Nominet Board elections 2025: Kieren McCarthy v Rob Golding

Lucy said:
Trust me, I don't. It takes me back to a point in time where I felt incredibly vulnerable.
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I understand that, Lucy, but in order to put stuff out there, you can’t half arse the accusation, don’t you agree?
 
Just to add, I called Nominet yesterday and this time insisted someone gets back to me regarding a serious safeguarding issue which they are obliged to investigate under their safeguarding and public protection policy. They are also now aware they are going to be audited and exposed publicly if they do not take it seriously. The guy on the phone seemed a little traumatised by the end of our chat but was very polite and professional. Now we have someone else to add to the mix don't we? Let's see what happens on Monday, they can sleep on it over the weekend.
 
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What have I got to say ? A fair amount ...

* If anyone feels they have been subject to abuse, harassment or inappropriate behaviour, then the appropriate thing to do is report that to the authorities.
This is something I fully support and understand Lucy knows the procedure for.


* Should this post actually be from whom it pertains I consider it as reason on this occasion to drop an entirely self-imposed desire to "protect a ladies honour"


* I do not believe I have acted with impropriety in this instance - yes I can be passionate, loud, assertive, single-minded even forceful - but never with malintent - if I have directly caused you some form of grief you of course have my unreserved apologies as such had never been my interest or intention.


* Irrespective of that I am sill not comfortable with revealing personal information, private chats/messages, confidences or anything similar outside of my own decision on what constitutes exigent circumstances. Such things may be done solely as I deem them necessary, certainly not for the interest or entertainment of others
- for that people can go watch Benny the Cat https:// www.youtube.com/shorts/Ukea3WQj2y0


* My stance has been one of no interest, no impetus, no incentive and so no intention of discussing you / your situation / your claims or anything related in a public forum.


* Whether I am considered reputable or disreputable is of no concern to me. My words, opinions and actions are by their very nature, my responsibility, and I have no problem being accountable for them.


* That I have character-flaws does not come as news. Those who know me should know my character and I'm sure judge me accordingly. Should I choose to defend my character from slight in front of others I will do so if and how I select. I am not swayed by attempts to goad me, berate me or otherwise coerce a response.


* I maintain no desire or reason to cause you any form of distress or discomfort, nor ever have. I dislike being lied about almost as much as being lied to - I have yet to decide if correcting the record overrides my previously undiminished concern for your wellbeing.
 
While we're at it, would you like to give your opinion on what a female in business need to do to get 'contracts' and be successful? How this advice is typical of what women need to do to succeed and it is totally the norm.
 
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OH, remember, I have access to what you have so no editing or selective disclosure.
 
astutiumRob said:
What have I got to say ? A fair amount ...

* If anyone feels they have been subject to abuse, harassment or inappropriate behaviour, then the appropriate thing to do is report that to the authorities.
This is something I fully support and understand Lucy knows the procedure for.


* Should this post actually be from whom it pertains I consider it as reason on this occasion to drop an entirely self-imposed desire to "protect a ladies honour"


* I do not believe I have acted with impropriety in this instance - yes I can be passionate, loud, assertive, single-minded even forceful - but never with malintent - if I have directly caused you some form of grief you of course have my unreserved apologies as such had never been my interest or intention.


* Irrespective of that I am sill not comfortable with revealing personal information, private chats/messages, confidences or anything similar outside of my own decision on what constitutes exigent circumstances. Such things may be done solely as I deem them necessary, certainly not for the interest or entertainment of others
- for that people can go watch Benny the Cat https:// www.youtube.com/shorts/Ukea3WQj2y0


* My stance has been one of no interest, no impetus, no incentive and so no intention of discussing you / your situation / your claims or anything related in a public forum.


* Whether I am considered reputable or disreputable is of no concern to me. My words, opinions and actions are by their very nature, my responsibility, and I have no problem being accountable for them.


* That I have character-flaws does not come as news. Those who know me should know my character and I'm sure judge me accordingly. Should I choose to defend my character from slight in front of others I will do so if and how I select. I am not swayed by attempts to goad me, berate me or otherwise coerce a response.


* I maintain no desire or reason to cause you any form of distress or discomfort, nor ever have. I dislike being lied about almost as much as being lied to - I have yet to decide if correcting the record overrides my previously undiminished concern for your wellbeing.
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As things stand, the only thing @Lucy has actually accused you of is registering a couple of worthless domains.

How do you respond to @dn's more serious allegation that your seconder Andrew Bennett passed himself off as @Ree and sent DMs to several members here?
 
@astutiumRob Can you explain why one of your supporters created an account on here and purported to have a personal relationship with the woman you are accused of having some sort of sexual incident with?

Objectively, don't you find that to be strange?
 
