[LINK] auDA Public Board Meeting - Monday Aug 13 - Sydney

[David Goldstein]

Hi Roger and anyone else interested!

The Names Policy Panel, which is what's being referred to here, met again this week and mostly discussed whether registrants should have the ability to transfer their domain name to another eligible person. And if so, how should this be done. Examples include a managed transfer system and an open auction system such as Sedo.

There are a lot of differing views with panelists. Within the next month there should a second public consultation through an Issues Paper canvassing options.

There is also the issue of whether "the policy rules for asn.au, com.au, id.au, net.au and org.au be changed". Issues that have come up here is id.au is not very popular and where does someone go if they've got a hobby. There isn't really anywhere to go for a website for someone who just wants to, for example, put online their scrabble tips.

Any other questions/comments?

David


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----- Original Message ----
From: Roger Clarke <Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au>
To: link at anu.edu.au
Sent: Thursday, 16 August, 2007 4:39:06 PM
Subject: Re: [LINK] auDA Public Board Meeting - Monday Aug 13 - Sydney

>Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 20:03:53 +1000
>I look forward to your eagle-eyes also picking up the *actual* 
>report, when it comes to light!

Eagle-eyes Stewart Carter has picked up some relevant information 
from auDA Minutes in June.

In eCommerce Report 14, 11 of 8 August 2007
http://www.ecommercereport.com.au/ [subscription required]

Stewart reports that the possibility of registrations direct into 
1TLDs (e.g. ibm.au) is dead, because most submissions to the review 
opposed it.

The review's focus is now primarily on some easing in the rules 
relating to sale and transfer of domain-names - although, he feels, 
probably not going as far as allowing a secondary market to emerge.

[I'm a subscriber, so I can use the remnants of the Copyright Act's 
'fair dealings' provisions to post this.  And I have no financial or 
other interest in eCommerce Report, so I can post the source, whereas 
Stewart would probably hesitate to do so on the grounds of commercial 
promotion.]

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