role in the UK Internet industry.
September 314:40 PM	September PAB meeting agenda and papers The Policy Advisory Body will be meeting on Wednesday 10 September 2008 and it welcomes stakeholder comments on the issues being discussed at this meeting.
September 314:40 PM	ENUM consultation UKEC have launched a consultation on ENUM validation.
August 2810:43 AM	.uk register passes seven million mark The .uk domain name register has passed the seven million mark.
August 2115:00 PM	Customer satisfaction surveys We are launching two customer satisfaction surveys to measure the level of satisfaction with the support services that we offer.
August 815:01 PM	keepyour.co.uk renewals campaign Our renewals advertising campaign starts on Monday 11 August and will be running in print and online media through August and September.
August 110:31 AM	Registrar satisfaction telephone survey We are currently using an external research agency to carry out a telephone survey about our customer service levels.
July 2910:06 AM	New DRS Policy and Procedure and online system go live The new DRS Policy and Procedure are now effective and we have incorporated the DRS process into our online services.
July 2814:09 PM	Nominet closed on Thursday 31 July We will be closed for business all day on Thursday 31 July, as we are holding our annual Nominet Company Day for all employees.
July 2410:02 AM	New DRS Policy and Procedure and online system As announced on 27 June 2008 we are changing the DRS Policy and Procedure, together with bringing the DRS process into our online services.
July 2409:01 AM	Disruption to telephone service We are currently experiencing disruptions to our telephone service.
July 1811:07 AM	Best Practice Challenge awards ceremony photos Photos from the Best Practice Challenge 2008 awards ceremony are now available.
July 1713:34 PM	Internet governance research We are currently using an external research agency to carry out research into the perception of Nominet and its role in Internet governance.
July 1016:36 PM	Renewals campaign We have published details of our forthcoming renewals advertising campaign in the registrar resources section of our web site.
July 1009:09 AM	Best Practice Challenge 2008 winners announced We are proud to announce the winners of the Best Practice Challenge 2008.
July 911:35 AM	ENUM testbed launched We are pleased to announce that the test system for making ENUM registrations has been launched today.
July 312:30 PM	UK Internet Governance Forum meeting - 11 July We invite you to participate in an interactive workshop to determine the messages from the UK on the key issues affecting the development and use of the Internet.
July 112:30 PM	ENUM update We would like to update you on a number of developments connected with the launch of UK ENUM.
June 3012:17 PM	Best Practice Challenge award ceremony The winners of our annual Best Practice Challenge will be announced at an award ceremony in London on 9 July 2008.
June 2714:15 PM	Changes to the Dispute Resolution Service We are introducing modifications to our Dispute Resolution Service (DRS) following two public consultations.
June 2511:24 AM	July PAB meeting agenda and papers The Policy Advisory Body will be meeting on Wednesday 2 July 2008 and it welcomes stakeholder comments on the issues being discussed at this meeting.
June 2510:30 AM	Upgrade to online services Today we have deployed an upgrade to online services to add new functions and improve services to registrars and registrants.
June 1916:00 PM	Domain name sales scam A domain name sales scam has been brought to our attention.
June 1811:18 AM	Nominet announces Best Practice Challenge shortlist We are pleased to announce the shortlist for our annual Best Practice Challenge.
June 1214:40 PM	Nominet wins SDI Best Support Team Award We are pleased to announce that in the Service Desk Institute Awards held on Tuesday, our Registrant Services team won the 'Best Support Team' award.
May 2817:00 PM	Web domain manager - new system for registrars On 25 June we will be releasing web domain manager, a new system for registrars.
May 2817:00 PM	Registrant transfer is going online On 25 June we will be replacing the current registrant transfer process with a paperless online version.
May 2810:00 AM	.ltd.uk and .plc.uk domain names with special characters Nominet has suspended the registration of any new .ltd.uk or .plc.uk domain names where the registered company name includes characters which cannot be represented in the DNS.
May 2315:32 PM	Increased phishing activity in .uk namespace Recently we have seen a marked increase in the number of .uk domain names being used for phishing purposes.
May 809:39 AM	May PAB meeting agenda and papers The Policy Advisory Body will be meeting on Wednesday 12 March 2008 and it welcomes stakeholder comments on the issues being discussed at this meeting.
