auDA requests ICANN to re-delegate .au.


.au Domain Administration Ltd (auDA) has now commenced the formal process
for management of the .au Country Code Top Level Domain to be re-delegated
to auDA.

Prior to doing this, auDA formally asked the current delegate Mr. Robert Elz
to agree to a re-delegation of .au to auDA. Mr. Elz has not responded.

As part of the formal process auDA has prepared information showing what it
has achieved and what it would like to do if given responsibility for .au.
auDA has sent these documents to Mr. Elz and asked for his comment. Mr. Elz
has not responded.

auDA has now sent this information to ICANN with a formal request asking
ICANN can investigate the possibility of re-delegating .au to auDA

As auDA understands it, the next step is for ICANN to ask Mr Elz for his
response to the suggestion that .au could be re-delegated to auDA.
Thereafter, actions will depend on Mr. Elz response, if any.

If Mr. Elz raises specific concerns, then auDA will be happy to discuss
these with him.

The documents sent to ICANN will be posted on the auDA web site as soon as
formal receipt has been received from ICANN. This is anticipated to be in
the next couple of days.

ICANN is the technical coordination body for the domain name system.  As
such, it performs the IANA functions, which include the designation of
country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) managers.  ICANN has a defined process
for re-delegation of ccTLD managers.  That process begins when a request for
re-delegation is submitted, and involves efforts at close cooperation with
the ccTLD manager and Internet community to achieve a consensus resolution
in the public interest.  ICANN's ccTLD policies for ccTLD delegations focus
on technical competence and the support of the local Internet community.

7 June 2001.


Chris Disspain
CEO - auDA
ceo§auda.org.au
+61-3-9226-9495
www.auda.org.au