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    <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Thanks Greg, for doing
        the research that I did not do. I was just relying on the following
        footnote on the first page  </font><br>
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      <li style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a target="_blank"
          href="https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/" style="box-sizing:
          inherit; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;
          background-color: transparent; outline: none !important;">World
          Population Prospects (2017 Revision)</a><span> </span>- United
        Nations population estimates and projections.</li>
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    Upon checking this source, however, I see that there is a huge
    database of info that worldpopulationreview.com must have used to
    compile the info they present on their site -- who knows why they do
    this, it is quite a bit of work. There are various sites that use
    this UN info -- I guess we could maybe consider it a valid source.
    Saying that, I am absolutely not an expert in this kind of data
    gathering.<br>
    <br>
    Marita<br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/28/2018 7:01 PM, Greg Shatan
      wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CA+aOHURBh7RAFWzrmGyVyMi9cXbaAS7qxsdz944gN638_R27rQ@mail.gmail.com">
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          style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Assuming for sake of
          discussion that a population based list of "cities" is useful,
          identifying a "credible" and accurate database for all the
          "cities" of the world should not be assumed to be easy. The
          database cited, <a href="http://worldpopulationreview.com/"
            moz-do-not-send="true">http://worldpopulationreview.com/</a>,
          does not bear strong evidence of "credibility."  There is no
          informatoin about the person or entity who runs it. A WHOIS
          search on ICANN's WHOIS page revealed only "ICANN received a
          Timeout while querying the Registry or Registrar’s WHOIS
          Server."  Using their address to look at Google StreetView
          shows a small office park of one-story buildiings in Walnut,
          California, a suburb of Los Angeles (also the name of a nut, a
          tree and a type of wood popular in cabinetry).  There is no
          indication that the entity or person is there.  The privacy
          policy reveals that someone named Shane has an email address
          there.  The Terms may be "lifted" from another site, as they
          mention Pennsylvania as the choice of law for the terms, even
          though the entity has a California address.  (Unlike Delaware
          or New York, Pennsylvania is not a likely choice of law for a
          non-resident.)</div>
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          style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The <span
style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">list
            of cities found at the link "US Cities" on the home page is</span> "only"
          100 cities long, although the introduction notes: <span
            style="color:rgb(29,29,29);font-family:"Noto
Sans",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">The<span> </span></span><a
href="http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/united-states-population/"
style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(51,122,183);text-decoration:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);padding-bottom:1px;font-family:"Noto
Sans",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;outline:none"
            moz-do-not-send="true">United States</a><span
            style="color:rgb(29,29,29);font-family:"Noto
Sans",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span>Census
            designates populated regions of the country as 'incorporated
            places.' An incorporated place in the United States includes
            cities, towns, villages and municipalities, among other
            designations. As of 2015, there are over 300 incorporated
            places in the United States that have a population that
            exceeds 100,000, which is a pretty sizable increase over<span> </span></span><a
href="http://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/on-numbers/scott-thomas/2012/08/number-of-cities-with-six-figure.html"
style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(51,122,183);text-decoration:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);padding-bottom:1px;font-family:"Noto
Sans",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:justify;outline:none"
            moz-do-not-send="true">the 285 recorded in 2012.</a>  </div>
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          style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I note that this list
          is missing the "town" of Hempstead, NY, population 700,000+,
          even though it goes down almost to 200,000.  The criteria of
          the list this list came from is unknown; presumably, their
          criteria excluded Hempstead, NY.  How many other errors there
          are I do not know.</div>
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          style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">From the United States
          page, there is a link to a different list of city pages, that
          goes down to 90,000 (still no Hempstead).  This list includes
          each of the fie boroughs of New York City, which are just
          parts of New York City, not "cities" at all.  It also lists
          some New York City neighborhoods like Harlem and East
          Flatbush, and L.A. neighborhoods like Koreatown, which are
          even less defined.  It does not however list Greenwich
          Village, my neighborhood, even though multiple sources place
          it's population at 160,000+, well over the cut-off for the
          list.</div>
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          style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I could go on but I
          won't.</div>
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        <div class="gmail_default"
          style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Greg</div>
      </div>
      <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
        <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 3:42 PM, Marita
          Moll <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mmoll@ca.inter.net"
              target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">mmoll@ca.inter.net</a>></span>
          wrote:<br>
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              <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">In answer to
                  your question, Alexander, would cities in Ontario
                  (under normal circumstances) have to solicit support
                  from the province  --  no, I doubt that very much, and
                  I can't see the federal government meddling in there
                  either. I was merely illustrating that things are
                  always in a state of flux -- and whatever system we
                  set up has to take that into account as well. Laws
                  change, cities change, populations move around.
                  Currently, people are exiting large cities in war-torn
                  countries in the Middle East and elsewhere.
