On 07/05/2008, at 8:40 PM, info§enigmaticminds.com.au wrote:

> With the apparent arbitrary and sometimes contradictory nature of  
> some of auDA's decisions, and then the lack of recourse available to  
> the registrant, it would be great to see a Domain Name Ombudsman in  
> place to act as an independent umpire.
>
> Their are policies and procedures in place to deal with disputes  
> between registrants as well as complaints against registrars but  
> there is nothing in place to deal with issues relating to auDA  
> themselves.
>
> An independent Domain Name Ombudsman could fill this void.

You are not the first to propose this.  John Selby of Macquarie  
University who wrote his thesis on auDA came to a similar conclusion  
in a submission to DCITA he write a couple of years ago: see http://www.dbcde.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/55836/John_Selby_-_Macquarie_University.pdf 
.  I know this because I cite it in my own PhD thesis on Internet  
governance (about to be published as a book; see http://press.terminus.net.au/) 
.

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Jeremy Malcolm LLB (Hons) B Com
Internet and Open Source lawyer, IT consultant, actor
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