Hi Jon,

I agree with you here. We all should stop bitching about specific registries
but I mean, what's been done about it?

Maybe we could start a consumer awareness web site for .com.au registrants
to refer to when the are confused about what's going on in the .au domain
registration industry.

I am willing to put a site together to inform consumers from ISPs, web hosts
and domain registries on what's going on without any ads etc on it. A site
that all the companies who abide by the 'Code of Conduct' including a
blacklist of domain registries that can send their customers to get the most
up-to-date information from. Even have a partition of registries that have a
good track record.

Would anyone be interested sending their confused customers to such a site?

Regards,
Nigel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Lawrence" <jon&#167;jonlawrence.com>
To: <dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au>
Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 3:04 AM
Subject: RE: [DNS] FACTS & RESPONSIBILITIES


> Well...the ICANN Registrar Constituency has been talking about a code of
> conduct for over two years, Nominet (uk registry) has also been failed to
> implement anything for a similar length of time.
>
> If auDA is able to facilitate the adoption of a code of conduct within 6
> months of registrar competition being introduced then it will be a
considerable
> achievement.
>
> Perhaps if you redirected some of the energy you expend on your campaigns
> against specific registrars towards actually achieving this goal then the
> concerns you have about certain business models are more likely to be
resolved
> sooner rather than later with the adoption of an effective and enforceable
> code.
>
> jon
>
>
> >-- Original Message --
> >Reply-To: dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au
> >From: "Ginger Fish" <ginger-fish&#167;scifi-art.com>
> >To: "Dns&#167;Lists.Auda.Org.Au" <dns§lists.auda.org.au>
> >Cc: <inquiries&#167;theage.com.au>,
> > <hsletters&#167;hwt.newsltd.com.au>,
> > <custserv_time&#167;timeinc.com>
> >Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 02:12:56 +1100
> >Subject: [DNS] FACTS & RESPONSABILITIES
> >
> >
> >Surely at least one newspaper out there feels the responsability
> >to inform consumers...
> >
> >Test-Bed Registrars/Provisionally Accredited Registrars
> >auDA chooses wisely while the rest of the world looks on and laughs.
> >A disgraceful state of affairs and yet this is what we're stuck with
> >in  Australia.
> >
> >Self regulation works if you're in the bed or in the loop.
> >Is there anyone out there who gives a damn?
> >
> >I CAN SEE IT NOW, REGISTRARS AGREEMENTS SIGNED,
> >CODE OF CONDUCT PUT IN PLACE 6 MONTHS LATER.
> >--- CAN ANYONE OUT THERE SEE A FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM WITH THIS???????
> >
> >
> >NET REGISTRY  - PROVISIONALLY ACCREDITED REGISTRAR
> >19 Oct 2001 auDA moves swiftly to protect AUNIC database
> >http://www.auda.org.au/about/news/2001101901.html
> >
> >Reports confirm that NetRegistry copied data in bulk from
> >Australia's AUNIC database which it hosted on behalf of auDA.
> >http://www.icannwatch.org/article.php?sid=420
> >
> >auDA switches off NetRegistry
> >http://www.itnews.com.au/story.cfm?ID=8220
> >
> >
> >RARE-DOMAINS PTY LTD - TEST-BED REGISTRAR
> >Is this Peter Dean, Director of auDA, Director of Instra, mate
> >of Chris Dispain, with a commercial website sitting on www.aunic.com.au
>
> > ?
> >
> >
> >INTERNET NAME GROUP  - PROVISIONALLY ACCREDITED REGISTRAR
> >Internet Name Group scam
> >http://www.auda.org.au/list/dns/archive/032001/0060.html
> >
> >The greed behind gratuitous grace
> >http://www.smh.com.au/icon/0111/13/news4.html
> >
> >Riddle of 10-year deals on .au names with a two-year life
> >http://it.mycareer.com.au/networking/20010410/A35593-2001Apr10.html
> >
> >Name seller flogs .biz names via asic.com
> >http://www.smh.com.au/news/0106/22/biztech/biztech15.html
> >
> >"Spam" Attack Prompts Suspension By Domainz.
> >http://www.aardvark.co.nz/pr2001/090601.htm
> >
>
>http://www.idg.net.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/D6AC0A53F05ECFC6CC256ABF00090DE4!ope
n
> >document
> >
> >
> >Isn't there a problem here ?
> >
> >
> >Ginger
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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