auDA appoints boss
Summary Description A man with a background in civil liberties and public health policy will run the new Internet industry body.
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Post Date 04/02/2000 05:17 PM Status Posted Entered by Simon Vandore on 04/02/2000 03:37 PM


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The new Internet industry body charged with introducing competition to Australian domain name registration has chosen a CEO.

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The new boss of .au Domain Administration (auDA) is Joseph O'Reilly, previously the high-profile executive director of Liberty Victoria, also known as the Victorian Council for Civil Liberties. His job will be to establish a policy framework for registration of all .au domain names, and introducing competition for Melbourne IT, which currently has a monopoly on the .com.au sub-domain. New domain registration companies are expected to take over from Internet pioneers Robert Elz and Geoff Huston, who are still responsible for domain name registration in non-commercial categories in Australia.
"It's now time to build on their efforts to ensure that the important work of domain name registration is appropriately resourced and regulated," O'Reilly said. "It is imperative that we establish a framework for self-regulation, not only so that industry has some certainty about the way forward, but also so that appropriate customer service standards can be set for end users."
At the same time, auDA will form a dispute resolution system for situations where two or more organisations lay claim to the same domain.
A better framework for administering Australian domain names would improve representation for Australians in negotiations with the controversial Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and regional bodies, O'Reilly said.
O'Reilly is also the immediate past president of the Victorian AIDS Council and chairperson of the National Public Health Partnership Advisory Group. His expertise lies in public policy development and public consultation, rather than technology.


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The new Internet industry body charged with introducing competition to Australian domain name registration has chosen a CEO. The new boss of .au Domain Administration (auDA) is Joseph O'Reilly, previously high-profile executive director of Liberty Victoria, also known as the Victorian Council for Civil Liberties. His job will be to establish a policy framework for registration of all .au domain names, and introducing competition for Melbourne IT, which currently has a monopoly on the .com.au sub-domain. O'Reilly is also the immediate past president of the Victorian AIDS Council and chairperson of the National Public Health Partnership Advisory Group. His expertise lies in public policy development and public consultation rather than technology.

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