-- Dear Jaqueline, do you plan to send out the public forum presentation so we can make comments on it? These are my proposals of what you should mention in the PF concerning city TLDs ALAC ran a very interesting workshop together with NCUC on Geo TLDs. We heard, that user confusion seems not to be a big concern. We would like to stress that taking the example of city TLDs they give a great opportunity for users. More choice, the possibility of identification with your region/city, good opportunities for local business. What has to be considered are rights of governments to register governmental domains, so not other people will get those names, trademarks will be dealt with in a sunrise period - the usual stuff. A local geographical and unrestricted (!) domain is a very useful addition to the excisting TLDs for the users. Annette