Wednesday, 30 January 2019
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AC Chat: EN
Transcript: EN ES
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Dial Out Participants:
EN: Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Gordon Chillcott, Seun Ojedeji, Olivier Crepin-Leblond, Maureen Hilyard, Jonathan Zuck, Tijani Ben Jemaa, Abdulkarim Ayopo Oloyede, Seun Ojedeji, Olivier Crépin-Leblond, Abdulkarim Oloyede, Hadia Elminiawi, Glenn McKnight, Sebastien Bachollet, Tom Dale, Eduarto Diaz, Yrjo Lansipuro, Marita Moll, Nadira Al-Araj, Avri Doria, Alan Greenberg, Christopher Wilkinson, Kaili Kan, Joel Thayer, Lilian Ivette De Luque, Maria Korniiets
ES: Harold Arcos Arcos, Alberto Soto
Apologies: Holly Raiche, Justine Chew, Bastiaan Bastiaan Goslings, Alfredo Calderon, John LapriseGreg Shatan (tentative), Tijani Ben Jemaa
Staff: Heidi Ullrich, Evin Erdoğdu, Andrea Glandon
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Work Track 5 on Geographic Names at the Top Level - Supplemental Initial Report of the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Policy Development Process
The ALAC notes that there has yet to be a discussion about whether any new gTLDs are needed. In case of an expansion, first and foremost, (1) strings with geographic connotations should not present harm (eg. risk for confusion) to end-users and (2) end-users, as residents of a given geographic entity, should have a say, through their governments or public authorities, in how its name is used. The ALAC prefers preventative protection mechanisms for country, territory, sub-national place and capital names. In the case of non-capital city names, there is a balanced support within the ALAC for either (1) requiring support or a non-objection letter from the relevant authority only if the applicant intends to use the TLD primarily for purposes associated with the city or (2) requiring support or a non-objection letter in any case. As to the 2012 AGB, ALAC thinks that its final version generally worked well and supports, in general, its treatment of geographic names.
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