Got a response: ICANN did consult the government of Spain on it --
anyway, obvious procedure.

frt rgds

--c.a.

Carlos Afonso wrote:
> Wolfgang Kleinwächter wrote:
>>
> [...]
>> Who is right? Is it consumer confusion or is it consumer choice? ALAC
>> is planning to organize a workshop on that issue in San Juan to
>> figure out the arguments of pro and con. But the more interesting
>> issues is who decides on .berlin? If ICANN follows the .xxx procedure
>> it will ask the GAC. GAC members will ask the German government but
>> the German government has an internal problem to harmonize different
>> approaches on the federal and the local level. If it is seen as a
>> "cultural affair", then according to the German constiution, the
>> federal government has no competences. Does it mean, that for such a
>> decision ICANN has to consult with the local authorities directly?
>> And how other governments will see this? Some may be happy to have
>> next to the ccTLD also some big (or small) cities with a TLD for
>> local marketing, tourism, local economy promotion, local language
>> support (like .cat) etc. Others will fear that this will become very
>> counterproductive, undermining national monopolies etc.
> 
> Curiosity: did ICANN through GAC consult with Spain's government on
> deciding on .cat?
> 
> --c.a.
> 

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