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    <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">We also need to factor
        in the point that the size of cities in not static. There are
        periods, like now, when populations are on the move -- for many
        different reasons. A tiered system for dealing with cities of
        various sizes still makes sense to me. <br>
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    <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Marita</font><br>
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    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/18/2018 6:27 AM, Liz Williams
      wrote:<br>
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      Hello Alexander
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      <div class="">Your assertion about “nobody is going to apply for
        .pienza anyways — too small” is precisely the kind of subjective
        judgment we must not make in this policy development process.
         Any applicant that meets the criteria in the application
        process should be able to apply and be evaluated fairly and
        objectively.</div>
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      <div class="">And the second problem is with your argument about
        “sizeable” cities. It is flawed to suggest that we can somehow
        have a cut off on size for a geographic entity especially when
        geographic entities may not just be cities.  Should we limit the
        length of rivers; the height of mountains; the areas of
        agricultural production for cheese?  We are not only discussing
        top level domains that may reflect city entities and we need to
        think carefully about what we do about other geographic terms,
        if any.</div>
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      <div class="">Liz</div>
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            <div class="">On 17 May 2018, at 7:16 pm, Alexander Schubert
              <<a href="mailto:alexander@schubert.berlin" class=""
                moz-do-not-send="true">alexander@schubert.berlin</a>>
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                  <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,
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                    part of the trade-off:<br class="">
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                    Only applications for strings identical to SIZEABLE
                    cities have to produce Government support – in
                    exchange the “non-geo use” clause is eliminated!<br
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                    Obviously if somebody wanted to apply for .pienza to
                    enable that 2,000 people community to identify
                    themselves on the Internet: go for it. But why
                    having extra “protections” for such a small
                    geo-entity? Nobody is going to apply for .pienza
                    anyways – too small.<span
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                    Thanks,<br class="">
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                    Alexander<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                          class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5
                        [<a
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                          class="">On Behalf Of<span
                            class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Marita
                        Moll<br class="">
                        <b class="">Sent:</b><span
                          class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday,
                        May 17, 2018 8:28 AM<br class="">
                        <b class="">To:</b><span
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                        <b class="">Subject:</b><span
                          class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re:
                        [Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5] Qualifying the threshold
                        for requirement of letters of non-objection!<o:p
                          class=""></o:p></span></div>
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                   I have heard that in Italy a city is any grouping of
                  people that has a cathedral and a bishop. (Maybe
                  someone on the list can confirm this.) I just visited
                  one (Pienza) that has only 2000 people and does have a
                  mayor, so some form of government. So, if it is a city
                  and does have a government but is well below the
                  population cut off, how would the provisions below
                  protect Pienza (or not)?<o:p class=""></o:p></p>
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                  Marita<o:p class=""></o:p></p>
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                    On 5/17/2018 1:14 AM, Alexander Schubert wrote:<o:p
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                      sans-serif;" class="">Susan,</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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                    <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,
                      sans-serif;" class="">Either I have not expressed
                      myself precise enough – or I am misunderstood:<br
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                      In the 2012 AGB it clearly states “city name”. I
                      think the requirement to produce a letter of
                      non-objection from the city’s government implies
                      that only city’s that HAVE any form of Government
                      are targeted by this rule. Rock doesn’t have any
                      “Government” – it is such a small village (1,200
                      people) that it is governed by others. There is a
                      reference to “city government” in Module 2, page
                      18 of 42, 2.2.1.4.2 in 2b – there in the reference
                      7 (<a
href="https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb/evaluation-procedures-04jun12-en.pdf"
                        style="color: purple; text-decoration:
                        underline;" class="" moz-do-not-send="true">https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb/evaluation-procedures-04jun12-en.pdf</a>):<br
                        class="">
                    </span><b class=""><i class=""><span
                          style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,
                          sans-serif; color: rgb(46, 117, 182);"
                          class="">“City governments with concerns about
                          strings that are duplicates, nicknames or
                          close renderings of a city name should not
                          rely</span></i></b><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
                  <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;
                    font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"
                    class="">
                    <b class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size:
                          11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color:
                          rgb(46, 117, 182);" class="">on the evaluation
                          process as the primary means of protecting
                          their interests in a string. Rather, a
                          government may elect to file a</span></i></b><o:p
                      class=""></o:p></div>
                  <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;
                    font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"
                    class="">
                    <b class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size:
                          11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color:
                          rgb(46, 117, 182);" class="">formal objection
                          to an application that is opposed by the
                          relevant community, or may submit its own
