From: stephen_gethin@corrs.com.au [mailto:stephen_gethin@corrs.com.au]
Sent: Tuesday, 5 November 2002 12:24
To: info@auda.org.au
Subject: Submission on new 2ld proposal



I welcome the proposal to create new state based geographic names.

This proposal is not inconsistent with my own commercial state based 3ld 
proposal.  I propose that the 3lds of the type for exapmle:

      .com.nsw.au,
      .net.nsw.au,
      .org.nsw.au,
      .asn.nsw.au and
      .id.nsw.au
      (and the same for other state and territory 2lds)

be carved out of the proposed 2ld .nsw.au, (and equivalent 3lds from the other 
proposed state and territory 2lds) and be granted to another registrar for 
issuing 4th level names under them to business and associations. 
(eg acme.com.nsw.au)

If Auda doesn't want to release those 3lds at this stage to another registrar, 
I suggest that Auda at least carve them out of what is issued to the new state 
geographical names registrar, as that registrar has no need for  them in 
accordance with its submission.  I understand that for example the new registrar 
proposes to issue names such as sydney.nsw.au to an applicant with an interest 
in Sydney, such as the council or the NSW
government.   It does not appear to be part of their business case that
they would issue the 3ld .com.nsw.au to anyone at all.

Even if it did want to do that, it would not significantly affect its proposal 
if it were denied 5 possible 3lds out of the many tens of thousands of sensible 
3lds it could issue in each state and territory.

The suitability of using my proposed 3lds later for the purpose I propose 
could then be debated in due course.

Regards

Stephen Gethin.