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== For all groups ==
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*Use the town name for "Group Name." If the name is two or more words, separate with spaces and use sentence case.
 
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*We use the country abbreviations found hereː http://sustainablesources.com/resources/country-abbreviations/
 
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*For US State and Canada Provinces use this listː https://www.ups.com/worldshiphelp/WS16/ENU/AppHelp/Codes/State_Province_Codes.htm
 
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*"FC Unique Name" includes City and Country (unless redundant), or City and State or Province
 
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*No spaces or underlines in "FC Unique Name"
 
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*Groups should be named for cities or towns, not for government or administrative districts. 
 
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*Use caps to differentiate words for the "FC Unique Name"
 
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CiudadDeMexico
 
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LosAngelesCA
 
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EdmontonAB
 
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DouarnenezFR
 
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OxfordCoWI for a county group
 
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== For international groups ==
 
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*Use the local language for group name (location) and "FC Unique Name"
 
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"Koeln" for Cologne, Germany.
 
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"Ciudad de Mexico" for Mexico City
 
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*Use country codes in "FC Unique Name." Use the 2-character (all caps) [http://sustainablesources.com/resources/country-abbreviations/ country codes] unless the code is redundant. Because the country code for Germany is the same as for Delaware, country codes are not added to German cities. 
 
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MonterreyMX
 
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Hamburg (omit DE for German cities)
 
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CiudadDeMexico (omit MX here)
 
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*Use the region name if necessary to distinguish between two groups with the same name
 

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