I hate to say it but a handful of submissions out of 3 million registrations is hardly going to show that public opinion is against this decision. It looks like the course is set. After all is said and done, I'm sure people will look back and ask what was all of the fuss about.
what a load of rubbish, things "don't happen" you MAKE " things happen SO make it happen, i can't believe there are people who just give up, dnt members are here for a reason and thats not to let all their domains drop away or be FORCED into spending more money for what THEY have created.
i've only been a short time in this industry but from what i have seen is domainers have BUILT the .com.au space, not auda, domainers have promoted the benefits of good domains, have created a fantastic opportunity for businesses to INCREASE their income through an great online presence , their knowledge to guide the business with development and marketing, and i coud go on and on but now i am having to go and WASTE my time to tell my clients that they need to fill out a survey to save their online identity, and if its not saved i am then going to have to charge them a fee to protect it, and if for some reason someone owns the .net.au maybe have to be in an auction !!!! F THAT
if you can't be bother to fill out a form then bugger off from the industry, harsh but true, you will just be that whinging member hard done by in the future, everybody has a right to an opinion but being a downer is a downer.
get on the bandwagon or get off, it is an injustice that auda is not notifying EVERY domain name owner of the potential effects to their domain name situation, its like selling land underneath them, it like someone being able to set up a house on your front lawn, auda are not IMO complying with what i would consider just due diligence on making a decision to change a fundamental expectation by the average australian public.
i'm not eloquent with words but i know what i feel is right and wrong, if there are 3 million domain names registered then there should IMO be 3 million votes, how bloody hard is that to consider, you get fined if you dont vote at election time for the government but NO, we have a pissy 100+ members in auda and "THATS THE WAY THEY LIKE IT "
as stated earlier auda has every domain owners email address , so send them an email !
PLEASE READ THIS : i got an email from CERT the other day saying one of my sites had been reported as having a malware intrusion, COOL, thanks. so i rang them, the guy said " ohh yeh, we get reports and automatically send out warnings so you know, " and i said " so i'll go fix it thanks......... am i in trouble? "
he said " ohh no, its just a courtesy email that we send out. we send out thousands a day "
WELL, thats not a big deal, a government department is giving me info, GREAT, they aren't spamming me, i've only had 2 in the last 15 yrs ! but it was something that i needed to know as it was an olddddddddddddd website.
so WHY can't we have 3 million votes ? WHY ! because auda will not inform the CONCERNED parties whats going on, i rang auda and was told " ohh but we have been on radio in sydney .......... ahhhh, my clients live in byron bay ! this is a farce.
they are going to say " we did this......... , and this..... and this....... and this...... " and then made a decision
what they won't say is " oooohhhhhhhhhh, but we only told 100 people what we are planning to do " and this is where WE come in, we have to tell our clients, our friends who own websites, anybody, everybody and unfortunately not everybody reads DNT.
SOOOOO, its up to US, nobody else, get on the phone, email, followup, send links, follow up, then followup
i'm only posting to motivate you and as erhan says "state if you like the idea or if you don't " , i fully accept some people might like the idea and i don't hide that i do not, so the same tactic is for both BUT at least will will get more information so the committee can make the correct recommendations.
please submit a reply to auda
tim
