It is very interesting proposal. He with the deepest pockets wins. Does anyone know if a lottery style system was considered. >Ian Johnson Wrote: > From auDA Board Meeting Minutes of 13 August 2001 > > The board agreed to adopt the following method of allocation of generic > domain names: > > 1. Publish list of names refused by Melbourne IT because deemed to be > generic. The list will be closed shortly before publication. > > 2. Advertise a 14 day period during which an interest in a name can be > registered. > > 3. Interested parties must complete an application form to demonstrate that > as at 13 August 2001, they were eligible to hold the name under the new > policy rules. > > 4. At the end of the 14 day period, auDA will assess the applications > received. There are 3 scenarios: > > a. If there is only one eligible applicant for a name, that applicant may > reserve the name by paying a fixed price (eg. $100) to auDA. The applicant > will be able to register the name under the new regime for the normal retail > price. > > OR > > b. If there is more than one eligible applicant for a name, those applicants > may proceed to a closed auction for the name. The winner of the auction may > reserve the name by paying the amount bid to auDA. The winner will be able > to register the name under the new regime for the normal retail price. > > OR > > c. If there are no eligible applicants for a name, the name will become > available for registration under the new regime on a first come, first > served basis. > > Note that the generic domain names will be registered by registrars, not by > auDA. auDA will receive the proceeds of the auction, it will not receive > payment for generic domain names when they are registered after the auction. > > The board decided that while the list of generic domain names will remain > open until shortly before the auction, applicants for generic domain names > should be eligible to hold the name as at 13 August 2001. > > This will minimise the opportunity for people to register business names > solely for the purpose of registering generic domain names. This is intended > as a measure of protection for those people who have applied for names in > the past and would otherwise have been eligible to hold them but for the > restriction on generics. ER voted against this decision. > > Action: auDA staff to further develop the implementation plan for the > auction of generic names, including the technical means and cost of > conducting the auction. > > -- > This article is not to be reproduced or quoted beyond this forum without > express permission of the author. 322 subscribers. > Archived at http://listmaster.iinet.net.au/list/dns (user: dns, pass: dns) > Email "unsubscribe" to dns-request§auda.org.au to be removed. > -- This article is not to be reproduced or quoted beyond this forum without express permission of the author. 324 subscribers. Archived at http://listmaster.iinet.net.au/list/dns (user: dns, pass: dns) Email "unsubscribe" to dns-request§auda.org.au to be removed.Received on Wed Nov 07 2001 - 08:33:08 UTC
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