We al have an opportunity to offer some input to the reviewer. Here is their contact details. Read what they are reviewing before you email them so you can offer some relevant info.

This is a a great chance to get your thoughts and issues heard if they are relevant to whats being reviewed
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http://www.auda.org.au/pdf/auda-aureview-eoi.pdf

Westlake Consulting is accepting input for their Independent Review. auDA will post a notice about this in the next few days.

Meantime, please would you email any comments direct to the dedicated mailbox dotaureview@westlakenz.com

We look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards

Richard

Richard G A Westlake
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http://www.auda.org.au/aureview/aureview/

ATTACHMENT A
Review into governance of .au –Terms of Reference
The independent reviewer shall inquire into and report on .au governance
arrangements. The review will examine -

1) The accountability measures that apply to auDA, including:
a. the effectiveness of the lines of accountability from auDA to auDA
members and stakeholders, including Government and the public at
large;

b. auDA’s Board and membership structures and the balance between
the interests of end users and industry;

c. whether enhancements to auDA’s existing governance and financial
model should be considered, drawing on examples from other ccTLD
managers and from organisations in other sectors where
administrators manage assets in the public interest; and

d. whether enhancements should be made to mechanisms for appeal
and reconsideration of decisions made by auDA when implementing
.au domain name policy.

2) The transparency of auDA’s operations, including:

a. the transparency of auDA’s decisions and whether decisions are
adequately explained and rationale given;

b. auDA’s stakeholder engagement, and the level of information that
auDA provides to members and the public at large;

c. the effectiveness and transparency of auDA’s policy development
process in .au and whether all stakeholders have an equal
opportunity to participate;

d. the status of the auDA Foundation; and

e. whether auDA should establish specific Board committees to accord
with best practice in not-for-profit corporate governance.

3) The rights and responsibilities of auDA stakeholders, including:

a. the nature, scope and interaction of rights and obligations of the
Registry, registrars, resellers and registrants in relation to each
other and other rights holders; and

b. the mechanisms by which law enforcement authorities and
regulators (such as the ASIC, ACCC, ACMA and IP Australia) are
able to interact effectively with auDA.


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Review into Governance of .au
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

INDEPENDENT REVIEWER - REVIEW INTO GOVERNANCE OF .AU



“.au” is used by millions of Australian businesses, organisations and individuals every day. It is auDA’s role to ensure this element of Australia’s Internet infrastructure is stable and reliable.

auDA was established in 1999, following deliberations involving the Australian Government and a range of Australian Internet Industry stakeholders.

After 11 years of operation, auDA’s Board has decided it is appropriate, timely, and of benefit to the organisation, to consider possible refinements to ensure auDA remains transparent, effective and accountable to its stakeholders.To assist with this goal, the auDA Board seeks proposals, from suitably qualified and experienced organisations and individuals, to undertake an independent review into aspects of the governance arrangements for Australia’s ‘.au’ Internet domain.

The review is commissioned by, and will provide recommendations to, the auDA Board. The work of the external reviewer will be overseen by a small steering committee. auDA will publish the Final Report of the review.

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Independent or Dependent?!

Enlighten me: How on earth is this independent?

Good point. hopefully the Indepedent reviewer will be 100% independent you are right and use their own facts, figures and findings in their report