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