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[Marghanita da Cruz]

Adrian Chadd wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 06, 2006, Craig Sanders wrote:
> 
> 
>>yes, that's a reasonable summary of the official policy. and it may even
>>be an accurate reflection of reality these days.
>>
>>the unofficial policy for many years was that there was no point in
>>applying for a .org.au domain unless you were a personal friend of
>>Robert Elz or were somehow able to apply some pressure on him or
>>Melbourne Uni to make him give you one.
>>
>>
>>in theory, practice and theory are the same.  in practice, they're not.
> 
> 
> When was this? Before 1996?
> 
> I remember registering .org.au domains circa 1995/1996 and having absolutely
> no trouble with them. None of them were 'vanity' domain names.
> 
> I did learn relatively quickly which information was pertinent to registering
> org/com/net.au and I'd make sure it was all very clearly documented in the
> request. If I supplied enough information then I'd get the domain in a week.
> (A week, but still..) If I didn't supply enough information I'd not hear from
> KRE for weeks, sometimes never.
> 
> (And no: I didn't know KRE.)
> 

Just looked up my files, I registered a .org.au domain name...in 2001...

It was surprisingly straight forward. I say surprisingly because at the 
time, there
seemed to be the same mystique Craig refers to about obtaining one...but it
all seemed pretty transparent when I got down to it. And though the
document said it may take two weeks..I recall it was done in a couple of
days.

Note, I did provide all the information on the application and there was
also already a webspace for the organisation.

M
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Marghanita da Cruz
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