auDA role “could have killed me” says resigning domainer
Domainer and activist blogger Ned O’Meara has resigned from the auDA board of directors, about four months after being elected.
He said in an apologetic blog post that the “negative stress” caused by being on the .au registry’s board had sent his blood pressure up, making him worry about having a third heart attack.
“[I]f I continued slugging it out at auDA, I believe it could have killed me,” he wrote.
He went on to say that he expected to be sidelined on key votes such as auDA’s decision to sell domains directly at the second level, due to perceived “conflicts of interest”, which he disputed.
O’Meara was elected in November as a “demand-class” member of the board, after using his blog to spearhead a campaign for greater transparency at the organization.
It sounds to me like he’s made the correct decision in stepping aside. No matter how important you believe a domain policy to be, it’s not worth your health. I wish him well.
auDA said it is now looking for two demand-class directors, to fill O’Meara’s vacant seat and another seat that is opening up due to the end of another director’s term.
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auDA has been captured by registrar interests, they seem hell bent on removing popularly elected demand directors. The only solution may be for the Australian Government to step in.
Australia as a member of the British Commonwealth; and as a Trading Nation & participant in TPP / CPTPP will be called to observe litigation against ICANN Et Al, in Toronto.
http://dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements/not-yet-in-force/tpp/official-documents/Documents/18-intellectual-property.pdf
The “habitual, single-issue commenter” with the
“Whacky lawsuit” is now able to illustrate that numerous other .COM Businesses have become victims of #RICO caliber #Racketeering at the ADR Forum.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.