1. Originally, at least 600 different languages-- with most people proficient in many dialects and languages. 2. Imperial Invasion by British Crown introduces additional "new" language, English, as official language. 3. Beneficiaries of British invasion introduce most languages and peoples of the world-- and half-heartedly attempt to stem the death of the original 600 languages. 4. Global Invasion by the USA (the ICANN/USG/.mil/ "internet") offers a new opportunity for the ancient rights of languages indigenous to "Australia"-- which rights are also, tragically in this case, the rights of Future Users (of the internet, including "addresses"). 5. Australia appoints a Future Users Group to monitor, research and defend the rights of future users of the internet-- including and especially the original languages. 6. auDA organises a conference (with live webcast, chat, public comments, etc just like an ICANN meeting set-up) about the future of the .au for Future Users-- is it to continue merely as part of the ICANN/USG/.mil/CIA* string or will it be inclusive and offer mutual technical co-operation in addressing (i.e. will .au "subroot" of ICANN/IANA carry also non-ICANN tlds/slds in the same way all non-ICANN/IANA roots-- and often tlds-- carry ICANN/IANA addresses like .com, .net, .org... and .au)?Received on Tue Jun 12 2001 - 20:03:21 UTC
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