Yup - ya got me -it's a fair cop - I propose to punish myself by banning
myself from reading the DNS list for 24 hours ;-)

Cheers,

Chris Disspain
CEO - auDA
ceo§auda.org.au
www.auda.org.au


-----Original Message-----
From: Rod Keys [mailto:rod§ddns.com.au] 
Sent: Wednesday, 24 April 2002 16:22
To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
Subject: Re: [DNS] Media Release

Now I get a chance ....
that's .biz
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Disspain" <ceo&#167;auda.org.au>
To: <dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au>
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 4:14 PM
Subject: RE: [DNS] Media Release


> I think perhaps that some of you are reading too much into today's
> announcement. This is merely a call for a) nominations for the panel
> which runs independently of auDA once set up and b) proposals for the
> panel to consider.  The whole process runs independently of auDA and
> will not interfere in any way with the current  jobs at hand.
>
> The panel will sit, at least, until close to the end of this year. At
> the end of its deliberations it will make recommendations to the board
> which will the consider them etc etc and so nothing is going to
actually
> happen in the market place until quarter 2 of next year at the
earliest.
>
>
> We will announce the go-live date for the new regime only when we can
be
> sure of a firm date. We do not wish to follow the .biz.au example of
> having a constantly extending start-up date.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Chris Disspain
> CEO - auDA
> ceo&#167;auda.org.au
> www.auda.org.au
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael-Pappas [mailto:auda&#167;michael-pappas.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, 24 April 2002 16:06
> To: dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au
> Subject: RE: [DNS] Media Release
>
> >> On Wed, Apr 24, 2002, Dave Hooper wrote:
> >> > Just get the rest of it running right first guys, before
> >> you get too
> >> > far ahead of yourselves.
>
> I agree, how about an update on where the registry is at... how far
> along
> are we... when will we have competition... not new domain names to be
> added..
>
> What are we adding it to???? No registry means no domain can be
added...
> And we are yet to see if the system that is put in place is capable of
> handling what we have, let alone new 2LD's... SLOW down and
concentrate
> on
> the tasks at hand.
>
> Michael-Pappas.
>
> >>
> >> Its just a call for proposals. I'm sure it'll take more than
> >> just a few months for any proposed domains to pop up.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Adrian
> >>
> >> --
> >> Adrian Chadd "For a sucessful technology,
> >> reality must
> >> <adrian&#167;creative.net.au>   take precedence over public relations,
> >>     for nature cannot be
> >> fooled" - Feynmann
> >
> >
> > and I'm sure that auDA will take longer than a few months to get
> > themsleves sorted on all the current issues. I just think they are
> > jumping the gun a little.
> >
> > Dave Hooper
> >
> >
> >
> >
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