From: Sean Vickery 
Sent: Thursday, 23 September 2004 12:18 PM
To: Chris Disspain
Subject: re: New recommendations for org.au eligibility

Dear Chris,

I had a look at the recommended new eligibility criteria for org.au:

> ATTACHMENT A - asn.au and org.au eligibility criteria (Recommendation
6)
> 
> Eligibility criteria for org.au and asn.au
> 
> To be eligible for a domain name in the asn.au or org.au 2LD, 
> registrants must be: . an association incorporated in any Australian 
> State or Territory; or . a political party registered with the 
> Australian Electoral
Commission; or
> . a trade union or other organisation registered under the Workplace 
> Relations Act 1996; or . a sporting or special interest club operating 
> in Australia; or . a charity operating in Australia, as defined in the 
> registrant's constitution or other documents of incorporation; or
> . a non-profit organisation operating in Australia, as defined in the
> registrant's constitution or other documents of incorporation.
> 

and notice in Recommendation 6:

> The Panel therefore recommends that auDA strengthen the registrant 
> warranty statement to make it easier for auDA to revoke a domain name 
> licence where the registrant is not a legitimate organisation or has 
> otherwise acted in bad faith to obtain the domain name.

This seems like a sensible compromise. It should prevent illegitimate 
organisations from retaining org.au domain names, but does not require 
them to apply to the ATO for an ABN.

Hence, this recommendation has my support.

Regards,
Sean Vickery