Indeed. If you give someone power of attorney when you die, make sure you
also give them power of attorney if you go into a coma, or have a severe
stroke or something. My parents found out the hard way...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Leefe Hicks" <wyvern&#167;tengutech.net>
To: <dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au>
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 2:33 PM
Subject: RE: [DNS] auDA media release "power of attorney"


> When you give someone 'power of attorney' you define what they have
> 'power of attorney' for. And you probably want to be very careful
> about this. :)
>
> Leefe
>
>
> At 9:41 +1000 20/6/03, Jason Pay wrote:
> >Correct me if i'm wrong, but isnt "power of attorney" an all encompassing
> >thing, you cant delegate "power of attorney" for a specific thing. when
you
> >give someone "power of attorney" you are giving them total decision
making
> >power over you. generally this "power of attorney" is used when people
get
> >too sick to make decissions, they give "power of attorney to a relative
or
> >friend, who then selll their house from under them and puts them in a
home.
> >
> >So if anyone is able to convince their customers to sign over "power of
> >attorney" well...................................
> >
> >IMO auDA should be looking at a "reasonable" solution to this issue.
> >If a customer is informed and has signed an aggreement with a reseller
and
> >auDA has access to this aggreement then managment of domains by proxy
> >should be allowed. auDA has the power to reverse a domain move so i dont
> >really see any problem.
> >
> >unless the reseller trys to charge more after the move.
> >
> >
> >anythow
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Jason Pay
> >Midrange Administrator
> >IBM GSA
> >02 6124 2137
> >0421 357 559
> [snip]
> --
> Leefe Hicks - wyvern&#167;tengutech.net
> http://www.tengutech.net/wyvern/
>
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