<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Greg: I was referring torivalry among eventual applicants. (Bearing in mind that some of the ‘autonomous’ regions referred to in those documents are in dispute and in a few cases have been war zones. )<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Not any suggestion of ’sides’ among the ICANN community. Never! ;-))</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">C.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 17 Jul 2019, at 20:50, Greg Shatan <<a href="mailto:gregshatanipc@gmail.com" class="">gregshatanipc@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="">Protecting or reserving virtually ALL geographical terms would be the ultimate example of ICANN “taking sides.”</div></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Best regards,</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Greg</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 6:50 AM <a href="mailto:lists@christopherwilkinson.eu" class="">lists@christopherwilkinson.eu</a> <<a href="mailto:lists@christopherwilkinson.eu" class="">lists@christopherwilkinson.eu</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space" class=""><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space" class="">Dear Javier:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thankyou for these references. They confirm the complexity and sensitivity of the issue.</div><div class="">Actually, I doubt that WT5 could take all that detail on board at such short notice.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">I have been aware of related issues for several years and have come to the conclusion that ALL geographical terms should be protected or reserved (including ISO 4217 and geographical indications) . WT5 should focus on the limited numbers of names that need not be protected. For all other geographical terms, ICANN should accept applications only from, or endorsed by, the relevant national or local authorities. Otherwise, the domain should not be delegated.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">ICANN must not be in the position of ’taking sides’ in such matters.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best regards</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Christopher</div></div></div></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space" class=""><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space" class=""><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 17 Jul 2019, at 01:13, Javier Rua <<a href="mailto:javrua@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">javrua@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="m_1333951444262173526Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Dear Work Track 5 Members,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Before tomorrow's call, and knowing that as a co-leader my role is not to actively propose, I take the exceptional liberty to put forth the following idea for group discussion. The only motivation is to provide some definite concept under the additional geographic names not included in the 2012 Applicant Guidebook category:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">"require a letter of support / non-objection from the relevant regional or autonomic authority for an autonomous area/region of a country."</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There is not, I concede, an ISO-type list to pin down these areas, however there are useful and easily attainable credible reference resources such as: "The World's Modern Autonomy Systems" at <a href="http://webfolder.eurac.edu/EURAC/Publications/Institutes/autonomies/MinRig/Autonomies%20Benedikter%2009%20klein.pdf" target="_blank" class="">http://webfolder.eurac.edu/EURAC/Publications/Institutes/autonomies/MinRig/Autonomies%20Benedikter%2009%20klein.pdf</a>. There is also "List of Autonomous Areas by Country" found at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_autonomous_areas_by_country" target="_blank" class="">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_autonomous_areas_by_country</a>, though I fully understand an aversion to cite this cite. Can any member suggest other reference resources which could be acceptable?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div>
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