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'''Community TLD Applicant Group (CTAG)''' is an informal group which, as of January 2014, was comprised of 29 community TLD applicants which represented a slightly larger number of community [[TLD]] applications.<ref name="ctag">[http://thectag.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CTAG-Letter-to-ICANN-January-10-2014-f1.pdf CTAG Letter to ICANN], TheCTAG.org. Published 2014 January 10. Retrieved 2016 April 14.</ref> That number was down from February 2013, when they had 29 community TLD applicants representing 40 community TLD applications.<ref name="onlinedomain">[http://onlinedomain.com/2013/02/17/domain-extensions/new-gtlds/community-tld-applicant-group-asks-from-icann-a-clearer-definition-of-community-tlds-in-new-gtld-registry-agreement/ Community TLD Applicant Group asks from ICANN a clearer definition of Community TLDs in new gTLD Registry Agreement], OnlineDomain.com. Published 2013 February 17. Retrieved 2016 April 14.</ref>

In February 2013, CTAG sent a letter to [[ICANN]] requesting a clearer definition of community TLDs for the [[new gTLD]] Registry Agreement. This decision followed after the ICANN Regional Registry-Registrar meeting held in Amsterdam on 24-25 January, 2013, and it was decided then that any communications and proposals CTAG made to ICANN regarding the issue would be published on ICANN's website, to aid with transparency and awareness of the issue.<ref name="onlinedomain"></ref>

Nonetheless, CTAG asserted that additional proposals and agreements, as well as their incorporation, were not refusals to accept the Base Agreement. The inclusion of "Community Commitments" in the Base Agreement would be achieved in a way that avoided creating delays, by adding a reference to a new "Community Commitment Specification" for community TLDs to section 2.18 of the existing Base Agreement.<ref name="onlinedomain"></ref>

The specification would be similar to Appendix S to ICANN's sponsored TLD Registry Agreements and would include the following elements:<ref name="onlinedomain"></ref>
* Definition of Community
* Elibility, Name Selection, and Content & Use Provisions
* Delegated Authority and Selection of Registrars<ref name="onlinedomain"></ref>

As of 2014 February, CTAG has been fairly inactive on their Twitter and website presences.<ref name="twitter">[https://twitter.com/thectag TheCTAG], Twitter.com. Retrieved 2016 April 14.</ref>

==Members==
CTAG members as of February 2014 are as follows:<ref name="ctag"></ref>

# [[.adac]] - [[Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club e.V.]] (ADAC)
# [[.archi]], [[.immo]], [[.ski]] - [[STARTING DOT]]
# [[.bank]], [[.insurance]] - [[FTLD Registry Services LLC|fTLD Registry Services, LLC]]
# [[.barcelona]] - Municipi de Barcelona
# [[.berlin]] - [[DotBERLIN|dotBERLIN GmbH & Co. KG]]
# [[.corp]], [[.inc]], [[.llc]], [[.llp]] - [[Dot Registry LLC]]
# [[.cpa]] - [[American Institute of Certified Public Accountants]]
# [[.eco]] - [[Big Room Inc.]]
# [[.gal]] - [[Asociacion puntoGAL]]
# [[.gay]] - [[Dotgay LLC|dotgay llc]]
# [[.gmbh]] - [[TLDDOT GmbH]]
# [[.gree]] - [[GREE, Inc.]]
# [[.hamburg]] - [[Hamburg Top-Level-Domain GmbH]]
# [[.hotel]] - [[HOTEL Top-Level-Domain S.a.r.l]]
# [[.kids]] - [[DotKids Foundation Limited]]
# [[.med]] - [[HEXAP SAS]]
# [[.music]] - [[DotMusic / CGR E-Commerce Ltd]]
# [[.music]] – .music LLC / [[Far Further]]
# [[.ngo]], [[.ong]] - [[Public Interest Registry]]
# [[.osaka]] - [[Interlink Co., Ltd.]]
# [[.quebec]] - [[PointQuebec Inc]]
# [[.radio]] - [[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU)
# [[.scot]] - [[Dot Scot Registry Limited]]
# [[.shop]] - [[Commercial Connect LLC]]
# [[.sport]] - [[SportAccord]]
# [[.tatar]] - [[Coordination Center of Regional Domain of Tatarstan Republic]] LLC
# [[.tennis]] - [[TENNIS AUSTRALIA LTD]]
# [[.tirol]] - [[Punkt Tirol GmbH]]
# [[.versicherung]] - [[dotversicherung-registry GmbH]]

== References ==
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[[Category:ICANN Initiatives]]