[ga] FYI: IANA Report on .au (Australia) redelegation

[Alexander Svensson <alexander@svensson.de>]

IANA Report on Request for Redelegation of the .au Top-Level Domain
http://www.iana.org/reports/au-report-31aug01.htm

Excerpts:
 Upon its establishment in 1986, the .au ccTLD was delegated to Robert
 Elz, a network programmer at the University of Melbourne.
 ...
 [T]he .au Domain Administration (auDA) was formed. On 15 November
 1999, Mr. Elz sub-delegated to auDA the authority to manage the
 .com.au namespace, which comprises approximately 85% of all domain
 names within the .au ccTLD.
 ...
 The IANA's consultations with the Australian Internet community have
 demonstrated substantial support for auDA's assumption of the role
 as manager of the .au ccTLD. In consultations with the IANA, Mr. Elz
 has acknowledged that the management of the .au ccTLD should be
 transferred to a broadly supported organization.
 ...
 Mr. Elz, however, has expressed concern that auDA is still not fully
 formed and that in practice its base of participants is not as broad
 as desirable. Melbourne IT, a major stakeholder in the Australian
 Internet community and operator of the principal registry (.com.au)
 within the .au ccTLD, also expressed concern that auDA is a new,
 untested organization that may not prove effective in broadly
 representing all parts of the Internet community. Both Mr. Elz and
 Melbourne IT suggested that the management of the .au ccTLD would
 more appropriately be performed directly by the Australian Government.
 ...
 According to the design described in its constitution, auDA is
 well-suited to be inclusive of, and accountable to, the Australian
 Internet community and to operate through open, transparent, and
 inclusive processes. Mr. Elz's and Melbourne IT's concerns appear
 to be that auDA will not develop according to this design. These
 concerns, however, are obviated by the Australian Government's
 desire to have the .au ccTLD managed by the private sector,
 combined with the Government's commitments that it will ensure
 that auDA operates in an open, transparent, inclusive, and
 representative way.
 ...
 Upon conclusion of a mutually satisfactory agreement between ICANN
 and auDA reflecting the principles set forth in clause 10 of the
 GAC principles, adjusted as necessary to suit local circumstances,
 the .au ccTLD should be redelgated to auDA.

Best regards,
/// Alexander
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