ERoberts§dca.gov.au wrote:
] The .au domain summit is scheduled to be held in Melbourne Friday 6 
] November and invitation have been issued.  The aim of the summit is to 
] promote consensus on organisational and structural issues relating to the 
] development of an effective industry self-regulatory regime to develop and 
] administer the .au domain space.  
] 
] We have tried to ensure that the invitation list is broadly representative 
] of the different interest groups. However, to enable those who have not 
] received an invitation to contribute to the process, opportunity for 
] comment will be provided through the NOIE home page. 

I commend NOIE for organising this summit this week to move the .au DNS
issue forward.

The above implies that participation in this summit is by invitation only.

Is there any procedure for members of the Australian Internet community
who don't have a pecuniary interest in the DNS and aren't from NOIE or
Directors of ISOC-AU/etc, but believe they have something to contribute,
to be considered for receiving an invitation?

If it is too late to send invitations to participate, is it possible to
send invitations for people just to observe?

Perhaps I have mis-understood what the summit is likely to do, where it
fits into the scheme of things, and how it relates to the "small Working
Group" referred to in NOIE's (very good!) audisc paper.  If so, perhaps
this would be clearer if we knew what sort of participants were expected
at the summit.
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 David Keegel  <hostmaster&#167;wattle.id.au>  Web: http://www.wattle.id.au/
  Free Internet domain (DNS) registration, for Australian individuals.