Changes

===Australian Domain Name Administration===

===Australian Domain Name Administration===

The Australian Internet Community realized that the responsibility of administering the .au ccTLD can no longer be handled alone by Mr. Elz to due to the increasing number of registrants and decided to establish a private-sector self-regulatory body capable of administering the .au ccTLD that is more accountable to the community through the assistance of the Australian government.<ref>[http://www.iana.org/reports/2001/au-report-31aug01.html IANA Report]</ref>

The Australian Internet community realized that the responsibility of administering the .au ccTLD can no longer be handled by Mr. Elz alone, due to the increasing number of registrants, and decided to establish a private-sector self-regulatory body capable of administering the ccTLD. The new body would be more accountable to the community through the assistance of the Australian government.<ref>[http://www.iana.org/reports/2001/au-report-31aug01.html IANA Report]</ref>

In 1997,the '''Australian Domain Name Administration (ADNA)''' was formed to ensure the operations of a functional Internet naming system in Australia for the .au domain. However,the ADNA Board eventually concluded that organization did not have the necessary authority to effectively operate and be accountable to the local Internet community.The decided to seek the assistance of the Australian National Office for the Information Economy (NOIE) and the Ministry of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts to facilitate the development of an effective Internet industry self-regulatory body and to supervise the transfer of delegation for the administration of the .au domain space to the new organization.<ref>[http://www.iana.org/reports/2001/au-report-31aug01.html IANA Report]</ref>

In 1997, the '''Australian Domain Name Administration (ADNA)''' was formed to ensure the operations of a functional Internet naming system in Australia for the .au domain. However,the ADNA Board eventually concluded that organization did not have the necessary authority to effectively operate and be accountable to the local Internet community.The decided to seek the assistance of the Australian National Office for the Information Economy (NOIE) and the Ministry of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts to facilitate the development of an effective Internet industry self-regulatory body and to supervise the transfer of delegation for the administration of the .au domain space to the new organization.<ref>[http://www.iana.org/reports/2001/au-report-31aug01.html IANA Report]</ref>

===.auDA===

===.auDA===