Final Submissions .maori
Submission requirements
Final Request for Submissions for '.maori.nz' Proposal
At its June meeting the Council of InternetNZ unanimously approved in principle the creation of a new second level domain (2LD) - '.maori.nz'.
InternetNZ is now calling for formal submissions regarding the implementation of '.maori.nz'. Submissions received by the Domain Name Commissioner of InternetNZ will one of the aspects that InternetNZ will use to determine if this application will receive final approval.
Anyone who is interested in sending a submission is encouraged to read the application, which can be found at: (link)
Submissions from the previous stage of the approval process can be found at: (link)
Submission requirements
Anyone can present a submission on this stage of the application. Submissions documenting the author(s) opinions are encouraged regarding any implementation issues in relation to this proposal. Anyone who is interested in making submission is invited to review the variety of solutions ICANN utilised when creating seven new TLDs in late 2000 at http://www.icann.org/tlds/
Submissions are not restricted to individuals but can be from companies, groups, not for profits, etc.
For a submission to be acceptable it must include the name of the author and any person or group which they are representing. Contact details also need to be provided which will need to include a day-time contact number and postal address. Anonymous submissions will be disregarded.
All submissions received will be placed on the InternetNZ website. Contact details and address will be removed but they will list the author(s) name (i.e. similar to 'Letters to the Editor').
Where to send submissions
Submissions can be sent to the Domain Name Commissioner, Debbie Monahan, on 2ld@dnc.org.nz or can be posted to:
The Domain Name Commissioner
InternetNZ
Attention: maori.nz submission
PO Box 11881
Wellington
Please provide your submission in either ASCII (plain) text or HTML format.
Deadline
The deadline for submissions is 5 pm on July 5th 2002. All submissions can be accessed from the "What's Hot" area of the website as they are placed online.
Next steps
The final decision will be made at the InternetNZ council meeting of July 19th 2002 after a review of any submissions received by the Domain Name Commissioner.
2LD application process
For information on the policy and history of 2LD's please refer to: (link)
© 2002 The Internet Society of New Zealand
Last updated 19 June 2002