                          application for the string.”</span></i></b><span
                      style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,
                      sans-serif;" class=""><br class="">
                      <br class="">
                      This language clearly implies that “city” in
                      respect to the support requirement is defined as a
                      place that has its own “Government”.<span
                        class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p
                      class=""></o:p></div>
                  <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;
                    font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"
                    class="">
                    <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,
                      sans-serif;" class=""><br class="">
                      I am very much in agreement with you that the 2012
                      AGB specification “city name” is a disaster. It’s
                      not really defined and way too broad. By
                      introducing a population-size cutoff we eliminate
                      all the smallish places that nobody really would
                      ever create a geo gTLD for anyways – so brands and
                      generic term applications have free reign! These
                      smaller places can still OBJECT to an application
                      – example would be “Aspen”.<br class="">
                      <br class="">
                      And this is precisely one of our tasks here: to
                      unearth language and provisions of the 2012 AGB
                      that maybe “worked” in 2012 – but likely create
                      confusion in future rounds.<span
                        class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p
                      class=""></o:p></div>
                  <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;
                    font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"
                    class="">
                    <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,
                      sans-serif;" class=""><br class="">
                      Thanks,<br class="">
                      <br class="">
                      Alexander</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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                      sans-serif;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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                    font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"
                    class="">
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                      sans-serif;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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                    class="">
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                      sans-serif;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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                        <b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;
                            font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span
                          style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,
                          sans-serif;" class=""><span
                            class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Susan
                          Payne [<a
                            href="mailto:susan.payne@valideus.com"
                            style="color: purple; text-decoration:
                            underline;" class="" moz-do-not-send="true">mailto:susan.payne@valideus.com</a>]<span
                            class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br
                            class="">
                          <b class="">Sent:</b><span
                            class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday,
                          May 17, 2018 12:41 AM<br class="">
                          <b class="">To:</b><span
                            class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
                            href="mailto:alexander@schubert.berlin"
                            style="color: purple; text-decoration:
                            underline;" class="" moz-do-not-send="true">alexander@schubert.berlin</a>;<span
                            class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
                            href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org"
                            style="color: purple; text-decoration:
                            underline;" class="" moz-do-not-send="true">gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org</a><br
                            class="">
                          <b class="">Subject:</b><span
                            class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>RE:
                          [Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5] Qualifying the threshold
                          for requirement of letters of non-objection!</span><o:p
                          class=""></o:p></div>
                    </div>
                  </div>
                  <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;
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                    class="">
                     <o:p class=""></o:p></div>
                  <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;
                    font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"
                    class="">
                    <a name="_MailEndCompose" class=""
                      moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="font-size:
                        11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color:
                        rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="" lang="EN-GB">Well
                        Alexander, this is a perfect example of why if
                        you are going to agree with the wide-ranging and
                        imprecise assertions of others then it would be
                        well to be clear exactly what you are agreeing
                        with.  You actually do not agree with
                        Christopher at all –or at least in large part.</span></a><o:p
                      class=""></o:p></div>
                  <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;
                    font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"
                    class="">
                    <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,
                      sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""
                      lang="EN-GB"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
                  <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;
                    font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"
                    class="">
                    <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,
                      sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""
                      lang="EN-GB">What’s called a city seems to vary
                      greatly from country to country.  I’ve been to UK
                      fishing villages that are bigger than “cities” in
                      some other countries.  The AGB just refers to a
                      “city” but without defining what that is.  Not
                      that there’s any basis at law of course for the
                      AGB city consent requirements, just for the
                      avoidance of doubt.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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                    font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"
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                      sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""
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                          font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color:
                          rgb(118, 146, 60);" class="" lang="EN-GB">Susan
