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auDA Panels and Committees

auDA uses a variety of advisory panels, committees (standing and ad hoc), and other consultative groups to help it develop policies and practices that are appropriate for the Australian environment, and responsive to user needs.

These groups operate according to a few basic general principles:

• membership is voluntary (but auDA has discretion to provide financial assistance where required)
• members are appointed on the basis of their individual skills and experience, as well as the stakeholder interests they represent
• meeting minutes are published on the auDA website
• draft proposals and recommendations are released for public comment, before being submitted for auDA approval
• secretariat support is provided by auDA.

For more information, please contact Jo Lim.

Current Activities

• Industry Competition Advisory Panel - reviewing auDA's competition model for the Australian domain name industry (2008)

Past Activities

• 2007 Names Policy Panel - reviewed the policy framework underlying the allocation of domain names in the .au domain space (2007)
• Name Policy Review Panel - reviewed policy rules for domain names in asn.au, com.au, id.au, net.au and org.au (2004)
• Registry Competition Review Panel - reviewed the selection process and revenue model for .au registry services (2004)
• Code of Practice Committee - drafted and reviewed .au Domain Name Suppliers' Code of Practice (2002-2004)
• National Reference Group - developed policy for new community-based geographic 2LDs (2003-2004)
• New Names Advisory Panel - evaluated proposals for new 2LDs (2002-2003)
• Dispute Resolution Working Group - developed a dispute resolution framework for the .au domain (2001)
• Name Policy Advisory Panel - determined policies for allocating .au domain names (2000-2001)
• Competition Model Advisory Panel - determined how competition in the .au domain name industry would be introduced (2000-2001)

Last Updated: 04/03/2008 13:55