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# [[CPA AUSTRALIA LTD]]- The organization filed a [[Community gTLD]] application. It has more than 139,000 professional members in finance, accounting and business. | # [[CPA AUSTRALIA LTD]]- The organization filed a [[Community gTLD]] application. It has more than 139,000 professional members in finance, accounting and business. | ||
# [[Charleston Road Registry Inc.]]- The company submitted applications for 101 TLDs | # [[Google]] ([[Charleston Road Registry Inc.]])- The company submitted applications for 101 TLDs. [[Sarah Falvey]], Senior Policy Analyst of Google is the main contact person in the application. <ref>[http://www.tldmagazine.com/google-applied-for-101-new-domains-full-list-unveiled-at-icanns-official-reveal.html Google applied for 101 New Domains]</ref> | ||
# [[American Institute of Certified Public Accountants]]- An largest association of certified public accountants in the United States. The association filed two applications for the string; one as [[Community gTLD]] and the other as [[gTLD|Generic TLD]]. | # [[American Institute of Certified Public Accountants]]- An largest association of certified public accountants in the United States. The association filed two applications for the string; one as [[Community gTLD]] and the other as [[gTLD|Generic TLD]]. | ||
# The sixth application is the non-community application by the [[American Institute of Certified Public Accountants]] | # The sixth application is the non-community application by the [[American Institute of Certified Public Accountants]] | ||
==GAC Early Warning== | |||
4 of the applications for .cpa were issued a [[GAC]] Early Warning from the representative of Australia and GAC Chair, [[Heather Dryden]]: The two applications from the [[American Institute of Certified Public Accountants]], and the [[CPA AUSTRALIA LTD]] and [[Donuts]] application. The remaining two applicants, [[TLDH]] and [[Google]] did not receive any GAC Early Warnings. The warning system is noted as a strong recommendation on behalf of national governments to the [[ICANN Board]] that a given TLD application should be denied as it stands. Applicants are encouraged to work with objecting GAC members.<ref>[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/gac-early-warning GAC Early Warning, NewgTLDS.ICANN.org] Retrieved 24 Nov 2012</ref> The warning to [[Donuts]] notes that the application does not have enough mechanisms in place to avoid consumer harm in what is a regulated market sector.<ref>[https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/22938690/CPA-AU-59458.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1353386477000 CPA AU, GacWeb.ICANN.org] Retrieved 24 Nov 2012</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 02:04, 25 November 2012
| Status: | Proposed |
| Type: | Generic |
| Category: | Professional |
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.cpa is a proposed TLD is a proposed TLD in ICANN's New gTLD Program. CPA stands for "Certified Public Accountant."
Current Applicants[edit | edit source]
There are 5 entities submitting 6 applications for the TLD: [1]
- Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd.- It is one of 68 applications that the company has filed on its own behalf.[2]
- Donuts applied for the TLD under the company name Trixy Canyon. [3]
- CPA AUSTRALIA LTD- The organization filed a Community gTLD application. It has more than 139,000 professional members in finance, accounting and business.
- Google (Charleston Road Registry Inc.)- The company submitted applications for 101 TLDs. Sarah Falvey, Senior Policy Analyst of Google is the main contact person in the application. [4]
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants- An largest association of certified public accountants in the United States. The association filed two applications for the string; one as Community gTLD and the other as Generic TLD.
- The sixth application is the non-community application by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
GAC Early Warning[edit | edit source]
4 of the applications for .cpa were issued a GAC Early Warning from the representative of Australia and GAC Chair, Heather Dryden: The two applications from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the CPA AUSTRALIA LTD and Donuts application. The remaining two applicants, TLDH and Google did not receive any GAC Early Warnings. The warning system is noted as a strong recommendation on behalf of national governments to the ICANN Board that a given TLD application should be denied as it stands. Applicants are encouraged to work with objecting GAC members.[5] The warning to Donuts notes that the application does not have enough mechanisms in place to avoid consumer harm in what is a regulated market sector.[6]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Reveal Day 13 June 2012 – New gTLD Applied-For Strings
- ↑ gTLD Application Update 92 applications submitted, TLDH.org
- ↑ Donuts Inc eye popping list of 307 new top-level domains
- ↑ Google applied for 101 New Domains
- ↑ GAC Early Warning, NewgTLDS.ICANN.org Retrieved 24 Nov 2012
- ↑ CPA AU, GacWeb.ICANN.org Retrieved 24 Nov 2012