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Media Release 12 July 2000 INTERNET SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA The Internet is for Everyone! auDA and Melbourne IT Reach Funding Agreement The Internet Society of Australia today congratulates the .au Domain Administration and Melbourne IT on reaching an agreement whereby Melbourne IT commits $659,000 towards auDA's 2000/2001 budget. Dr Kate Lance, president of ISOC-AU commented, "The funding agreement, which follows previous agreements with net.au, asn.au, csiro.au and gov.au, allows auDA to execute it's charter in a financially sound manner." "auDA is a key plank in the government's approach of self-regulation of the Internet space, and clearly the participation all key stakeholders is key to the development of sound policy." "We congratulate the government on their role in facilitating this process, and encourage them to continue this effort by assisting in the formal transfer of the .au delegation to auDA." Today's agreement represents the culmination of months and years of effort on the part of unpaid volunteers. "The challenge ahead for auDA is to create a sound, equitable and transparent model of competition for the .au subdomains. Complex issues such as the definition and role of 'registry' and 'registrar' remain. It is to be hoped that the Competition Panel is the crucible in which consensus on these issues can be achieved," Dr Kate Lance said. auDA is currently inviting nominations to the Competition Panel. Nominations close on 19 July. More information on the auDA Competition Panel is at: http://www.auda.org.au/panel/competition/ Contact: Mr Leni Mayo, 0418 377 937, media@isoc-au.org.au INTERNET SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA The Internet is for Everyone http://www.isoc-au.org.au