>> Corporations Law breaches are pretty serious.  Especially where this kind
>> of representation is concerned.
>
>That's the third time you've stated that ADNA baord members are potentially
>breaching the corporations law.  The ACCC has had an observer at every one
>of the ADNA meetings, as far as I am aware.  If you believe that a breach
>has been committed, then why don't you go talk to them.

Nope, I said - Corporation Law Breaches are pretty Serious.  I didn't say
"ADNA  Members Breach the Corporations Law."

Please, don't twist my words. I generally select them very carefully.

>All you have done is criticise, pontificate and make inane accusations.  The

And at the reuqest of two ADNA members (one now no longer) submitted a list
of names to which was claimed to be worthless.

Obviously the names weren't read.  I'd be very careful calling at least one
of the names "worthless".

>reality is that the people who are in ADNA (and others, particular several
>from ISOC-AU) have put in a lot of their own time, effort and money to date.

Yes, to ensure that they make more money from less time in the future.
They also claim to represent the Internet Community, yet only less than 75%
of 200 ISP's even knew who they were.  Only 19% were in support.

That is very scary.

>At least they've made some effort and done some work.  

So have I.  I submitted as requested a list of names.  I'm Damned if I do
and I'm damned if I don't.  Time to start acting professional guys.  I have
all year.  I get paid to sit here and write email all day.

>I disagree with several of the ADNA's actions.

That's a start.

>At two meetings, I have motioned
>that non voting members (ie: registrars, including myself and Peter Gerrand)
>should not be on the board, but this hasn't even appeared in the minutes.

Great.  An organisation claiming integrity and can't even document it's
meetings.

I DEMAND ADNA FORMALLY RECORD THE CONTENTS OF ALL MEETINGS ON AUDIO TAPE
FOR PUBLIC RECORD.

There.  That solves that problem.  Should I make my demand via the
Corporatiosn Law, I'm sure I can find a way in.

>believe that the requirements to become a registry should be minimal, and
that
>implementing shared registries in .AU 2LD's should be a first priority,
before
>any new 2LD's are created.

Yes, you have stated this before, but ADNA has along way to go before it
starts working out what is necessary to become a registry.  There are
organisations who have been doing REgistry type processes for longer than
ADNA members have been ISP's - or even knew what a modem was.

>But as another board member has pointed out to me, I will have more of an
effect
>on these policies by remaining with ADNA than by quitting, or standing on the
>outside throwing darts.

I doubt that to be honest.  6 against one isn't very promising.

Especially if the other members DON'T want competition.

Michael, you may just be the only ethical person on the board.  I'm not sure.


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