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Type:	Non-Profit
Industry:	Registrar
Founded:	Barcelona, 2004
Headquarters:	Fundació puntCAT Carme, 47 08001 Barcelona
Country:	Spain
Email:	info [at] domini.cat
Website:	domini.cat
Facebook:	PuntCAT
LinkedIn:	PuntCAT
Twitter:	@puntcat
Key People
Jordi Iparraguirre, Director

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

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.

Memberships

Associate member of CENTR
Associate member of LACTLD
Advising member of ECLID
Full member of the Generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) Registries Constituency
Member of the GNSO

Awards

Honor Award Lluís 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

Sr. Salvador Alegret i Sanromà, 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 Salvadó i Usach, Committee member
Sr. Josep Morell i Miró, Committee member
Sr. Carles Riba i Romeva, Committee member
Sr. Diego Gomez i García, Committee member
Sr. Jordi Alvinyà i Rovira, Committee member
Sr. Dídac Lee i Hsing, Committee member
Sr. Llorenç Valverde i García, Committee member

References

[1] scio.com

[2] undacio.cat

[3] story of PuntCAT

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 ==History==
-PuntCAT was formed as a politically independent, non-profit institution founded on December 28th 2004 and registered as no. 2100 in the Government of Catalonia's Register of Foundations.<ref>[http://www.fundacio.cat/en_index.html fundacio.cat]</ref>
+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.<ref>[http://www.fundacio.cat/en_index.html fundacio.cat]</ref>
-PuntCAT has applied for the [[.cat]] [[TLD]] and on the night of 15th/16th September 2005, ICANN approved .cat's candidature and PuntCAT was assigned as the registrar of [[.cat]].<ref>[http://www.fundacio.cat/historia/en_index.html history of PuntCAT]</ref>
+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]].<ref>[http://www.fundacio.cat/historia/en_index.html history of PuntCAT]</ref>
-The Institute of Catalan Studies, the Catalan Broadcasting Corporation and the Catalan Chapter of the Internet Society have played a major role in the formation of PuntCAT and PuntCAT obtaining the .[[cat]] [[TLD]].
+The Institute of Catalan Studies, the Catalan Broadcasting Corporation and the Catalan Chapter of the [[ISOC|Internet Society]] played a major role in the formation of PuntCAT and PuntCAT obtaining the .[[cat]] [[TLD]].
 ==Memberships==