PuntoGal Association is an organization that plans to apply to ICANN for a new TLD, .gal, to represent the Galician community in Spain and abroad. The goal is to reinforce the community that uses and represents this ethnicity and language.[1] They were Inspired by the .cat TLD, which was successfully created in 2005 via an agreement between ICANN and PuntCat, and is directed at the Catalan community in Spain and abroad.[2]

Type: non-profit
Industry: Internet
Founded: 2006
Headquarters: Apartado de Correos 55

15780 Santiago de Compostela
A Coruña

Country: Spain
Email: info[at]puntogal.org
Website: PuntoGal.org
Facebook: PuntoGal, PuntoGal
Twitter: @puntogal
Key People
Manuel Gonzalez, President

Camilo Regueiro, Vice President

PuntoGal association was created in 2006 to realize the dream of having .gal domain.[3] For the past 5 years, the association is active in ICANN activities and meetings to better represent their proposal.[4] PuntoGal presented their agenda on 10th ICANN Studienkreis meeting held in January 2010 in Barcelona.[5]

Supporters

The dotGal initiative is supported by over 12,000 people around the world so far. Some organizations supporting the project include:[6]

  • Galician Royal Academy
  • Galician Council of Culture
  • University of Santiago de Compostela
  • Galician Radio & TV Company

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