[plug] [OT] domain name registration

[senectus]

Now your ringing bells (in my head) yeah, I think your right there.. It was
quite a while ago.. and I didn't really pay much attention at the time.. You
got to admire the convictions of the bloke.. he held a rigid control of the
au stuff for quite a while..

**disclaimer** 
I may have been wrong about the melb IT stuff.. I have a very rusty memory
for this information, but for some reason I can't directly remember I have a
dislike of the melb IT organization. But that's just personal opinion.. and
only worth the value you allocate it.



-----Original Message-----
From: plug-admin at plug.linux.org.au [mailto:plug-admin at plug.linux.org.au] On
Behalf Of Craig Ringer
Sent: Wednesday, 28 January 2004 4:09 PM
To: Perth Linux User Group
Subject: RE: [plug] [OT] domain name registration

On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 15:29, senectus wrote:
> Its mostly because of one guy.. I forget his name.. but he pretty much
held
> sway over everything blah.au 

Yeah, Robert Elz. He was delegated by ICANN as the Australian rep. I
seem to remember that when they later tried to persuade him to give up
the job in favour of Melbourne IT he refused. 

http://www.auda.org.au/list/dns/archive/102001/0127.html

> I've heard that about a year ago he released his control to Melbourne IT I
> don't think that's much of a step up.. I've delt with them before and they
> were REALLY painful to deal with..

I thought he transferred control direct to AuDA, having _refused_ to
hand over to MelbIT?

As for the scams - the ACCC tends to stomp on them, as they _are_
misleading and generally dodgy. Hence the term scam.

Craig Ringer

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