                          Payne</span></b><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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                          font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color:
                          rgb(118, 146, 60);" class="" lang="EN-GB">Head
                          of Legal Policy</span></b><b class=""><span
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                        style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,
                        sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""
                        lang="EN-GB">|<span
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                          rgb(195, 146, 9);" class="" lang="EN-GB">Valideus
                          Ltd</span></b><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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                        class="" lang="EN-GB">28-30 Little Russell
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                        class="" lang="EN-GB">London, WC1A 2HN, United
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                            60);" class="">susan.payne@valideus.com</span></a></span><span
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                        class="" lang="EN-GB">D: +44 20 7421 8255</span><o:p
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                        class="" lang="EN-GB">T: +44 20 7421 8299</span><o:p
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                        class="" lang="EN-GB">M: +44 7971 661175</span><o:p
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                        serif;" class="">
                        <b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;
                            font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span
                          style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,
                          sans-serif;" class=""><span
                            class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5
                          [<a
                            href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5-bounces@icann.org"
                            style="color: purple; text-decoration:
                            underline;" class="" moz-do-not-send="true">mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5-bounces@icann.org</a>]<span
                            class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
                            class="">On Behalf Of<span
                              class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Alexander
                          Schubert<br class="">
                          <b class="">Sent:</b><span
                            class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>16 May
                          2018 22:33<br class="">
                          <b class="">To:</b><span
                            class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
                            href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org"
                            style="color: purple; text-decoration:
                            underline;" class="" moz-do-not-send="true">gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org</a><br
                            class="">
                          <b class="">Subject:</b><span
                            class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5]
                          Qualifying the threshold for requirement of
                          letters of non-objection!</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
                    </div>
                  </div>
                  <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;
                    font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"
                    class="">
                    <span class="" lang="EN-GB"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
                  <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;
                    font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"
                    class="">
                    <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,
                      sans-serif;" class="">Susan,</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
                  <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;
                    font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"
                    class="">
                    <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,
                      sans-serif;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
                  <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;
                    font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"
                    class="">
                    <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,
                      sans-serif;" class="">Your comment is very
                      valuable:<br class="">
                      <br class="">
                      We HAVE to prevent that places like “rock” have
                      veto rights over brand or generic term based
                      gTLDs! The “Rock” (in Cornwall) you mentioned is a
                      “fishing village” – and as such DOESN’T require
                      any letter of non-objection per the 2012 AGB at
                      all! But the point itself is well taken:<br
                        class="">
                      <br class="">
                      We need to qualify a threshold for protection –
                      most likely by quantifying the population! If we
                      have a 10,000 (or 50,000) inhabitant cut-off: the
                      overlay between those sizeable cities and brands
                      and or generic terms is MINIMAL!<span
                        class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br
                        class="">
                      <br class="">
                      Thanks,<br class="">
                      <br class="">
                      Alexander</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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                    class="">
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                      sans-serif;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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                    font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"
                    class="">
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                      sans-serif;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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                    font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"
                    class="">
                    <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,
                      sans-serif;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
                  <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;
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                        <b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;
                            font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span
                          style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,
                          sans-serif;" class=""><span
                            class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5
                          [<a
                            href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5-bounces@icann.org"
                            style="color: purple; text-decoration:
                            underline;" class="" moz-do-not-send="true">mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5-bounces@icann.org</a>]<span
                            class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
                            class="">On Behalf Of<span
                              class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Susan
                          Payne<br class="">
                          <b class="">Sent:</b><span
                            class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday,
