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<p>It's a fair question Craige.<br>
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<p>The removal of the Chair was largely symbolic - it was a vote of
no confidence in the current approach of the auDA board to issues
such as member communications, transparency of decision making and
openness of strategy. Our working assumption (which has
transpired) was that an Acting Chair would be appointed, and it
was our hope that a robust approach would be used to replace the
Chair. That has also transpired, with the Board today resolving to
convene an appointment committee to independently recruit a new,
independent Chair. </p>
<p>The other key outcomes that I observed from the SGM (I will
forward minutes if/when they are available) were: <br>
(For full transparency I observed via GoTo Meeting)<br>
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<ul>
<li>Cameron Boardman, CEO, outlined the process that had been
taken around establishing a new .au Registry<br>
</li>
<li>The Board were at pains to be receptive to Member feedback,
and committed to using this feedback to inform their future mode
of operation<br>
</li>
<li>The level of dissatisfaction with Members about the
transparency of operations of auDA was palpable, with several
calls for minutes/agenda publication on the website to again
occur, although there was no resolution made to do so. <br>
</li>
<li>There was strong resentment from Members present against the
decision to open up top level registration into the .au
namespace, given the commercial implications for many Members of
the Demand class - who earn their livelihoods through services
in the existing 2LD spaces - .com.au, net.au, .org.au and so on.
SEO practitioners also appeared to be opposed to the .au TLD
registrations opening up. </li>
<li>Relations between auDA and AusRegistry - the incumbent
registry provider - appear significantly strained, with Boardman
declining to allow AusRegistry to provide operational updates to
the auDA board while the Registry Tender / EoI process is
underway</li>
</ul>
<p>Kind regards,</p>
<p>Kathy<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 31/07/17 11:23, Craige McWhirter via
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<pre wrap="">I haven't seen whom we're voting to replace Mr Benjamin with and how
they plan to address the concerns you've raised.
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You can't do that It impossible to do that until you know who has been
nominated for the office!
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Not impossible, a reasonable question for which their may or may not be answer.
You're focussing on technical process a little to tightly Russell. In my
experience people rarely role a sitting leader without there being someone else
in mind, regardless of whether a nomination process has commenced or not.
I doubt a that council with the calibre of ours merely approved rolling the
sitting office holder without any thought having been given to what | who
happened next.
Hence my question.
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Craige
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