Why hasn’t auDA published their Member Applicant policy? Is it subject to change to suit their agenda?
So, What has been published in this regard.
17 June announcement by Affilias re: new member sign ups
So, “good on ya” new auDA members from Afilias!
auDA Board schedule states;
The board is to meet on the
18th June, leaving the Board to decide these New Members on the 25th of May [Ajorned meeting]
According to the auDA website;
the cut-off date for member approval is
7 days prior to the Next Board meeting.
…this is interesting because those
955 New Members are required to submit their application by
Wednesday 16th May to be approved by the Board on the
23rd of May Board Meeting
We know on the 23rd May,
31 members were approved by the Board [not 955 members] and their names were published in the Minutes.
So,
how and when were 955 applicants approved by the Board?
Was it the
20th April Board Meeting, which would require applicants to have submitted their application by
Friday 13th April [7 days prior]
The
April 20 Minutes contain
no Membership applicants for Board approval. Also, would it be fair to argue that a real potential “conflict of Interest” exists with the independent Directors subject to the pending SGM, and they should
not be approving applications for membership?
If so. Up until May 11 the company did not have a quorum to approve new members. And if they do have a quorum then only 31 New applicants were approved by the Board on 23rd May [not 955].
Here's what it would look like on April 20th - If Conflict of interest was imposed due to SGM, a quorum of only 4 people.
Wait theres more…
The Minutes on the 23rd of May, do not contain anything about the announced “Stakeholder engagement” that attracted 955 new members, as reported on the
18th June 2018
image taken from the
25th of May Minutes
This would mean, a Board meeting must have been convened between the 25th of May and the 18th June, also the applicants would be bound by the 7 day rule for new applicants, leaving the cut off date unknown to approve the 955 new member applicants. So did they cooked up this “stakeholder engagement strategy’ within 7 days after the 25th of May meeting, because its not noted in the 25th May Minutes?
Now it gets magical – According to auDA’s own published policy rule for membership applications, it states;
Cut-off for receipt of application and payment for submission to the “Next Scheduled Meeting” is 7 calendar days.
Yep, approval of applicants is performed at the
“Next scheduled meeting” held on….drum roll.......
18th June 2018.
It would be impossible to approve any new applicant on or prior to the 18th of June based on their own published rule. However, Affilias let the cat out of the bag on the 17th of June, by announcing their own staff have become members. WTF!
17 June announcement by Affilias re: new member sign ups
So, “good on ya” new auDA members from Afilias!
How did auDA do that? It’s a day before the actual
Scheduled Board Meeting held on the
18th June.
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No wonder auDA wont publish their Member Policy - I bet they wont even give it to the CMWG. [it either doesnt exist or its probably subject to change at a moments notice, and I wouldn't be surprised to see them state, "error has been identified on the website regarding board approval time frames for new members" [or something to that effect]
