Sorry Wolfgang to take this old message but it contains 2 important points. About the so-call GEO-TLDs I would like to help you in setting up the meeting especially because we started some work on .paris. I am not sure I will be available during the forthcoming 8th meeting of the ICANN Studienkreis (October 11-12, 2007 in Warsaw) for an EURALO outreach meeting (Thursday, October 11, 9.00 - 15.00) but I think is a good idea. I start to work on Egeni Europe 2008 for June (just before the Icann meeting in Europe) and I think we need to do also something about Euralo. All the best Sébastien Bachollet Président sebastien.bachollet@isoc.fr www.egeni.org www.isoc.fr -----Message d'origine----- De : euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] De la part de Wolfgang Kleinwächter Envoyé : samedi 31 mars 2007 13:45 À : Discussion for At-Large Europe; Discussion for At-Large Europe; Nick Ashton-Hart Cc : Europe Discuss; Asia-Pacific Discuss Objet : Re: [EURO-Discuss] Lisbon Follow Up Sorry I forgot the proposals: 1. the prepare a workshop for San Juan on Consumer Interests on geographical TLDs: The working title could be "Consumer Confusion vs. Consumer Choice: The User Interests in GEO-TLDs". As we discussed in Lisbon, there is a growing number of related projects (.berlin, .nyc, .cym, .sco, .london etc) and there are two main arguments in favour and against. In Germany the local government which operates berlin.de argues that .berlin would create consumer confusion while the federal parliament just recently adopted a resolution arguing GEO-TLDs like .munich, .cologne, .saxony, .bavaria or .leipzig would bring more competition and more consumer choice. I expect that the ICANN Board if it has to take decisions on such TLDs (based on the GNSO Policy paper and the GAC gTLD principles) will need some input form the user perspective and this is the ALAC. I would be ready to start the preparation for such a two hour workshopin San Juan. 2. I propose to use the forthcoming 8th meeting of the ICANN Studienkreis (October 11-12, 2007 in Warsaw) for an EURALO outreach meeting (Thursday, October 11, 9.00 - 15.00) for Central and Eastern Europe. I ask all ALS and other friends of EURALO to send me contcats so that we can do outrech and invite speakers. I will work together also with the Diplo Foundation. Input from ISOC Europe is welcome. Best wolfgang _______________________________________________ EURO-Discuss mailing list EURO-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss_atlarge-lists.i cann.org -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.24/741 - Release Date: 31/03/2007 20:54 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.6/814 - Release Date: 21/05/2007 14:01