McCarthy gives a background to the saga and discusses the conflict of
interest issues that have arisen. "Davies was voted onto the Board as a
non-executive director in May 2008 by an increasingly well-organised
group of domainers. It wasn't long before he started criticising the
organization, its CEO and the chairman, initially internally, then to
its members and then in the press."
McCarthy says it wouldn't surprise him if, in a few years, Nominet
seeks a member of the quickly maturing domaining community onto its
board, but for now, "Nominet's members - companies that have been
defiantly lazy and unbothered by all the drama over the past three
years" don't seem all that bothered, "so long as they get cheap
domains, the rest of it is a hassle. And with Nominet's member
structure as it is, it does remain susceptible to capture by apathy."
To read Kieren McCarthy's account of the saga and how Nominet forced Jim Davies off the board, see:
kierenmccarthy.com/2009/01/22/nominet-board-fights-roll-on/
A Nominet "statement regarding recent board matters", that is, on the above matter, is available from:
www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/?contentId=5965