                  Populations go down as well as up.<br>
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              <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">So, to your
                  simple, transparent and fair measure to identify
                  cities, I would suggest we keep these things in mind
                  and try to build in some flexibility as well. At
                  least, with a population measure, a list based on
                  credible statistics could maintained in the same way
                  as the country code list is maintained and amended
                  through a policy process as is now the case with
                  changes to country names.<br>
                </font></p>
              <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Credible
                  databases do exist. The following site <b>World
                    Population Review</b> is full of information about
                  city populations by country with data sourced through
                  the U.N. Some historical info as well. <br>
                </font></p>
              <p><a href="http://worldpopulationreview.com/"
                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><font
                    face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">worldpopulationreview.com</font></a></p>
              <span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
                  <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Marita</font><br>
                  </p>
                </font></span>
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                <div class="h5"> <br>
                  <div class="m_-6455126002157305119moz-cite-prefix">On
                    6/28/2018 2:41 PM, Alexander Schubert wrote:<br>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Hi
                          Marita,<br>
                          <br>
                          if someone applied for a Canadian city, they
                          had to solicit the support from the province
                          as well? I assume only from the city
                          Government. I just wanted to point out that
                          the “letter of non-objection” (“Government
                          support”) DOES NOT provide “Governments” (of
                          countries) with “veto rights”. In opposite:
                          Often city Governments are VEHEMENTLY opposed
                          to their federal Governments – e.g. in the
                          birth land of the Internet! Some U.S.  cities
                          are even completely denying followership and
                          orders of federal authorities (for example
                          “sanctuary cities” are denying to cooperate
                          with ICE raids). City governments are very
                          local, elected by the local constituents and
                          truly representing the LOCAL interests – often
                          AGAINST the national government! Nobody can
                          claim that we would “empower GAC” (or nation
                          states) when we require a letter of
                          non-objection for city name applications.
                          That’s just not the case – rather the
                          opposite. Now there might be a few
                          totalitarian nations where the central
                          Government might want to weigh in. But those
                          should be few; and that’s a structural problem
                          of THAT nation.<br>
                          <br>
                          But I certainly agree: We need a simply,
                          transparent and fair measure to identify
                          cities that require protections identical to
                          capital cities. Population size is such
                          measure. A mix of absolute and relative to the
                          countries population seems sufficient and
                          fair. If somebody had a database of some 100+
                          countries, their populations, the biggest
                          cities, and the city populations, and could
                          run a few numbers: that would help us
                          identifying how many cities we would protect!
                          Say if the absolute number was 250,000
                          inhabitants, and the relative population size
                          2.5% (of the country’s population):  Latvia
                          has 2 Million people, 2.5% equals 50,000
                          people. That would protect a mere 4 big cities
                          (outside the capital Riga); but ONLY the
                          capital would otherwise make the 250k
                          threshold.  Would be cool to see a list
                          compiled from those measures – and maybe run
                          it against a dictionary and a list of
                          important brands (not a TM database –
                          EVERYTHING is trademarked, but TMs aren’t
                          “brands”). My assumption: there is a minimal
                          overlap – neither “real brands” nor generic
                          terms would be exposed to extra burdens! But
                          the cities would be protected from vultures
                          and fake “non-geo use” applications! It would
                          be a simple rule that is easy to understand
                          and easy to apply. Applicants simply look up
                          their string in Wikipedia (DON’T TEACH ME
                          ABOUT WIKIPEDIA), if a city pops up they look
                          up the population size of the city (cities)
                          and the nation(s) it is in – if it meets the
                          criteria they need to talk to the city – or
                          cities in the rare case several make the cut!
                          The same is true if a SMALL city wants to
                          apply but there was a BIG city with identical
                          name: Get their OK and you are fine! <br>
                          <br>
                          Thanks,<br>
                          <br>
                          Alexander</span></p>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">
                              Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5 [<a
                                class="m_-6455126002157305119moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank"
                                moz-do-not-send="true">mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5-<wbr>bounces@icann.org</a>]
                              <b>On Behalf Of </b>Marita Moll<br>
                              <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 28, 2018 8:21
                              PM<br>
                              <b>To:</b> <a
                                class="m_-6455126002157305119moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org" target="_blank"
                                moz-do-not-send="true">gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org</a>
                              >> Icann Gnso Newgtld Wg Wt5 <a
                                class="m_-6455126002157305119moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org" target="_blank"
                                moz-do-not-send="true"><gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.<wbr>org></a><br>
                              <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5]
                              New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP: Work
                              Track 5 Comments</span></p>
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                      <p>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  <span
                          style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">the
                          regional municipality of <b>Metropolitan
                            Toronto</b> and its six constituent
                          municipalities. As part of this, East York,
                          Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough, York, and
                          the City of <b>Toronto</b> (1834) were
                          dissolved by an act of the Government of
                          Ontario.</span></p>
                      <p><span
                          style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">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.
