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The '''Council for European National Top Level Domain Registries''' ('''CENTR''') is an association of Internet country code top-level domain registry (ccTLD) managers,<ref>[https://www.centr.org/main/about.html CENTR About]</ref> whose objective is to promote and participate in the development of high standards for ccTLDs.<ref>[https://www.centr.org/main/about/mission.html CENTR Mission]</ref>
The '''Council for European National Top Level Domain Registries''' ('''CENTR''') is an association of Internet country code top-level domain registry (ccTLD) managers,<ref>[https://www.centr.org/main/about.html CENTR About]</ref> whose objective is to promote and participate in the development of high standards for ccTLDs.<ref>[https://www.centr.org/main/about/mission.html CENTR Mission]</ref>
CENTR provides a forum to discuss matters of policy affecting ccTLD registries. It acts as a channel for communication between registries, Internet governing bodies, and other organisations involved with the Internet, and promotes the interests of not-for-profit ccTLDs, lobbying on their behalf.<ref>[https://www.centr.org/main/about.html CENTR About]</ref> It does not speak or act for individual registry managers. <ref>[http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:C8vKl7H8ookJ:tnc2000.terena.org/proceedings/6B/6b2.ppt+Council+for+European+National+Top+Level+Domain+Registries&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjGbfJ6GuZFE3N-6EjfooO89L06gVj7_gac82YqEPtetVY_3jIHgnSRD7c_jD1cZXG2FX4ZbWjnF8NyoVKuUwyKsneQXgkC8dUwNmaQ3Jz01ou6N6mbbPCWeASwW5uHZ_zaH5_m&sig=AHIEtbRdo2ClrgIIRRCyYTPAY5W1Tajrlw&pli=1 "Pioneering Tomorrow's Internet"]</ref>
CENTR provides a forum to discuss matters of policy affecting ccTLD registries. It acts as a channel for communication between registries, Internet governing bodies, and other organizations involved with the Internet, and promotes the interests of not-for-profit ccTLDs, lobbying on their behalf.<ref>[https://www.centr.org/main/about.html CENTR About]</ref> It does not speak or act for individual registry managers. <ref>[http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:C8vKl7H8ookJ:tnc2000.terena.org/proceedings/6B/6b2.ppt+Council+for+European+National+Top+Level+Domain+Registries&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjGbfJ6GuZFE3N-6EjfooO89L06gVj7_gac82YqEPtetVY_3jIHgnSRD7c_jD1cZXG2FX4ZbWjnF8NyoVKuUwyKsneQXgkC8dUwNmaQ3Jz01ou6N6mbbPCWeASwW5uHZ_zaH5_m&sig=AHIEtbRdo2ClrgIIRRCyYTPAY5W1Tajrlw&pli=1 "Pioneering Tomorrow's Internet"]</ref>
Although CENTR has a European focus, there are no geographical limitations on membership.
Although CENTR has a European focus, there are no geographical limitations on membership.