May 113:40 PM	2008 AGM report We are pleased to report the outcomes of our AGM held on 30 April 2008.
April 2915:11 PM	Renewals research We are working with a company called 2Europe on a market research project.
April 2516:03 PM	Best Practice Challenge 2008 - deadline extended If you have not already entered our Best Practice Challenge 2008, there is still time!
April 2215:15 PM	Online service upgrade: cancellations and re-establish identity We have upgraded our online service system to allow domain names to be cancelled online. We have also automated part of our security process to re-establish identity for account access.
April 2117:00 PM	Urgent call to action - Nominet Board election 2008 We feel that it is important to communicate concerns about the Board nominations and believe it is our duty to alert all members to these issues ahead of the election closing date of 30 April.
April 1810:00 AM	Voting starts in non-executive director election We are pleased to announce that voting papers for our non-executive director election have been posted or emailed to members.
April 716:48 PM	Increased email spoofing activity During the past few days we have become aware of a large volume of email spoofing activity involving the nominet.org.uk domain name.
March 3115:29 PM	Request to allow an AXFR query from Nominet Nominet have joined up with RIPE NCC in running their Hostcount++ project.
March 2616:14 PM	March PAB meeting report The report from the March meeting of Nominet's Policy Advisory Body is now available to read.
March 2014:47 PM	Easter opening hours We will be closing for business at 5.30pm on Thursday 20 March for Easter and we will be open for business again at 9.00am on Tuesday 25 March.
March 2009:20 AM	Members cast your AGM vote now We are pleased to announce that papers for our Annual General Meeting (AGM) have been posted or emailed to members.
March 1811:00 AM	Welcome email - custom options We have introduced some new functions to enable registrars to customise the Nominet welcome email.
March 1709:08 AM	PAB election 2008 - result We are pleased to announce the results of our Policy Advisory Body election.
March 1215:21 PM	New DRS experts appointed We are pleased to announce that we have appointed 14 new independent experts to join our Dispute Resolution Service panel.
March 616:00 PM	Enter the Best Practice Challenge 2008 Today we launch our second Best Practice Challenge to celebrate innovation and achievement in the British Internet.
March 609:08 AM	Registrar systems - simultaneous connections On the 11 March 2008 we will implement a number of changes to our registrar systems that may affect the connections you make to our systems.
March 608:55 AM	Registrar information days - 2008 programme launched We are running another series of our popular information days to help familiarise members and registrars with our business practices and the use of our automated systems.
March 514:29 PM	March PAB meeting agenda and papers The Policy Advisory Body will be meeting on Wednesday 12 March 2008 and it welcomes stakeholder comments on the issues being discussed at this meeting.
February 2909:30 AM	Nominet Foundation Trustees We are currently recruiting for Trustees for the Nominet Foundation.
February 2909:30 AM	PAB election - voting starts Voting in the Policy Advisory Body election starts today and we would urge you to cast your vote.
February 2510:10 AM	Registrant satisfaction survey 2008 We are conducting a registrant satisfaction survey to measure levels of satisfaction with our support services.
February 1217:26 PM	UK Internet Governance Forum and Best Practice Challenge launch We will be hosting a UK Internet Governance Forum event on Thursday 6 March 2008 in the Atlee Suite, Portcullis House, Houses of Parliament.
February 410:00 AM	EPP goes live Today we have launched our Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) service.
February 115:58 PM	Nominet response to NTIA Request For Comment We have responded to the NTIA's request for comment as part of the midterm review of their Joint Project Agreement with ICANN.
January 3110:02 AM	PAB election - call for nominations We are currently calling for nominations for the election of four candidates to our Policy Advisory Body (PAB) from May 2008 for two years.
January 3109:30 AM	January PAB meeting report The report from the January meeting of Nominet's Policy Advisory Body is now available to read.
January 2512:30 PM	EPP and automaton update You can now register for the live EPP service which is scheduled to launch on 4 February 2008. There is also an update on EPP, acceptable use policy and automaton commands.
January 1709:06 AM	Nominet Foundation update We are pleased to announce the creation of the Nominet Foundation.