LATEST NEWS
Listed below is some of our latest news. We will update this page periodically, so please come back often.
Scottish Government Prefer Not-For-Profit Campaign Group
21.08.09We are continuing our discussions with the Scottish government, and have been advised that they are not willing to support a for-profit solution.
We have offered to work with them to develop a not-for-profit solution to ensure that Scotland and the Scottish people get a strong dotSCOT internet presence.
dotSCOT Facebook Group launched
01.05.09Continuing to build support for the dotSCOT campaign, we have now launched a dotSCOT Facebook group.
dotSCOT Support Grows
29.04.09Support for the dotSCOT campaign is continuing to grow with an increase of visits to the website and people registering their support. Since the website went live just two weeks ago, there has been a steady stream of online interest in the campaign.
Key Politicians Pledge Support for the dotSCOT campaign
23.04.09The dotSCOT campaign was successfully launched at the SNP Spring Conference in Glasgow, with many delegates including MSPs, councillors and delegates all registering their support.
dotSCOT campaign to launch at SNP Spring Conference
16.04.09The dotSCOT campaign will be soft launched at the SNP Conference on Friday 17th and Saturday 18th April, with subsequent national roadshows and a heightened media drive commencing when the campaign is formally launched in June 2009.
Scotnom attend International ICANN Meeting
06.03.09Scotnom demonstrate their commitment to delivering a successful bid by travelling to Mexico City for the 34th International Public ICANN Meeting.
First Minister supports dotSCOT campaign
14.12.08Scotnom welcomes the public endorsement of the dotscot campaign by the First Minister of Scotland.
ICANN publishes draft application procedures
25.10.08This week, ICANN issued the draft procedures for applying for a generic Top Level Domain (gTLD). The procedures, while still in draft, provide a good understanding of how the process will work, especially where two groups apply for similar names.
Scotnom established to deliver Scottish internet domain
26.09.08Today we are delighted to announce the creation of Scotnom Ltd. This follows the announcement by ICANN in June 2008 that it was going to allow applications for new gTLDs (generic Top Level Domains). Scotnom Ltd has been established, by its directors and supporters of a .scot name, to handle an application and to operate the Registry should the bid be successful.


