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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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
===Membership===
===Membership===
auDA is a member of the [[APTLD]].
auDA is a member of the [[APTLD]].
==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