Deus Ex Machina said:
> >_From: Tom Minchin
> > James Austin said:
> > > I simply want the board of ADNA, that is everyone of them to state without
> > > reservation that they will not be involved in any way in Domain name
> > > registration as a registrar at any stage now or in the immediate future.
> > > 
> > > This seems simple enough to put the conflict of interest thing to bed.
> > 
> > Do similar organisations within Real Estate, Motor Traders, Legal etc have
> > the same restrictions?
> 
> all these bodies function have there members function as indepedent
> bussinesses, real estate agents dont rely on the approval of the 
> Real Estates Institute for the sale a property. your analogy is flawed.
> 
> we certainly are getting an amazing number of flawed analogies these days.
> 
It was more of a question than an analogy. If I can understand your first
paragraph, these bodies attempt to define the way these businesses operate
(independant as they). Of course, they can choose not to operate within
these guidelines.

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