From another thread but relevant to the elections:
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Lemon said: Are you talking about Sean. Sean has the right to stand for election if he is so inclined. He has an opinion on how auDA should be run and has a right to that opinion and a right to stand. Maybe he would have been elected.
What happened is that he was pressured into not standing for election by his peers."
Actually the reason's are long why I did not decide to run. Yes I feel confident I would have made it onto the Board this year in both Supply or Demand if I had strategised ( membership and vote stacked) to do it;"
1. I believe auDA and auDA / Board may be setting themselves up for a
Class Action Lawsuit.
Being on the auDA Board has a very high risk factor even if you vote against some decisions.
A few people have scoffed at this when I did the right thing and informed them of the current risks but this is a serious risk I have had professional advice on. I may not be eligible to be part of a class action lawsuit if I was on the auDA Board and I may in turn face myself as part of the parties named being on the auDA Board.
The auDA situation is very different to that of the uk and .nz in some ways even more "rigged" I would say etc.
2. The auDA name is completely tarnished by actions undertaken by some associated with it. Who would seriously want to be associated with the auDA Board in it's current state, the election process, ways memberships are limited, the information sought here
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/au_historical_financial_irregula
3. I will use my time and effort in review of the auDA Constitution.
4. I do agree Ned and Nicole are well placed to represent true Demand members and also most .au consumers ane existing .au registrants.
5. I was offered support and votes by various people. I was also told of other people who had the same offers put to them... .. so I know the power that be behind the scenes and people who seemingly have taken up offers..
6. I have joined
www.Accan.org.au I will become far more active with them. I agree with what they wrote here .. nothing has changed. auDA/ various Boards have made no attempts to contact all existing .au registrants
https://www.arnnet.com.au/article/5...cern-over-proposed-domain-name-system-changes
7. The Commonwealth Government review of auDA will be only the first review. More investigations and reviews will go deeper and it will also be a bipartisan review further down the track due to the very close political parties involved over the years. A simply search of the suburb "MENTONE VICTORIA", members, auDA staff, Ministers, auDA Board Directors, Ex Board Dirtecors sheds light on easy links other political parties and media have an interest in now also.
8. I expect 2018/ 2019 will see more Australian Government Senate enquiries look into auDA ( and other people, past contractors, contracts, tendering processes, expenses, staff issues etc) now and in the past...
9. Everyone knows the current auDA membership model can be "rigged and stacked" and so can a position on the auDA Board....It has been for too long.. People complain but nothing gets changed ever!
This year we appear to see membership links of parties that may include people using many different staff, business names, family members to stack themselves into a possible Board seat... Seriously does anyone think this is in the best interests of .au domain name registrants.. Who are the whole focus of why auDA exists some people forget!
10. Why does auDA and the Board refuse to use the Canada Membership model
FREE membership open to all registrants. Limit of 1 vote. Online forum for Q and A of candidates.
10. The apparent conflicts of interest at auDA / Board of some seem to be a very serious concern. This has brought the reputation of the organisation to it's lowest level ever.
11. The media will be investigation auDA far more. I have serious concerns to be lumped in the the auDA Board until things see dramatic improvement in many areas and probably until after the Governments investigations and reviews.
Now I know why several people, have jumped ship from the auDA Board... smart move to avoid going down with it completely.
12.
I will be voting for Ned and Nicole. They are upfront where they stand and I think their intentions are the best thing for auDA, for all Members, For Government and for all .au registrants and internet users who know and trust the existing .au namespace. They are not after a fast buck from another competing .au extension like others are.. .They both have called out many untruths which have even gotten the proposed extra .au to this stage.
As long as they BOTH stay vocal, informed and active they will have my support.
12. I believe the Government must set up a fail safe .au management model and backup Government run wholesale registry model asap.
I also think a full assessment should be done if the
Department of Communications could and should perform this
Australian Critical Infrastructure role.
At the moment THERE IS NO BACK UP PLAN for the .au administration or wholesale registry...We have a foreign owned "for profit" company running Australian Critical Infrastructure and a current tender process which could see more new "for profit" owners from overseas again.. this of course helps some people remain where they are making $$.
https://www.communications.gov.au/what-we-do/internet
https://www.auda.org.au/about-auda/our-org/constitution/
"8 WINDING UP
" On dissolution of the Company, the right to administer the .au ccTLD must either be transferred on to another entity nominated or approved by the Commonwealth of Australia or, in the absence of such approval,
be transferred to the Commonwealth of Australia.
If upon the winding up or dissolution of auDA there remains, after the satisfaction of all its debts and liabilities, any property or money whatsoever, the remaining assets shall not be paid or distributed to the Members but shall be transferred to the subsequent entity approved by the Commonwealth of Australia to manage the .au ccTLD."
