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From: "Dirk Krischenowski | dotBERLIN" <krischenowski@dotberlin.de> Date: December 11, 2007 10:38:18 AM GMT-05:00 To: <governance@lists.cpsr.org> Subject: [governance] .berlin and ALAC Reply-To: governance@lists.cpsr.org,"Dirk Krischenowski | dotBERLIN" <krischenowski@dotberlin.de>
I coming back to a posting of Michael Leibrandt from Dec 2, where Michael wrote:
"... The parliament of Berlin has voted down the .berlin proposal with a majority decision. Does anybody think that such a local decision should be ignored by an ICANN ALAC? ..."
The part of the statement regarding .berlin is definitely wrong; therefore I'd like to make a counterstatement:
To say it in one sentence: The Parliament of Berlin did not (!) vote .berlin down, it was just a recommendation of a subcommittee which voted against supporting a motion submitted by one of the opposition parties in which the senate is asked to support .berlin.
A little bit more in detail: In the Berlin House of Representatives (Berlin Parliament) the Christian Democrats filed a resolution to support the .berlin TLD. This was based on another resolution that the Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats (ruling coalition) in the German Bundestag (German Parliament). Contrary to the German Bundestag, in the Parliament of Berlin the Christian Democrats are in the opposition. The majority is by a coalition of the Social Democrats and The Left Wing Party (the former Communist Party).
Since the resolution to support .berlin comes from the opposition, it seems to be a natural reflex of the red-red coalition to vote against it. In the case Michael mentioned not the parliament, but a subcommittee voted against support of the CDU motion based on the argument that the city has an official city portal and therefore does not need .berlin. This recommendation will go now to the next level, the main committee. Let's wait and see.
Dirk Krischenowski Founder and CEO
www.dotberlin.de
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