On Mon, 10 Jun 2002, David Keegel wrote:

 > I am confident that people who strongly want new 2LDs created will
 > put in submissions proposing those 2LDs (and try to get on the panel).

Indeed.  And they (the registrars) will succeed, I've no doubt.  Whether
it really makes anyone register something whose sole purpose is to map a
text string to an IP address at any greater rate, is another matter. 

 > What is not so clear is whether anyone who doesn't want new 2LDs
 > created will bother to put in a submission along those lines.
 > It's often hard to get people to argue for the status quo.

Exactly.  Especially when they see how these panels are composed, and
the extent to which the dominant players have perverted the process to
date.

What 'the industry' wants of AuDA, it will get.  Bugger the punter$.

If voting could make any difference, it would be illegal.  Meanwhile,
the DNS continues to map text strings to IP addresses as well as ever.

Cheers, Ian