> 
> For the moment, ISOC-AU does say "COM.AU only". That's not "never anything
> else, no way, no how", but for now.

That is the stand that most of us see ISOC-AU taking. From what I have
seen it _really_ appears that ISOC-AU will never, while there is breath in
its body, let ADNA go any furtehr than the commercial domains. 

If ISOC-AU could then perhaps make that statement official that they do
not have objections to ADNA aspiring to more than .com.au as per its goals
then we could really move forward.
This is what is really holding things up !
ADNA has said it will start there but ISOC-AU seems to refuse to beleive
it should be allowed to go any further - ever. I have seen no official
release to say any different.

ADNA wants to do things right, it wants to start on .com.au, it wants to
formulate policy that will allow multiple DNAs and the application for new
2LDs but it is unfair to demmand of it that it will go no further.
ISOC-AU seems to be hell bent on demmanding that ADNA never leave the
commercial arena - this is how it seems to me.



> 
> For myself, personally, I am most uncomfortable with a situation where a DNA
> in a commercially competitive domain is the actual delegate for the domain.
> Yes, I *know* that is the current situation and not just in .COM.AU.
> However, the idea is to *improve* the curent sutuation. We are moving into
> new territories of competition and commercialisation of these processes in
> some domains. This new territory means thinking about new rules.
> 
> We have a right to say this, Michael. You have a right to disagree. It would
> be nice if you were to address our criticisms rather than simply reject
> them. Do you, for example, see where my unease at the situation you describe
> is coming from? What factors do you think mitigate the circumstances?
> 
> Regards, K.
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Karl Auer: kauer§pcug.org.au                    +61-6-2494627 (bh)
>            http://www.pcug.org.au/~kauer/       +61-6-2486607 (ah)
> 
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> 
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