Nominet EGM call

November 15th, 2008

Dear Fellow Members,

Many of you will have read the on going Nominet board conflict on nom-steer and articles by Chris Williams:

UK net body faces split

UK.gov tells domain industry to get its house in order

Nominet top brass reject resignation call
 
Nominet director quits over boardroom rift
 
Rebel Nominet director calls for the heads of Chairman and CEO
 
Mandelson’s dept mulls UK internet power grab

I am saddened to read the resignation letter by Angus Hanton and the revelations by Jim Davies.
 
These men have put their reputations, personal wealth and time on the line for us who elected them.
 
Many questions remain unanswered, such as those relating to executive pay, senior staff discipline and corporate governance.
 
Therefore, in my opinion, time has come to regain and safeguard membership control of Nominet, a key supplier to all our businesses.
 
I ask all those who wish to support a ‘vote of no confidence’ against the current board to contact me@andrewbennett.co.uk as soon as possible.
 
Thanks,
 
Andrew Bennett