Re: [ga] DOT BERLIN -- It's a problem...

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris and all former DNSO GA members or other interested
stakeholders/users,

I see no good reason why not.  I can conger up many less than
good politically based reasons why not however.

kidsearch wrote:

> So, then Paris, TX could get the .paris domain.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Danny Younger" <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 5:36 PM
> Subject: [ga] DOT BERLIN -- It's a problem...
>
> > I started thinking about the upcoming TLD application
> > for .berlin
> >
> > There are those that will argue that instead of
> > granting the sponsoring organization for this
> > initiative a top level domain for Berlin, we should
> > instead be insisting that Berlin rightly belongs on
> > another level (as in berlin.de or berlin.eu or
> > berlin.de.eu).  If we accept this argument, then we
> > are accepting a taxonomic approach which calls for
> > geographic labels to abide by whatever hierarchy is
> > set by a country code or regional code manager.
> >
> > The flip side of the argument might be to state that
> > there is nothing inherently wrong with granting
> > municipalities a top level domain.  You can have
> > .berlin, .nyc, .saigon, .moscow and thousands of other
> > cities occupying space at the top level without
> > occasioning any harm.
> >
> > The final decision that we make will set the pattern
> > for the future.  On what principles shall we base our
> > selection criteria?  We need a forward-going policy.
> > What will it be?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Regards,

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