                          May 17, 2018 12:23 AM<br class="">
                          <b class="">To:</b><span
                            class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Greg
                          Shatan <<a
                            href="mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com"
                            style="color: purple; text-decoration:
                            underline;" class="" moz-do-not-send="true">gregshatanipc@gmail.com</a>>;<span
                            class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
                            href="mailto:lists@christopherwilkinson.eu"
                            style="color: purple; text-decoration:
                            underline;" class="" moz-do-not-send="true">lists@christopherwilkinson.eu</a><span
                            class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wilkinson
                          <<a
                            href="mailto:lists@christopherwilkinson.eu"
                            style="color: purple; text-decoration:
                            underline;" class="" moz-do-not-send="true">lists@christopherwilkinson.eu</a>><br
                            class="">
                          <b class="">Cc:</b><span
                            class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
                            href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org"
                            style="color: purple; text-decoration:
                            underline;" class="" moz-do-not-send="true">gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org</a></span><o:p
                          class=""></o:p></p>
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                     <o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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                    font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"
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                    <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,
                      sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""
                      lang="EN-GB">Agreed Greg</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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                    <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,
                      sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""
                      lang="EN-GB">Christopher, you appear to be
                      suggesting that the term “rock” since it happens
                      to be the name of at least one small town in
                      Cornwall, England, and possibly elsewhere, could
                      not be used as a TLD by  geologists, landscapers,
                      musicians, etc etc.  On what possible legal, or
                      indeed policy, basis?  So no, you may not take
                      that as agreed.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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                        Payne</span></b><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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                        of Legal Policy</span></b><b class=""><span
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                        lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span
                      style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,
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                      lang="EN-GB">London, WC1A 2HN, United Kingdom</span><o:p
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                      lang="EN-GB">E:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span
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                          sans-serif; color: rgb(118, 146, 60);"
                          class="">susan.payne@valideus.com</span></a></span><span
                      style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,
                      sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""
                      lang="EN-GB"></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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                      sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""
                      lang="EN-GB">D: +44 20 7421 8255</span><o:p
                      class=""></o:p></div>
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                      lang="EN-GB">T: +44 20 7421 8299</span><o:p
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                      sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""
                      lang="EN-GB">M: +44 7971 661175</span><o:p
                      class=""></o:p></div>
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                        class="" lang="EN-GB"> </span></b><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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                    font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"
                    class="">
                    <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,
                      sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""
                      lang="EN-GB"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
                  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt;
                    font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New
                    Roman", serif;">
                    <b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;
                        font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span
                      style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,
                      sans-serif;" class=""><span
                        class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5
                      [<a
                        href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5-bounces@icann.org"
                        style="color: purple; text-decoration:
                        underline;" class="" moz-do-not-send="true">mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5-bounces@icann.org</a>]<span
                        class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
                        class="">On Behalf Of<span
                          class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Greg
                      Shatan<br class="">
                      <b class="">Sent:</b><span
                        class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>16 May
                      2018 21:46<br class="">
                      <b class="">To:</b><span
                        class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
                        href="mailto:lists@christopherwilkinson.eu"
                        style="color: purple; text-decoration:
                        underline;" class="" moz-do-not-send="true">lists@christopherwilkinson.eu</a><span
                        class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wilkinson
                      <<a href="mailto:lists@christopherwilkinson.eu"
                        style="color: purple; text-decoration:
                        underline;" class="" moz-do-not-send="true">lists@christopherwilkinson.eu</a>><br
                        class="">
                      <b class="">Cc:</b><span
                        class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
                        href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org"
                        style="color: purple; text-decoration:
                        underline;" class="" moz-do-not-send="true">gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org</a></span><o:p
                      class=""></o:p></p>
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                    class="">
                    <span class="" lang="EN-GB"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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                        <span class="" lang="EN-GB">Christopher wrote:</span><o:p
                          class=""></o:p></div>
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                        12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman",
