Application for a new 2LD - parliament.nz Submission

From:		M.J. Hudson
Received:	24 March 2005


This is a written (electronic) submission that the application for the 
creation of a new second level domain (2LD) constituting 'parliament.nz' 
be rejected. 

The grounds for this submission are the following (some points may refer 
directly to the applicant's application document): 

1. It would be generally agreed that while Parliament (Parliament Services 
et.al.) sees itself as a separate agency, it is still intrinsically part 
of the greater government structure. 

2. The addition of this 2LD would only cause confusion rather than 
clarification in the public domain, undermining existing government 
divisions and agencies that have invested heavily in this area of IT. 

3. The creation of this 2LD will not achieve anything more than would the 
registration of the word 'parliament' as part of the .govt 2LD (further 
segregation could occur through sub domains), and unless the writer is 
mistaken, the number of domain names that would be registered under this 
2LD would be extremely small - adding no benefit to the overall NZ 2LD 
space. 

4. The existing 'govt' 2LD already has moderation mechanisms in place 
'to prevent its use by organisations or individuals that would seek to 
masquerade as non executive government organisations.' inclusive of 
executive government organisations.