The auDA CEO Cameron Boardman needs to resign or be removed.
He is pushing this and requoting Bullshi$ claims from some others who have been calling for people to "push this in".
The Board needs to step in and mute him from his false claims. The facts are the .uk and ,nz failed. Wake up Cameron don't believe what you where told.
Shorter is not better.. Just look at the facts and numbers. Ask Google search boss Matt Cutts.
He is way over his head on domain names. Simply no clue at all or he is trying to just use the spin and propaganda we have all seen him capable of.
Why did he ever get the job? He is Fu$$ing up the .au name space. Enough is Enough.
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/au_domain_administration_ltd_aud#outgoing-4446
I have no problems telling him. I have already sent emails documenting it all to him.
Boardman has to go. He will get another job no problems but we need someone else urgently.
The individuals will benefit from another extension argument is pure rubbish. Look at all of the politicians now who all use theirname.com.au. I already highlighted these options are available when Brett said it also
www.BrettFenton.com,
www.BrettFenton.com.au www.BrettFenton.id.au etc
CameronBoardman.com.au CameronBoardman.id.au etc etc
They are spinning the Bull$$ and will not stop until they are stopped.
Their own personal bonuses and company bonuses are not a good enough reason to damage the very strong globally respected existing .au name space and millions of Australians.
the failed .uk and .nz results
UK fact the .uk has failed and is NOT "remarkably successful" as claimed
https://www.nominet.uk/news/reports-statistics/uk-register-statistics-2017/
NZ fact the .nz has failed and is not "remarkably successful" as claimed "Figure 3 shows the total number of domain names increased from 640,342 (at 1 April 2015) to 656,607 (at 31 March 2016) – a growth of 16,265, or 2.5 percent. The dip between February and March 2016 reflects the one-year anniversary of the end of the preferential registration and registration period - an important part of the registrations direct at the second level change.
It appears that some registrants, having exercised their preferential registration rights, have subsequently let the shorter version of their name drop. "
https://www.dnc.org.nz/sites/default/files/2016-08/Domain Name Commission - Annual Report - .pdf
auDA seems to be ignoring the facts and is pushing on regardless with the un needed proposed competing additional .au extension.
auDA staff have engaged parties they knows personally to do the independent .au research"
When asked why the organisation thought the proposal was worth adopting, Boardman said: “auDA considers direction registration to be worthy of consideration by the Policy Review Process because it could make the domain name system simpler and easier to use by creating names that are shorter, more appealing, and more memorable
“Direct registration may provide a better option for entities that don’t fit neatly within existing second level domains (like .com.au or .net.au). Individuals, for example, may prefer to obtain a straight .au Australian domain name in a simple manner.