The registry for .uk domains Nominet is finally bowing to pressure from members and urging a widening of scope for the organisation. At an extraordinary general meeting, the truly extraordinary will take place, well, a few hundred people will get together and vote on this. As many have observed in the industry, Nominet does a grand job of managing .uk and many would like to see its safe pair of hands applied to things like introducing Enum in the UK. Enum, by the way, is the new-ish protocol which will finally see the worlds of telcomms and internet collide, as it provides a means for telephone numbers to be converted into IP addresses, and so will be particularly useful in strengthening Voip.

So, um, yeah, although this vote is for Nominet members only, it could have far-reaching implications on businesses…there'll be many who would rather see a not-for-profit org with a good track record – and did I mention those safe hands, both of them? – doing this sort of thing than a purely commercial entity.