                          <br>
                          <br>
                        </span></p>
                      <p><span
                          style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Marita<br>
                          <br>
                        </span></p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal">On 6/28/2018 10:11 AM,
                          Alexander Schubert wrote:</p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear
                            Group,<br>
                            <br>
                            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! <br>
                            <br>
                            Thanks,<br>
                            <br>
                            Alexander<br>
                            <br>
                            <br>
                            <br>
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                          </span></p>
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                                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
                                Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5 [<a
                                  href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5-bounces@icann.org"
                                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5-<wbr>bounces@icann.org</a>]
                                <b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul Rosenzweig<br>
                                <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 28, 2018
                                1:27 AM<br>
                                <b>To:</b> <a
                                  href="mailto:Jorge.Cancio@bakom.admin.ch"
                                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Jorge.Cancio@bakom.admin.ch</a>;
                                <a href="mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com"
                                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">gregshatanipc@gmail.com</a><br>
                                <b>Cc:</b> <a
                                  href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org"
                                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org</a><br>
                                <b>Subject:</b> Re:
                                [Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5] New gTLD
                                Subsequent Procedures PDP: Work Track 5
                                Comments</span></p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">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.   </span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">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)  </span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                            style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></p>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                              style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Paul
                              Rosenzweig</span></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                              style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a
href="mailto:paul.rosenzweig@redbranchconsulting.com" target="_blank"
                                moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                                  style="color:#0563c1">paul.rosenzweig@<wbr>redbranchconsulting.com</span></a></span></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                              style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">O:
                              +1 (202) 547-0660</span></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                              style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">M:
                              +1 (202) 329-9650</span></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                              style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">VOIP:
                              +1 (202) 738-1739</span></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                              style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a
href="http://www.redbranchconsulting.com/" target="_blank"
                                moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                                  style="color:#0563c1">www.redbranchconsulting.com</span></a></span></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                              style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">My
                              PGP Key: <a
href="https://keys.mailvelope.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x9A830097CA066684"
                                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                                  style="color:#0563c1">https://keys.mailvelope.com/<wbr>pks/lookup?op=get&search=<wbr>0x9A830097CA066684</span></a></span></p>
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                            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
                                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <a
href="mailto:Jorge.Cancio@bakom.admin.ch" target="_blank"
                                  moz-do-not-send="true">Jorge.Cancio@bakom.admin.ch</a>
                                <<a
                                  href="mailto:Jorge.Cancio@bakom.admin.ch"
                                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Jorge.Cancio@bakom.admin.ch</a>>
                                <br>
                                <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 27, 2018
                                5:31 PM<br>
                                <b>To:</b> <a
                                  href="mailto:paul.rosenzweig@redbranchconsulting.com"
                                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">paul.rosenzweig@<wbr>redbranchconsulting.com</a>;
                                <a href="mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com"
                                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">gregshatanipc@gmail.com</a><br>
                                <b>Cc:</b> <a
                                  href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org"
                                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org</a><br>
                                <b>Subject:</b> AW:
                                [Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5] New gTLD
                                Subsequent Procedures PDP: Work Track 5
                                Comments</span></p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Dear
                            Paul</span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">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…</span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">In
                            the age of big data that should be simple.</span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">sorry
                            if I did not express this with absolute
                            clarity…</span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Best</span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Jorge
                          </span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
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                            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
                                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"
                                  lang="DE">Von:</span></b><span
                                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"
                                lang="DE"> Paul Rosenzweig [<a
                                  href="mailto:paul.rosenzweig@redbranchconsulting.com"
                                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">mailto:paul.rosenzweig@<wbr>redbranchconsulting.com</a>]
                                <br>
                                <b>Gesendet:</b> Mittwoch, 27. Juni 2018
                                16:26<br>
                                <b>An:</b> Cancio Jorge BAKOM <<a
                                  href="mailto:Jorge.Cancio@bakom.admin.ch"
                                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Jorge.Cancio@bakom.admin.ch</a>>;
                                <a href="mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com"
                                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">gregshatanipc@gmail.com</a><br>
                                <b>Cc:</b> <a
                                  href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org"
                                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org</a><br>
                                <b>Betreff:</b> RE:
                                [Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5] New gTLD
                                Subsequent Procedures PDP: Work Track 5
                                Comments</span></p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-CH"> </span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">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.</span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">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.</span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Paul</span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
                        <div>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Paul
                              Rosenzweig</span></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">M:
                              +1 (202) 329-9650</span></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">VOIP:
                              +1 (202) 738 1739</span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
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                            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
                                  style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
                                Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5 <<a
                                  href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5-bounces@icann.org"
                                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5-bounces@<wbr>icann.org</a>>
                                <b>On Behalf Of </b><a
                                  href="mailto:Jorge.Cancio@bakom.admin.ch"
                                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Jorge.Cancio@bakom.admin.ch</a><br>
                                <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 26, 2018 6:17
                                PM<br>
                                <b>To:</b> <a
                                  href="mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com"
                                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">gregshatanipc@gmail.com</a><br>
                                <b>Cc:</b> <a
                                  href="mailto:gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org"
                                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5@icann.org</a><br>
                                <b>Subject:</b> Re:
                                [Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5] New gTLD
                                Subsequent Procedures PDP: Work Track 5
                                Comments</span></p>
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