Sneezycheese is standing for the Nominet PAB

[sneezycheese]

Hi guys,

Well, just like Rob I have decided to throw my hat into the ring and put myself forward for the Nominet PAB this year.

May I firstly thank Andrew and Tommy for proposing and seconding me as a candidate - cheers guys!

As a non Nominet member myself and with my telecomms background I feel I can bring a fresh perspective to the table, not only from a professional perspective but from a normal Registrants point of view also.

I also believe that the PAB should be wholly ran by the PAB members themselves, setting their own agenda, democratically run and with full transparency provided to Nominet Members and to the public wherever possible!

My Election Statment can be found below, and if you want to find out more details about myself and my background please visit: http://www.bezant.me.uk

I have been involved in the telecommunications and internet industry for over 20 years. I started my career working for the government at GCHQ in Cheltenham. Later I advanced my career within various companies including Lucent Technologies, Nokia and Vertu. Today at the age of 38 I now run my own web development business. Though I’m not a Nominet member myself, many of you will know me as ‘sneezycheese’ on Acorndomains. I live in Wiltshire near Salisbury with my partner Cora and our two young children Fraser and Michi. Using my vast experience of policy development I would like to share my views on what I believe will be the main policy issues over the next two years:

Registrar Parking Pages - Recent high profile DRS cases have highlighted problems in this area that need addressing urgently.

FREE online transfers - Nominet needs to offer registrants FREE and secure online domain name transfers.

Raising Industry Standards - Nominet needs to proactively and fairly enforce all of its contracts between registrars (large or small).

Lock States - Nominet and registrars need to improve security for registrants who use their online and telephone systems.

Nominet Foundation - This is a major change in policy that hasn’t gone through the PAB or been put to a membership vote – why?

Domain Pricing – Should such a large chunk of money be put into the Nominet Foundation, or should there be a balance and domain registration be reduced in price?

Any questions please contact me: [email protected]

Regards,

Sneezycheese.

 

[scooter]

Good luck. I would like to see free online transfers and reduced pricing.

For an online organisation that deals with internet names, it seems a bit farcicle we have to rely on paperwork to transfer a name.

.

 

[Beasty]

Nice one! Good luck and fair wind! :-D

 

[Admin]

Good luck, sneezycheese, you get my vote

 

[sneezycheese]

Thanks for the support guys!

I'm sure it's going to be a tough race, so all the support I receive from my fellow Acorners and elswhere is very, very much appreciated!

Lets make those votes count and sow the seeds for change!

Regards,

Sneezycheese.

 

[Whois-Search]

I can see theregister now "ex-spy codenamed sneezycheese stands for PAB"....

 

[landlord]

Good luck Sneezy

Good luck Sneezy

Lee

 

[sneezycheese]

Voting Now Open

Hi Guys,

Voting has started and there are 8 cadidates standing - you can find full details here: http://www.nominet.org.uk/digitalAssets/27610_2008_Nominet_PAB_Election_A5.pdf

Nominet Members can login to here to vote: https://secure.nominet.org.uk/auth/login.html

Good luck everybody!

Regards,

Simon.

 

[rob]

Voting has started and there are 8 cadidates standing - you can find full details here: http://www.nominet.org.uk/digitalAssets/27610_2008_Nominet_PAB_Election_A5.pdf

Nominet Members can login to here to vote: https://secure.nominet.org.uk/auth/login.html

Beat me to posting it

As above... election now open with a good range of candidates. As it is a preference vote you can vote 1 to 8 with 1 being your first choice.

Perhaps it ought to be held in the style of 'hotornot' and called RateMyGeek ?

 

[retired_member26]

Simon you got my vote as an only one #1! Good luck.

TurNIC

 

[sneezycheese]

Simon you got my vote as an only one #1! Good luck.

TurNIC

...Thanks for your vote and the support TurNIC - It's very much appreciated!

Regards,

Simon.