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| [[Tony Staley]], Chairman <br> | | [[Tony Staley]], Chairman <br> |
| [[Kim Heitman]], Deputy Chairman <br /> | | [[Kim Heitman]], Deputy Chairman <br /> |
− | [[Stuart Benjamin]], Director | + | [[Stuart Benjamin]], Director <br/> |
| + | [[Jordan Carter]], [[Internet Governance]] and Policy Director |
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| On May 28, 2001, .auDA requested [[IANA]] to re-delegate the .au ccTLD to the organization and subsequently, on June 18th, 2001, [[Chris Disspain]], auDA's CEO, asked the Australian government through Senator Alston to communicate its endorsement to ICANN.<ref>[http://www.iana.org/reports/2001/au-redelegation/disspain-to-alston-18jun01.html IANA.org, Letter from Chris Disspain to Senator Richard Alston]</ref> | | On May 28, 2001, .auDA requested [[IANA]] to re-delegate the .au ccTLD to the organization and subsequently, on June 18th, 2001, [[Chris Disspain]], auDA's CEO, asked the Australian government through Senator Alston to communicate its endorsement to ICANN.<ref>[http://www.iana.org/reports/2001/au-redelegation/disspain-to-alston-18jun01.html IANA.org, Letter from Chris Disspain to Senator Richard Alston]</ref> |
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− | On July 4th, 2001, Senator Alston wrote to [[ICANN]] and formally confirmed the Australian government's endorsement to auDA as the new organization responsible in managing the .au ccTLD.<ref>[http://www.iana.org/reports/2001/au-redelegation/alston-to-lynn-04jul01.html IANA.org, Letter from Senator Richard Alston to Stuart Lynn]</ref> | + | On July 4th, 2001, Senator Alston wrote to [[ICANN]] and formally confirmed the Australian government's endorsement to auDA as the new organization responsible for managing the .au ccTLD.<ref>[http://www.iana.org/reports/2001/au-redelegation/alston-to-lynn-04jul01.html IANA.org, Letter from Senator Richard Alston to Stuart Lynn]</ref> |
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| On October 25, 2001, [[ICANN]] approved the redelegation of the .au ccTLD to .auDA under a sponsorship agreement.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/cctlds/au/sponsorship-agmt-25oct01.htm .au ccTLD Sponsorship Agreement]</ref> | | On October 25, 2001, [[ICANN]] approved the redelegation of the .au ccTLD to .auDA under a sponsorship agreement.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/cctlds/au/sponsorship-agmt-25oct01.htm .au ccTLD Sponsorship Agreement]</ref> |
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− | Its CEO, Chris Disspain has been the Council Chairman of ICANN's [[ccNSO|Country Code Names Supporting Organisation]]. In June, 2011, Disspain became part of the [[ICANN Board]].<ref>[http://www.auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-08112010/ Press Release]</ref> | + | Its CEO, Chris Disspain has been the Council Chairman of ICANN's [[ccNSO|Country Code Names Supporting Organisation]]. In June 2011, Disspain became part of the [[ICANN Board]].<ref>[http://www.auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-08112010/ Press Release]</ref> |
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| + | In July 2022, [[Jordan Carter]] joined auDA in the newly created role of [[Internet Governance]] and [[PDP|Policy Director]].<ref>[https://www.auda.org.au/statement/jordan-carter-join-auda-internet-governance-and-policy-director Carter joins auDA, News, auDA]</ref> |
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| ===Membership=== | | ===Membership=== |
| auDA is a member of the [[APTLD]]. | | auDA is a member of the [[APTLD]]. |
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| ==auDA Foundation== | | ==auDA Foundation== |
− | In 2005, auDA established the auDA Foundation, a charitable trust to promote and encourage educational and research activities that will enhance the utility of the Internet for the benefit of the Australian community. The foundations objectives include:<ref>[http://audafoundation.org.au/ auDA Foundation]</ref> | + | In 2005, auDA established the auDA Foundation, a charitable trust to promote and encourage education and research activities that will enhance the utility of the Internet for the benefit of the Australian community. The foundations objectives include:<ref>[http://audafoundation.org.au/ auDA Foundation]</ref> |
| # Provision of open scholarships and prize funds to encourage and reward academic and applied excellence | | # Provision of open scholarships and prize funds to encourage and reward academic and applied excellence |
| # Funding of pure and applied research including academic positions and the publication of results for the benefit of the Australian community | | # Funding of pure and applied research including academic positions and the publication of results for the benefit of the Australian community |