[ga] FYI: Approval of ccTLD Sponsorship Agreement with auDA (.au)

[Alexander Svensson <alexander@svensson.de>]

Approval of ccTLD Sponsorship Agreement with auDA (.au)
(http://www.icann.org/montevideo/au-agreement-topic.htm)

 ICANN management and the .au Domain Administration (auDA) have
 negotiated a ccTLD Sponsorship Agreement for auDA's administration
 of the .au country-code top-level domain (ccTLD). At its meeting
 on 10 September 2001 in Montevideo, Uruguay, the ICANN Board will
 be asked to consider approving ICANN's entry into this agreement.

 On 31 August 2001, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority issued
 a report finding that the .au top-level domain should be redelegated
 to auDA upon conclusion of a mutually satisfactory agreement
 between ICANN and auDA concerning auDA's sponsorship of the .au
 ccTLD. The Australian Government has given assurance of its ability
 and willingness to cooperate in the "framework of accountabily" to
 .au's local Internet community, as envisioned in the Governmental
 Advisory Committee Principles. auDA has indicated it, too, wishes
 to participate in a triangular relationship with the Australian
 Government and ICANN to promote to interests of the Australian and
 global Internet communities. (For a more detailed explanation of
 this "triangular situation," see the "Update on ccTLD Agreements"
 topic paper.) To implement this triangular relationship, the
 Australian Government and auDA have entered into a communication
 as envisioned by clause 9 of the GAC Principles and ICANN
 management and auDA have negotiated the proposed agreement,
 which covers the points envisioned by clause 10 of the GAC
 Principles.

 Entry of this agreement will benefit the Australian Internet
 community by providing for a more formally accountable structure
 for management of the .au ccTLD in the interest of that community.
 The global Internet community will receive, through ICANN, auDA's
 assurances that the .au ccTLD will be operated in a stable and
 interoperable manner. The entry of this agreement will be another
 step in the gradual transition of the Internet's technical
 coordination to private-sector management through ICANN's auspices.

Proposed ccTLD Sponsorship Agreement between auDA and ICANN
http://www.icann.org/cctlds/au-proposed-sponsorship-agmt-04sep01.htm

Model ccTLD Sponsorship Agreement - Triangular Situation
http://www.icann.org/cctlds/model-tscsa-02sep01.htm

Best regards,
/// Alexander
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