PuntCAT
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| Type | Non-profit |
| Focus | Registry |
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| City | Barcelona |
| Founded | 2004 |
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PuntCAT is a non-profit organization formed to serve as a registrar of the .cat TLD. The .cat TLD is established to serve the needs of the Catalan Linguistic and Cultural Community on the Internet.[1]
History
[edit | edit source]PuntCAT was officially founded as a politically independent, non-profit institution on December 28th, 2004 and registered as no. 2100 in the Government of Catalonia's Register of Foundations.[2]
PuntCAT applied for the .cat TLD and on the night of September 15th, 2005 ICANN approved .cat's candidature and PuntCAT was assigned as the registrar of .cat.[3]
The Institute of Catalan Studies, the Catalan Broadcasting Corporation and the Catalan Chapter of the Internet Society played a major role in the formation of PuntCAT and PuntCAT obtaining the .cat TLD.
PuntCAT became the first gTLD Registry Operator to have a cross-ownership ban lifted, when a clause in its ICANN contract that stated it cannot own more than 15% of an accredited Registrar was deleted in early 2013 after a December 2012 request.[4]
Memberships
[edit | edit source]- Associate member of CENTR
- Associate member of LACTLD
- Advising member of ECLID
- Full member of the gTLD Registry Constituency
- Member of the GNSO
Awards
[edit | edit source]- Honor Award LluĂs Carulla, 2010
- Award Pompeu Fabra, 2008
- Award Francesc Layrett, 2007
- Award Jaume I, 2006
- Award Ramon Trias Fargas, 2006
- Award Joan Coromines in the Institutions section, 2006
- Award Primera Plana, 2006
- The National Radio Broadcast, Television, Internet and Telecommunications Award in the Internet category, 2005
- Personality of the Year, 2005
Board Members
[edit | edit source]- Sr. Salvador Alegret i SanromĂ , Chairperson
- Sr. Joan Francesc Gras i Alcoverro, 1st Vice Chairperson
- Sra. Carme Basté i Pascual, 2nd Vice Chairperson
- Sr. Ramon Carbonell i Santacana, Treasurer
- Sr. Carles SalvadĂł i Usach, Committee member
- Sr. Josep Morell i MirĂł, Committee member
- Sr. Carles Riba i Romeva, Committee member
- Sr. Diego Gomez i GarcĂa, Committee member
- Sr. Jordi AlvinyĂ i Rovira, Committee member
- Sr. DĂdac Lee i Hsing, Committee member
- Sr. Llorenç Valverde i GarcĂa, Committee member
References
[edit | edit source]- â ascio.com
- â fundacio.cat
- â history of PuntCAT
- â PuntCAT Cross-Ownership Ban Lifted, Domain Incite Retrieved 10 Sept 2013
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