From: John Bamford 
Sent: Friday, 31 January 2003 7:24 PM
To: jo.lim@auda.org.au
Subject: Comment on Transfers (Change of Registrar) Policy 

Jo

As a registrant for various domains I have two main comments.

1. In the advent of transfer to another Registrar, I do not believe 
that any of the period of registration remaining at the time of 
transfer should be lost. Others have also made this point in earlier 
comments.

2. The transfer procedure depends heavily (and I believe correctly) 
on the use of domain name passwords. I am aware that not all domain 
name passwords issued since 1 July 2002 comply with the auDA Domain 
Name Password Policy.

At the registrant level such a password can have the result of 
greatly complicating any transfer between registrars. At an auDA 
level, if there are many such passwords, it might be necessary to 
invoke Paragraph 7.1 "Exceptional Transfers" far more frequently for 
individual registrants than is desirable.

I would therefore suggest that the need for compliance with the auDA 
Domain Name Password Policy should also be addressed in conjunction 
with the review of Change of Registrar Policy.

Regards

John Bamford