From: Jeff Marr 
Sent: Tuesday, 16 October 2007 4:26 PM
To: Jo Lim
Subject: Re: [Panel-names] more submissions on website

Hi Jo

Thanks again for the opportunity to comment on the September 07 Issues Paper.

 

With relation to :-

 

Issue 1: Should .au be opened up to direct registrations (eg. domainname.au) ? 

 

I fully support the Panel on this issue as previously presented ie: The Panel recommends that 
.au should not be opened up to direct registrations at this time.

 



Issue 2: Should the policy rules for asn.au, com.au, id.au, net.au and org.au be changed ?  If 
yes, what changes should be made ?

 

Again, I support the Panel's recommendations on all sections of Issue 2 (as stated in 
http://www.auda.org.au/pdf/2007npp-draft-recs.pdf).

 

 

Issue 3: Should registrants be allowed to sell their .au domain names ?

 

Yes, I believe they should. 

 

This type of process has worked well in other country-based domain extensions.

 

In Australia today, we already have other well established and administered policies in place, 
to not only protect Trademark holders, but to also maintain a high level of integrity in the 
.au namespace whilst (at the same time) trying to promote a healthy interest and growth in the 
Internet interested marketplace.

 

The current policy on domain transfers (as seen by many in the community at the moment) is way 
too restrictive, and thus, I support Recommendation 3b ie: Transfer by open secondary market.

Kind Regards

 

Jeff