From: Hosting Buzz - Anthony Dever 
Sent: Wednesday, 31 August 2005 11:27 PM
To: jo.lim@auda.org.au
Subject: WHOIS Policy Review

Attention: Jo Lim

In response to auDA's call for public submissions of the WHOIS Policy 
review, I submit the following:

1. That the scope of the whois policy principles be broadened to mention 
that the purpose of the whois should also be to allow existing registrants 
the ability to establish the current status of their domain name.

2. That a new field is created for whois output to indicate if the 
registration is currently managed through an appointed Reseller to ensure 
that support for the domain be obtained through the reseller instead of 
directly through the registrar.

My justification for these changes is from the position as a reseller with 
a significant number of client domain names under management. It has been 
our experience that registrants regularly seek support via the registrar 
for domain names that were organised through ouselves as the reseller 
based soley what they see in the whois output. This communication breakdown 
leads to delays and confusion  when serving the registrant.

I propose for these changes be in effect from July 1, 2006.

Regards,

Anthony