Cate Coorey <catecoorey&#167;bigpond.com> wrote :
| 
| Members of the au Internet community owe a considerable debt to
| Mr Elz that debt should be repaid by making extraordinary efforts
| to make him comfortable with our proposed stewardship.

Indeed. Unfortunately the impression one gets from the press is a
handover is a "foregone conclusion"; True or False, its not a helpful
opinion.

| Posting negative news items a day before the ICANN meeting then
| approaching the directors of ICANN to try and force a re-delegation
| seems a little petty. Seems an unnecessary and ugly way to get control
| of the .au namespace, one which as a member of auDA makes me uncomfortable.

And undermines our credibility. Surely this is not a desirable route to
take despite current communications problems?