As far as naming. I will surrender city naming to the people (while making suggestions here and there, of course), if the people/Senate will give up the unofficial naming of units to the Presidency.

With regards to second and third cities, well, I'd think it would work both ways.  What if we actually give a northern rival more land to settle because we decided to move south?  If we knew we were the northernmost civ, there would be some merrit but we know very little at the moment.  I don't quite see the benefit of moving the settler for that reason or how the risk outweighs the benefits of settling on the first turn.

Addit: Hmm, actually after looking at the image which Mongoose has supplied of the scout's new location, it would appear if anything, we are in the southern hemisphere based on the "desert" way up north.  Given that we are playing a large map (?), the fear of running into less favorable land is minimal.  Gosh, now I'm a bit torn.  Scipio, you should have voted no if you didn't agree with the start location.