[governance] .berlin and ALAC

[Dirk Krischenowski | dotBERLIN]

I coming back to a posting of Michael Leibrandt from Dec 2, where Michael
wrote:

"... The parliament of Berlin has voted down the .berlin proposal with a
majority decision. Does anybody think that such a local decision should be
ignored by an ICANN ALAC? ..."

The part of the statement regarding .berlin is definitely wrong; therefore
I'd like to make a counterstatement:

To say it in one sentence: The Parliament of Berlin did not (!) vote .berlin
down, it was just a recommendation of a subcommittee which voted against
supporting a motion submitted by one of the opposition parties in which the
senate is asked to support .berlin.

A little bit more in detail: In the Berlin House of Representatives (Berlin
Parliament) the Christian Democrats filed a resolution to support the
.berlin TLD. This was based on another resolution that the Christian
Democrats and the Social Democrats (ruling coalition) in the German
Bundestag (German Parliament). Contrary to the German Bundestag, in the
Parliament of Berlin the Christian Democrats are in the opposition. The
majority is by a coalition of the Social Democrats and The Left Wing Party
(the former Communist Party).

Since the resolution to support .berlin comes from the opposition, it seems
to be a natural reflex of the red-red coalition to vote against it. In the
case Michael mentioned not the parliament, but a subcommittee voted against
support of the CDU motion based on the argument that the city has an
official city portal and therefore does not need .berlin. This
recommendation will go now to the next level, the main committee. Let's wait
and see.

Dirk Krischenowski
Founder and CEO

www.dotberlin.de



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