Foxbane Ltd and Steven Heath: ccTLDLinks regarding ccTLD's that relate to .nz or pose interest or points of discussion.Chesley Rafferty's luck runs out- November 22, 2005 I meant to post about this a few weeks ago but it slipped my mind. Chesley Rafferty Director and Head Scumbag of Domain Names Australia has been declared bankrupt after two creditors filed petitions against him. The amusing part is the petitions were from the ACCC and Auda. The Age has a short write up on the Chesely Rafferty bankruptcy. I like the use of the word 'shonky'.In a 'final parting shot' Chesley posted to the Australian DNS mail list with this comment. Please note that the...http://www.nznews.org.nz/categories/cctld/2005/11/22.html#a623 .nz disputes process- November 18, 2005 Last week the DNC issued the draft policy for the Disputes Resolution Service for .nz. I have not had a good read of it yet but after talking to several people on the working group it seems to follow all the things they have been talking about for the last 6 months. I do find it ironic that this is being referred to as 'DRS'. Lets hope they are not tempting fate and it does not go as disastrous as the previous DRS project.http://www.nznews.org.nz/categories/cctld/2005/11/18.html#a621 WSIS round up- November 18, 2005 As the publishing issue took so long to fix I have not blogged on the WSIS issue. The following is a round up of stories that I think cover the issue: Michael Geist - WSIS Deal NZ ComputerWorld - US, EU remain at odds over net governance NZ ComputerWorld - InternetNZ chief raises internet governance issues CNET - US reaches Net detente with UN CNET - UN says its plans are misunderstood The Register - US wins net governance battlehttp://www.nznews.org.nz/categories/cctld/2005/11/18.html#a620 kiwiblog has text of agreement- November 16, 2005 David Farrar has the text of the draft agreement. I only looked on his site after I saw the BBC headline.http://www.nznews.org.nz/categories/cctld/2005/11/17.html#a618 Agreement reached pre Tunis meeting- November 16, 2005 BBC is reporting that an agreement has been reached before the Tunis WSIS meeting regarding the recent Internet Governance 'issue'. Have to wait for more detail but do you really think David Gross said "anything that will create any problems for the private sector"Further information at Dutch site called ComputerPartner. Looks like this is just hitting the news wires now. In the morning should be lots of coverage.http://www.nznews.org.nz/categories/cctld/2005/11/17.html#a617 |