I think this raises great questions about whether or not auDA is doing
its job correctly and efficiently. I also wonder how the spending
increases and staff increases can be justified if these basic lapses
in their own process are allowed to fall through.

I really think it's time to re-examine whether or not auDA is still a
suitable body to oversee the .au namespace.

On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 9:05 PM, Cheyne Jonstone
<cheyne.jonstone&#167;cove.com.au> wrote:
> Larry,
>
> I was puzzled by this as well, but my greater concerns are:
>
> 1. The SafeNames website does not meet even the basic criteria for
> accreditation, so who approved it and why?
>
> 2. As per http://www.auda.org.au/policies/auda-2003-02/ item 4.3 states and
> I quote "Provisional accreditation is valid for 12 months. If you do not
> proceed to full accreditation within 12 months, you will be required to
> re-apply (ie. resubmit your accreditation application and pay another
> accreditation application fee)". If SafeNames had in fact obtained
> provisional accreditation before October 2007, that period should have
> lapsed in October 2008. As the process was officially closed, they should
> not have been able to reapply.
>
> 3. While Safenames has a registered business name, the registered foreign
> company (132 273 342) they used for their own .au domain was only formed in
> July 2008. As the accreditation name is in fact Safenames Ltd, not
> Safenames, it means the legal entity changed at some point during the
> accreditation process (if we're to believe they were provisionally
> accredited before October 2007). At this point, would it not be considered
> to be a new application?
>
> I look forward to the answers.
>
> Regards,
>
> Cheyne Jonstone
> National Sales Manager
> COVE Business Technology Pty Ltd
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dns-bounces+cheyne.jonstone=cove.com.au&#167;dotau.org
> [mailto:dns-bounces+cheyne.jonstone=cove.com.au&#167;dotau.org] On Behalf Of
> Larry Bloch
> Sent: Monday, 25 May 2009 9:19 PM
> To: '.au DNS Discussion List'
> Subject: [DNS] RSafeNames
>
> Hi All,
>
> Can any registrar confirm that SafeNames was appointed as their reseller for
> a period of 6 months prior to their application to become a registrar as
> required by the auDA Accreditation guidelines?
>
> Did they register any .AU names? They don't appear in the auDA reseller
> search tool:
>
> http://www.auda.org.au/reseller_search.php
>
>
> Larry
>
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