ability to register xyz.au would see things like au.com for sure.

Ability to register xyz.com would also de-value all of the marketing,
branding, and general thumping into the non technical public's head that has
gone into .com.au .net.au id.au .org.au .asn.au etc etc.

The general public recognise a .com.au in most cases, even my 80-something
year old aunt who has never even used a calculator in her life still buys me
socks with .com and .com.au on it (Although that pair that said
www.millenium.2000 etc etc made me cringe)

But you get the general gist of my opinion.

i do NOT want to have to reeducate clients etc ad nauseum, as my workload
will explode and i'll dream nightmares about :// 's and .au's forever more.
(Bad Thing).

My Friday Afternoon 2 Cents.
-Sean Finn.


-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Pay [mailto:jasonpay§au1.ibm.com]
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 1:46 PM
To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
Subject: Re: [DNS] Nomination for auDA board.


>> What are your opinions on opening up the name space?
>
>fewer restrictions. ability to register xyz.au and more 2LD's
>
>Vic

I would agree that there should be fewer restrictions, the impacts
reducing restrictions would have to be taken into account though.

Ability to register xyz.au would be great but is it a good idea on a
logistical level? If someone registered xyz.au and then sold thousands of
subdomains, then the xyz.au company goes under, all the sub domain people
effected would be jumping over the auDA. With this in mind, if there was
the facility to register xyz.au the requirements would have to be very
high, close to ausregistry level id expect.

More 2LD's? If a proposal is made and it addresses all policy criteria and
I agree with the proposal I'd vote for when it came up at the board
meeting. IMO there's no reason not to add more 2LD's, I guess if the
demand is there, new 2LD's will be created.

In the same ballpark though, I would push the 'power of attorney' issue.




Regards,


Jason Pay
Midrange Administrator: AIX LINUX
IBM Global Services
jasonpay§au.ibm.com
+61 (0)2 61242137





Deus Ex Machina <vicc&#167;cia.com.au>
26/09/2003 01:16 PM
Please respond to dns


        To:     dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au
        cc:
        Subject:        Re: [DNS] Nomination for auDA board.



Jason Pay [jasonpay&#167;au1.ibm.com] wrote:
> >what exactly are your views? where do you stand on opening up the name
> spaces for instance?
> >
> >Vic
>
> Can you clarify what you mean by "opening up the name spaces"
> are you referring to current restrictions on namespaces?
>
> In any case, its not just my opinion that counts I would solicit
comments
> from this list and wherever else I can find them, and try and push the
> consensus view.
> I would have to make judgments based on where the opinions/views were
> coming from, and I would do so without bias.
>


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