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* Associate member of [[LACTLD]] | * Associate member of [[LACTLD]] | ||
* Advising member of [[ECLID]] | * Advising member of [[ECLID]] | ||
* Full member of the [[gTLD Registry Constituency]] | * Full member of the [[RyC|gTLD Registry Constituency]] | ||
* Member of the [[GNSO]] | * Member of the [[GNSO]] | ||
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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
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| 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 gTLD Registry 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