Sue Leader wrote:

Final Request for Submissions for '.maori.nz' Proposal

At its June meeting the Council of InternetNZ unanimously approved in principle the creation of a new second level domain (2LD) - '.maori.nz'.

// Since the same request was posted to nznog, here is the technical proposal in all it's glory, as sent to the NOG // It is perhaps opportune for the members to consider whether they wish Internet NZ to sink into the political morass that the Telco's find themselves, and why excrutiatingly simple things take forever. And ultimately stuff costs a fortune to do because you are dealing with such an amazingly political machine. Or you can do the right thing, simply, quickly, without drama. Pick one. I'll even get the DNC's permission - howzzat.... I prefer, the simple, quick low cost procedure to expensive, time consuming one, but I am clearly out of step........ but may I'm wrong, or deluded.... Rgds Roger NOG proposal follows. =============================================================== Bizzarro...... /* formal on Formal implementation proposal: add .maori to existing DNS. (About 45secs) make minor change to to existing DNS thingy (it may be ugly, but at least it works reliably) perform push check .test.maori.nz points to x.x.x.x/y open for accepting .maori domain names (it is unmoderated...) $0 Time about 45 mins. /* formal off I can of course write this in Microsoft word, about 200 pages, get two different legal opinions from a variety of smartly dressed punters around town, consume staggering amounts of dosh/time and the end result will not look a whole lot different from the one above..... So vote for which one you prefer.... Roger De Salis

InternetNZ is now calling for formal submissions regarding the implementation of '.maori.nz'. Submissions received by the Domain Name Commissioner of InternetNZ will one of the aspects that InternetNZ will use to determine if this application will receive final approval.

Anyone who is interested in sending a submission is encouraged to read the application, which can be found at: http://www.internetnz.net.nz/dns/2nd-level-domains/maorinz.html

Submissions from the previous stage of the approval process can be found at: http://www.internetnz.net.nz/dns/2nd-level-domains/maorinz- submissions/index.html

Submission requirements

Anyone can present a submission on this stage of the application. Submissions documenting the author(s) opinions are encouraged regarding any implementation issues in relation to this proposal. Anyone who is interested in making submission is invited to review the variety of solutions ICANN utilised when creating seven new TLDs in late 2000 at http://www.icann.org/tlds/

Submissions are not restricted to individuals but can be from companies, groups, notfor profits, etc.

For a submission to be acceptable it must include the name of theauthor and any person or group which they are representing. Contactdetails also need to be provided which will need to include a day-time contact number and postal address.

Anonymous submissions will be disregarded.All submissions received will be placed on the InternetNZ website.Contact details and address will be removed but they will list theauthor(s) name (i.e. similar to 'Letters to the Editor').

Where to send submissions

Submissions can be sent to the Domain Name Commissioner, Debbie Monahan, on 2ld(a)dnc.org.nz or can be posted to: The Domain Name Commissioner InternetNZ Attention: maori.nz submission PO Box 11881 Wellington

Please provide your submission in either ASCII (plain) text or HTML format.

Deadline

The deadline for submissions is 5 pm on July 5th 2002. All submissions can be accessed from the "What's Hot" area of the website as they are placed online.

Next steps

The final decision will be made at the InternetNZ council meeting of July 19th 2002 after a review of any submissions received by the Domain Name Commissioner.

2LD application process

For information on the policy and history of 2LD's please refer to:http://www.internetnz.net.nz/dns/2nd-level-domains/ ---

-- Sue Leader - Executive Director InternetNZ Voice: +64-4-472-1600 Fax: +64-4-472-1207 Level 4, Economous Building, 4 Bond Street (P.O.Box 11-881) Wellington http://www.internetnz.net.nz _______________________________________________ members-announce mailing list members-announce(a)internetnz.net.nz http://listserver.internetnz.net.nz/mailman/listinfo/members-announce

-- \_ Roger De Salis rdesalis(a)cisco.com