                        serif;" class="">
                        <span class="" lang="EN-GB"> </span><o:p
                          class=""></o:p></div>
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                    <div class="">
                      <p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm;
                        font-size: 1rem; font-family: "Times New
                        Roman", serif; word-spacing: 1px;" class="">
                        <span style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49);" class=""
                          lang="EN-GB">3.  The 2012 option of non-geo
                          use of a geo-name should be abandoned. (Since
                          there has been no objection on the List to
                          that - repeated - proposition, may I take it
                          that is agreed in WT5?)</span><o:p class=""></o:p></p>
                      <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
                        12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman",
                        serif;" class="">
                        <span class="" lang="EN-GB">There has been
                          significant— repeated — objection to that
                          proposition, so no, you may not take it that
                          it is agreed in WT5.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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                        <span class="" lang="EN-GB"> </span><o:p
                          class=""></o:p></div>
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                        <span class="" lang="EN-GB">Thanks for the
                          opportunity to clarify that.</span><o:p
                          class=""></o:p></div>
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                        <span class="" lang="EN-GB"> </span><o:p
                          class=""></o:p></div>
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                        serif;" class="">
                        <span class="" lang="EN-GB">Greg</span><o:p
                          class=""></o:p></div>
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                    <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size:
                      12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman",
                      serif;" class="">
                      <span class="" lang="EN-GB"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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                          <span class="" lang="EN-GB">On Wed, May 16,
                            2018 at 1:39 PM<span
                              class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
                              href="mailto:lists@christopherwilkinson.eu"
                              style="color: purple; text-decoration:
                              underline;" class=""
                              moz-do-not-send="true">lists@christopherwilkinson.eu</a>Wilkinson
                            <<a
                              href="mailto:lists@christopherwilkinson.eu"
                              style="color: purple; text-decoration:
                              underline;" class=""
                              moz-do-not-send="true">lists@christopherwilkinson.eu</a>>
                            wrote:</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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                            New Roman", serif;" class="">
                            <span class="" lang="EN-GB">Good afternoon:</span><o:p
                              class=""></o:p></p>
                          <p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm;
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                            <span class="" lang="EN-GB">With respect,
                              this is the first time that I have
                              perceived that in 2012, Geo-Names Review
                              was different from the Geo-Names Panel. I
                              shall try and get my head around that!<span
                                class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p
                              class=""></o:p></p>
                          <p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm;
                            font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times
                            New Roman", serif;" class="">
                            <span class="" lang="EN-GB">Meanwhile, it
                              would clearly be an advantage to have a
                              review function available for ALL
                              Geo-related applications, up front, BEFORE
                              applicants and the mechanisms spend time
                              and money on the approval procedures.<br
                                class="">
                              <br class="">
                              I have already posted several comments
                              that would significantly reduce the risks
                              and uncertainties for Geo-Names
                              applications.<span
                                class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em
                                class="">Pour Memoire:</em></span><o:p
                              class=""></o:p></p>
                          <p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm;
                            font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times
                            New Roman", serif;" class="">
                            <span class="" lang="EN-GB">1.  The
                              application should be from an entity
                              within the jurisdiction of the geo-name in
                              question, and the proposed TLD Registry
                              should be incorporated in that
                              jurisdiction. There should not be any
                              incorporations in third country tax
                              havens.<br class="">
                              <br class="">
                              2.  There should be strict limits on the
                              number of TLDs that may be applied for by
                              any one entity. </span><o:p class=""></o:p></p>
                          <p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm;
                            font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times
                            New Roman", serif;" class="">
                            <span class="" lang="EN-GB">3.  The 2012
                              option of non-geo use of a geo-name should
                              be abandoned. (Since there has been no
                              objection on the List to that - repeated
                              - proposition, may I take it that is
                              agreed in WT5?)</span><o:p class=""></o:p></p>
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                            <span class="" lang="EN-GB">Thus, these few,
                              realistic, boundary conditions would
                              considerably reduce the scope and
                              frequency of disputes during applications
                              and during implementation.</span><o:p
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                            <span class="" lang="EN-GB">Regards</span><o:p
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                            <span class="" lang="EN-GB">CW</span><o:p
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                            <span class="" lang="EN-GB">PS:  Since all
                              applications for Geo-Names should have
                              received non-objection letters from the
                              appropriate authorities, I might imagine
                              that the scope for String Contention would
                              be considerably reduced if not eliminated.</span><o:p
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