I think that the Geographic Domain Name's are fine as long as it is heavily
restricted. I also think the .law.au and .med.au extensions are fine too.
Other than that I am really against an further extensions which will dilute
and lessen the strength of the .au namespace.

Anthony

> From: "James Pearce" <james.pearce&#167;zdnet.com.au>
> Reply-To: dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au
> Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 16:37:22 +1000
> To: <dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au>
> Subject: [DNS] Geographic Domain Name Proposal
> 
> auDA's New Names Advisory Panel has recommended eight new second-level
> domain names based on the state and territory names. I'm a bit surprised
> nothings made it to the list yet. Below is a link to a story on the subject
> (yes, I wrote it), and below that is the press release.
> 
> http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/ebusiness/story/0,2000024981,20269087,00.ht
> m
> 
> 
> auDA Panel recommends new geographic 2LDs - state/territory.au
> 
> 
> 
> Melbourne, 15 October 2002 - auDA's New Names Advisory Panel has recommended
> that auDA create eight new second level domains (2LDs) for Australian states
> and territories - act.au, nsw.au, nt.au, qld.au, sa.au, tas.au, vic.au,
> wa.au
> 
> 
> 
> The Panel commends the proposal developed by the One City One Site (OCOS)
> working party, which is aimed at reserving geographic names for use by the
> relevant community.
> 
> 
> 
> The proposed domain structure is placename.state/territory.au - for example,
> bathurst.nsw.au or ballarat.vic.au
> 
> 
> 
> Use of the new domain names would be restricted to community website portals
> that reflect community interests, such as local business, tourism,
> historical information, special interest groups, and cultural events.
> 
> 
> 
> Public comments received to date have demonstrated strong support for the
> proposal, including from the Online Council of Australian Government IT
> Ministers.
> 
> 
> 
> The auDA Board has asked the Panel to undertake one more formal public
> consultation before submitting its final recommendations. The Board is
> concerned to ensure that the Australian Internet community has advance
> notice of, and opportunity to comment on, what will amount to a significant
> change to the Australian DNS.
> 
> 
> 
> The deadline for comments is Tuesday 5 November 2002.
> 
> 
> 
> More information is available at
> http://www.auda.org.au/policy/panel-newname-2002
> 
> 
> 
> -ENDS-
> 
> 
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