How does one become a member of ADNA?
&
How does one go about becoming a board member of ADNA?

Is it even possible?

If not what is the most effective way of having ones opinions and those of
numerous others heard by the board?

Email is not an effective means of communication at this level as it tends
to be ignored.

Do you have to meet individually with each board member?



Regards,
James Austin

Rainer Group Pty. Ltd.                       Voice:     +61 (0)2 9894 1985
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1986
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http://www.rainer-group.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Malone <mmalone&#167;creole.iinet.net.au>
To: dns&#167;iia.net.au <dns§iia.net.au>
Date: Wednesday, 25 February 1998 11:20
Subject: Re: DNS: Re: DNS


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>> This posting is addressed to Robert Elz and Co.
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>I'm not in that group, but I'll have a go.
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>> 1.    Who is the Licensor of .AU Domain Space?
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>Robert Elz.
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>> 2.    What are the contact details for this
Person/Corporation/Department?
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>kre&#167;munnari.oz.au
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>> 3.    Who are the licenses for .AU?
>> 4.    What Space do they administer?
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>I'm not sure what you mean by this question.  But the responsibility
>for some 2LD's have been delegated by Robert to:
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>Melbourne IT (COM.AU apparently on a "non exclusive basis")
>Hugh Irvine (NET.AU, and he has apparently delegated this to
connect.com.au)
>Geoff Huston (GOV.AU, EDU.AU and I think) INFO.AU
>Robert Elz himself (ORG.AU, CONF.AU and others)
>Michael Malone (ASN.AU, itty bitty one)
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>ID.AU has been delegated to lots of people at the 3LD level.
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>> 5.    What are the Contact details for the above?
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>See http://aunic.net and follow the links.
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>> 6.    How much did it cost to become a licensee?
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>Nothing.  All of these 2LD's were delegated long ago.  All of them
>were handled for free, by the volunteers, as well, so nobody really
>cared either.  Managing 2LD's didn't really have any monetary
>value.
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>Robert Elz was handling COM.AU himself, and falling way way behind
>by mid 1996, as the number of COM.AU registrations really started
>to take off.  People were waiting around 2 months for a COM.AU domain
>name if memory serves me right.  Remember there was no charge, so
>Robert was doing it in his spare time and was unable to keep up.  He
>delegated authority for COM.AU to Melbourne IT in October 1996. The
>details of this are not public, although we know that it is a five
>year non exclusive license.
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>Melbourne IT charged for COM.AU domain names, of course.  So all the
>ISP's started recommending their clients to gett NET.AU domains instead.
>After about a month of this, connect.com.au also started to charge a
>fee, so they could employ people to handle the load.
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>ORG.AU, CONF.AU, GOV.AU, EDU.AU and ASN.AU remain free and are
>handled by the volunteers named above.
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>> 7.    Who controls and sets policy for these licensee's?
>> 8.    What are the contact details for the above?
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>Good question.  Each of the 2LD admins listed above sets there
>own policy.  Apparently this is not the case for Melbourne IT.
>M-IT inherited the policy that was in place with Robert, and
>they only change it by consultation and agreement with the 'net
>community.
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>> 9.    By what authority does ADNA operate over DNS in .AU?
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>ADNA currently has no authority at all.  The intention is that
>each of the 2LD delegates, and Robert as delegate for .AU, will
>cede their authority to ADNA.  Obviously, this would only happen
>if we all saw ADNA as a viable solution, operating fairly, and
>unlikely to damage the Australian DNS.
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>> 10.  What are the contact details for ADNA?
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>http://www.adna.asn.au
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>> 11.  How many other Organisation are involved in DNS administration is
.AU?
>> 12.  What are the contact details of these organisations?
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>Umm.  There are about 500 ISP's in Australia, all of whom are involved
>in paying registries such as M-IT and CCA, promoting the .AU name space,
>and/or lobbying ADNA if not directly involved or represented.  The AVCC has
>a very strong voice with respect to EDU.AU.  Several organisations are
>members of ADNA.  ISOC-AU has shown itself to be influential, mainly due
>to the efforts of some knowledgable board members.  I suppose that if
Alston
>stepped in, then the government could reasonably claim authority if they
>wished, although that would be interesting to watch.
>
>So, "lots of organisations are involved".  The intention is that these
>organisations will focus into ADNA, leaving one authority.
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>> I look forward to receiving the requested information.
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>Don't take my answers as gospel.
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>MM
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