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As things stand, the only thing @Lucy has actually accused you of is registering a couple of worthless domains.

How do you respond to @dn's more serious allegation that your seconder Andrew Bennett passed himself off as @Ree and sent DMs to several members here?
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If you read the post, that is in addition to the other, non-disclosed incident.
 
'* I do not believe I have acted with impropriety in this instance - yes I can be passionate, loud, assertive, single-minded even forceful - but never with malintent - if I have directly caused you some form of grief you of course have my unreserved apologies as such had never been my interest or intention.'

- Whereas, I thank you for your unreserved apologies. I hope you understand and appreciate the impact and 'imprint' you have left on my being, even nearly two years later. I can stand in parliament, I can publicly speak at government roundtables, in embassies, and within the highest-respected international organisations in my field. But equally, I can be brought to pieces by the slightest, most everyday thing as a result of your actions, with malintent or not.

I hope we can now move on from this.
 
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@astutiumRob Can you explain why one of your supporters created an account on here and purported to have a personal relationship with the woman you are accused of having some sort of sexual incident with?

Objectively, don't you find that to be strange?
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I am now more interested in why this happened than anything else.
 
How do you respond to @dn's more serious allegation
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I was not aware of it - It's not anything I would have expected/requested of anyone.
 
astutiumRob said:
I was not aware of it - It's not anything I would have expected/requested of anyone.
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It's been over four hours since @dn made the allegation, so I'm sure you've spoken to Andrew. What did he have to say for himself? The excuse of last resort is usually "I've been hacked", but like @Hook I suspect that alcohol may have played a part.

Whatever his motivation he certainly hasn't done you any favours. IMHO this allegation is far more damaging to your NED candidacy than @Ree's ramblings. With friends like these...

I'm not a lawyer, but it occurs to me that messaging people while posing as someone else in an attempt to influence an election might even be a criminal matter. Having said that, Brian's message didn't mis-gender anyone, so the police probably won't be interested. I imagine that's what Andrew is hoping.
 
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astutiumRob said:
I was not aware of it - It's not anything I would have expected/requested of anyone.
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Strange, I guess we can come to our own conclusions and who we think is telling the truth then.

The facts are:
  1. Accusations were made against you on this forum, which you mostly ignored
  2. An associate of yours created a sock account with his home connection, then switches to a VPN
  3. The associate makes a post (not posted by moderators) to discredit the account/person making accusations about you, instead DMs sent to some users (posting in the thread(s)) but admins on this forum
  4. Your associate is outed as the person behind the sock account and now you reply defending yourself
  5. In your defence you say "yes I can be passionate, loud, assertive, single-minded even forceful - but never with malintent"
However, malintent is only relevant to your intention - omitting to act or recklessness are just as bad as intentionally being, well, a "pest" shall we say. (think manslaughter or drunk driving etc, non-intentional acts resulting in a crime) You could be both non-intentional and a "pest" to women.
 
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Be careful not to blacken the name of ****** ******** by likening him to this individual. I'll hold off for a while.
 
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I want to take a moment to offer a public apology to @Lucy and @Ree . Over the past week I’ve been in touch with Rees privately and have already expressed my regret for being dismissive earlier in this thread.

While I’ve apologised in private, I believe it’s more appropriate to address it openly here rather than quietly deleting, editing, or ignoring my original post. It's not always easy to admit you shouldn't have done something, but hopefully this goes someway to correcting that.

I had no knowledge of the other stuff that happened, either before or after anymore than what's been stated in here by others. I think that person should just hold their hands up publicly and just admit they screwed up.
 
Thank you Graeme, what you have written here is very much appreciated. The apology was not necessary because you were fooled by an accomplished liar just like everyone else on here and I know how smart you are so it proves how dangerous some people can be at passing off someone who can be trusted and have a genuine character. Those who become an unhealthy obsession of those types of predators are at risk and they will never 'hold there hands up' because the are extreme cowards with zero moral fibre. Things are moving along nicely and today I have received a very serious and professional call from Nominet who are taking very seriously the issues that are being raised. There have visited the audit platform and have pointed them here to this forum to read the posts. We will be forwarding a written dossier regarding certain member conduct and they have promised it will be taken very seriously so the audit may not need to proceed. I hope you have a nice productive trip to Germany and we can have that pint when you get back as we discussed. Very surprised to learn you went to school with my brother which would not have been known had it been for some idiot making those nasty fake DM's to the other forum members. Small world isn't it? Thanks again and it shows your true character when you get stuck in at the first instance to defend someone you think is being targeted unfairly, no need to apologise for doing that mate.
 
Ree said:
Very surprised to learn you went to school with my brother
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Stuff like this blows my mind, and does not help with my existential crisis and feeling that we are all living in some sort of weird simulation :ROFLMAO:
 
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