==History==
==History==
The project that was to become CENTR began as an offshoot of [[RIPE]] in March 1998 and was funded informally by participating registries. In 1999, CENTR was legally established in the UK as a non-profit company separate from RIPE. In 2006, CENTR relocated to Belguim. CENTR activities are funded by membership fees and are performed by a secretariat based in Brussels.<ref>[https://www.centr.org/main/about.html CENTR About]</ref>
The project that was to become CENTR began as an offshoot of [[RIPE NCC]] in March 1998<ref>[http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:C8vKl7H8ookJ:tnc2000.terena.org/proceedings/6B/6b2.ppt+Council+for+European+National+Top+Level+Domain+Registries&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjGbfJ6GuZFE3N-6EjfooO89L06gVj7_gac82YqEPtetVY_3jIHgnSRD7c_jD1cZXG2FX4ZbWjnF8NyoVKuUwyKsneQXgkC8dUwNmaQ3Jz01ou6N6mbbPCWeASwW5uHZ_zaH5_m&sig=AHIEtbRdo2ClrgIIRRCyYTPAY5W1Tajrlw&pli=1 "Pioneering Tomorrow's Internet"]</ref> and was funded informally by participating registries. In 1999, CENTR was legally established in the UK as a non-profit company separate from RIPE. In 2006, CENTR relocated to Belguim. CENTR activities are funded by membership fees and are performed by a secretariat based in Brussels.<ref>[https://www.centr.org/main/about.html CENTR About]</ref>
==Members==
==Members==
As of January 2011, CENTR consists of 49 members.<ref>[https://www.centr.org/main/about/members.html CENTR Members]</ref>
As of January 2011, CENTR consists of 49 members, 10 Associate Members and has granted Observer status to 12 organisations.<ref>[https://www.centr.org/main/about/members.html CENTR Members]</ref>
<table border="1" style="border-style: solid; border-color: darkgray; border-collapse: collapse" width="64%" cellpadding="5"><tr><td width="45%">'''Member Organization'''</td><td>'''CENTR Representative(s)'''</td><td>'''TLDs'''</td></tr>
<table border="1" style="border-style: solid; border-color: darkgray; border-collapse: collapse" width="64%" cellpadding="5"><tr><td width="45%">'''Member Organization'''</td><td>'''CENTR Representative(s)'''</td><td>'''TLDs'''</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[UCY-DNS]]</td><td>[[Agathoclis Stylianou]]</td><td>[[.cy]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[UCY-DNS]]</td><td>[[Agathoclis Stylianou]]</td><td>[[.cy]]</td></tr>
</table>
</table>
<table border="1" style="border-style: solid; border-color: darkgray; border-collapse: collapse" width="64%" cellpadding="5"><tr><td width="45%">'''Associate Organization'''</td><td>'''CENTR Representative(s)'''</td><td>'''TLDs'''</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[.ORG]], The Public Interest Registry</td><td>[[Alexa Raad]]</td><td>[[.org]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Afilias]]</td><td>[[Desiree Miloshevic]]</td><td>[[.info]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[CNNIC]]</td><td>[[Jian Zhang]]</td><td>[[.cn]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[JPRS]]</td><td>[[Hiro Hotta]]</td><td>[[.jp]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[NeuStar]]</td><td>[[Marco Bernardi]]</td><td>[[.us]], [[.biz]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[NIC-Mexico]]</td><td>[[Oscar Robles-Garay]]</td><td>[[.mx]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[VeriSign]]</td><td>[[Ricardo Pedraza Barrios]]</td><td>[[.com]], [[.net]], [[.cc]], [[.tv]]</td></tr>
</table>
<table border="1" style="border-style: solid; border-color: darkgray; border-collapse: collapse" width="64%" cellpadding="5"><tr><td width="45%">'''Observer Organization'''</td><td>'''CENTR Representative(s)'''</td><td>'''TLDs'''</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[AfTLD]]</td><td>[[Eric Akumiah]]</td><td>none</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[APTLD]]</td><td>[[Ramesh Kumar Nadaraja]]</td><td>none</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Autonomica]]</td><td>[[Kurt Erik Lindqvist]]</td><td>none</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[EurolSPA]]</td><td>[[Michael Rotert]]</td><td>none</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[European Commission]]</td><td>[[Michael Niebel]]</td><td>none</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[ICANN]]</td><td>[[Kim Davies]]</td><td>none</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[ISOC]]</td><td>[[Frederic Donck]]</td><td>none</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[LACTLD]]</td><td>[[Erick Iriarte Ahon]]</td><td>none</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[NLnetLabs]]</td><td>[[Olaf Kolkman]]</td><td>none</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[OARC]]</td><td>[[Duane Wessels]]</td><td>[[.eu]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[RIPE]]</td><td>[[Rob Blokzijl]]</td><td>none</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[RIPE NCC]]</td><td>[[Axel Pawlik]]</td><td>none</td></tr>
</table>
==References==
==References==
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==External Links==
==External Links==