RIPE 50: Registration Now Open

On Mar 8, 2005, at 11:10, Jim Reid wrote:

>>>>>> "Nigel" == Titley, Nigel <NTitley at flagtelecom.com> writes:
>
>     RIPE> RIPE 50 will be held 2-6 May, 2005 at the Clarion Hotel in
>     RIPE> Stockholm, Sweden.
>>>  Where else would Stockholm be but Sweden?
>
>     Nigel> To our dear American cousins it could be a small town in
>     Nigel> the mid west, for example, Cairo (Illinois), Rome
>     Nigel> (Illinois) and Paris (Illinois). Hence their tendency to
>     Nigel> qualify with country, for example, Cairo (Egypt), Paris
>     Nigel> (France) and Rome (Italy).
>
> Exactly! I'm sure most of the Americans on our lists are well aware
> we're not referring to hick towns in the US. As are the rest of the
> people on the NCC's lists.
>
>     Nigel> I'm somewhat disappointed to see the RIPE NCC adopting the
>     Nigel> habit though.
>
> That's my point. Where will this idiocy end? Do we have to explain
> that Sweden's in Europe? Or Europe's a continent on Earth?

An international address/reference is to include the name of a country 
according to UPU S42-1. I think it is a good thing Ripe follows the 
international standards that exists.

    paf