That's right -- although in some areas, one might also have to deal with one level up -- which in Canada are the provinces. If a province wanted to change the name of a city, here in Ontario,Canada, the city has to comply. Things are always changing. In 1998, the province forced an amalgamation which created Metro Toronto out of the regional municipality of *Metropolitan Toronto*and its six constituent municipalities. As part of this, East York, Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough, York, and the City of *Toronto*(1834) were dissolved by an act of the Government of Ontario. This happens with countries as well of course (USSR), but it will happen much more frequently with cities. That's another reason to go with a size definition with a few other options for smaller states and perhaps some leeway for historical reasons. The larger the city, the more stable the name. I have no evidence of that, but it seems to make sense. Marita On 6/28/2018 10:11 AM, Alexander Schubert wrote:
Dear Group,
We are always talking about “Government Support” – and many here share a healthy distain for “Governments” (especially “Federal Governments”). But an applicant for a non-capital city doesn’t need the support by the “federal government” of the respective nation; it is the CITY GOVERNMENT that decides! These are city constituent based city representatives! They know their city best!
Thanks,
Alexander
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No, I didn’t overlook that. It just transfers the burden to someone else and either makes ICANN the judge of ambiguity or makes ambiguity the rule.
And, no, this is not an easy task … I’m glad you think it is … so I invite the Swiss government to do it for the world :0)
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Dear Paul
You may overlooked that I suggested that this information may be assembled by ICANN and offered to potential applicants through e.g. an advisory panel – see points (3) and (4) I proposed at the beginning…
In the age of big data that should be simple.
sorry if I did not express this with absolute clarity…
Best
Jorge
*Von:*Paul Rosenzweig [mailto:paul.rosenzweig@redbranchconsulting.com] *Gesendet:* Mittwoch, 27. Juni 2018 16:26 *An:* Cancio Jorge BAKOM <Jorge.Cancio@bakom.admin.ch <mailto:Jorge.Cancio@bakom.admin.ch>>; gregshatanipc@gmail.com <mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com> *Cc:* gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org <mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org> *Betreff:* RE: [Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5] New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP: Work Track 5 Comments
I’m not sure that can work – now an applicant would have to be familiar with the law of 190+ nations to determine which are “cities” and which are not and therefore which need to pre-clear the application and which don’t.
ICANN is an international organization. It works because it relies on international standards. If there is an international standard on what defines a city, that’s a plausible ground (though I would disagree with it in substance). The idea that an applicant needs to know Swiss law and Bhutanese law and Kazahk law on defining cities is simply not realistic.
Paul
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