I hadn't been following this thread, but was just told about it by ~ Cyberian ~. I am on the DNOA ethics committee, and it does seem there is a concern here. The thing to understand about DNOA is that IS a separate entity than Namepros. If soneone wants to file a complaint, they need to follow the procedure listed here:
http://www.dnoa.org/filecomplaint.php
The complainant can state information included in the forum as their evidence that a wrong has occurred, however, there are problems with deciding a case fairly in a public forum. One of these problems is that if the respondent is banned from the forum, they can't reply to the statements. Second, anything someone types into the forum
could be edited so that different people see the facts differently at different times depending on what and when an edit was made. A formally filed complaint and all replies will be seen the same by everyone on the ethics committee.
I am 100% for stopping unethical behavior in the industry or I wouldn't be on the ethics committee. However, I think both sides need to be given due process to make their case without a lynch mob waiting in the wings. The facts will come out (assuming a case is formally filed), and anyone violating the ethics code to which they agreed will get what they deserve. I encourage anyone who has a problem with a DNOA member to make a formal complaint as stated. It is important to make sure those not following the code are removed. However, it's also the responsibility of DNOA to make sure that all statements are true, and that if at some time false complaint was filed, that it wasn't just acted on without proper investigation of the facts. It doesn't seem like the case here, but then again we don't want to jump to conclusions without giving each side an equal change to state their case.
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