Forwarded for your information.

Now is the time to give auDA your input, if you want to be heard...

Mark Davidson
Sydney

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The .au Domain Administration (auDA) is a company formed by key industry
and user groups with the aim of undertaking industry self-regulation of
the Internet domain name space within Australia.

The current Interim Board has the responsibility to work with key
stakeholders and government to secure appropriate delegations of
authority, quickly establish principles of operation and secure
stakeholder commitment prior to the Annual General Meeting and election
of the First Board in September 1999.

As a first step in the consultative process for developing the policies
under which the organisation will operate, auDA has established a web
site containing working drafts of policy documents currently under
consideration. auDA hopes to encourage the involvement of key
stakeholders and other interested
participants in policy development by ensuring the community has the
opportunity to contribute constructive feedback.

The Interim Board will be considering the following draft policies at
the next meeting to be held on July 5, 1999, and would encourage
comments before this date:

1. Guidelines for the operation of Policy Advisory Panels (v1.0 DRAFT)
2. Framework for domain delegation and licencing (v1.0 DRAFT)
3. Interim Board Objectives (v1.0 DRAFT)

Copies of these documents and additional information on the auDA
organisation, its history, principles and objectives can be found on the
auDA web site at: http://www.auda.org.au/

Feedback on the content of these documents or other aspects of the auDA
organisation is welcomed, and can be addressed to comments§auda.org.au.

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