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RE: To Todd - Could we get .org.au up soon
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Tue, 20 Jun 2000 03:55:00 GMT
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Santosh [mailto:santosh@student.unsw.edu.au]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 1:36 PM
> To: lugnet.loc.au@lugnet.com
> Subject: Re: To Todd - Could we get .org.au up soon
> 
> 
> Can we limit auction posting only to members of .org.au?
> Given that countries like New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Fiji
> etc, probably
> wont have their own organisations forming, we may have to
> admit them as
> members into .org.au.

In which case, maybe .org.ANZA [Australia and New-Zealand Area] or similar?

> Or does this then defeat the whole purpose of creating
> organisations by
> country?

See above suggestions

> Either way, what i see as happening is, that the organisation
> will have a list
> of members, only those members can post to .org.* and it will
> be upto the
> organisations to maintain that list.

Agreed

> If Grahame and Sanjay from NZ get want to join in, as an
> organisation we'll
> have to decide if we can accept them (and that we don't break
> any of lugnets
> T&C's)

I'd say they should be allowed to join...but who listens to me.

> the logic i'm  using is as follows
> 
> *In org.au only members can post auction stuff

Agreed

> *Members of org.au have to be from Australia

Maybe Australian region [or by request of a certain number of members [say
5] so we can also have 'honory Australians' - eg those who are wiling to
purchase items in the US/Europe and ship to us]

> *But given the size/number of people we may allow neighbours
> who also have the
> same size/number problems?

Agreed

> 
> Santosh
> (RIGHT! this calls for immmmmmmmediate discussion!)

So everyone else needs to add their 2 cents [which could be considered as a
down-payment on membership ? :) ]

Benjamin Whytcross
BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au
Ph: (03) 9856 5282
Directory Technology Pty Ltd
1/436 Elgar Road,
Box Hill, 3128

Growing older is compulsory..Growing up isn't :-)

> In lugnet.loc.au, Peter White writes:
> > In lugnet.loc.au, Todd Lehman writes:
> > > In lugnet.loc.au, Santosh Bhat writes:
> > > > [...]
> > > > As for the charter, I'm fine by it, but again if anyone • has any concerns,
> > say
> > > > so.
> > > 
> > > Prolly should also say in the charter that the auction • traffic must be Oz-
> > only,
> > > yes?  :-)
> > 
> > Absolutely ,though maybe our friends across the Tasman would • like to be
> > included since they are so close.(ie New Zealand)
> > 
> > pete.w <aquanaut@optusnet.com.au>
> 



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(...) I hear you Ben, it's just that your reply-posting problem makes it kind of like waiting for an echo to finish before replying. By which time something else may also have been said. (...) This idea i like. Perhaps its something we can adopt for (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)

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