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

[Eric Dierker <eric@hi-tek.com>]

You know that ICANN was granted its' position based upon the same
assumption, its' paperwork looked good.  As it got into practice the
At-Large was suspended and it was determined to not follow the original
intent of the paperwork.  There are many now that argue to ignore the
paperwork altogether for various reasons.  I would implore all concerned
not to change a thing until there is an actually elected at large fully
operational board.  Lest they go down ICANNs path.

Eric

Alexander Svensson wrote:

> 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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