Type: non-profit
Industry: nTLD
Founded: 2011
Founder(s): Carolin Silbernagl, Tobias Mölder, Philipp Kafkoulas, Dr. Michael Trautmann
Headquarters: Berlin
Country: Germany
Email: mail[at]dothiv.org
Website: dotHIV.org
Facebook: dot HIV
Key People
Carolin Silbernagl, Chairwoman and CEO dotHIV association

Tobias Mölder, Board Member and CFO
Philipp Kafkoulas, Board Member and Head of Communications
Nils Möller, CEO TLD dotHIV Registry GmbH
Daniel Raschke, Legal Advisor
Dr. Michael Trautmann, Advisor
Dr. Bernd Kundrun, Advisor

.hiv is a proposed TLD for spreading awareness, raising funds and joining in the fight against HIV and AIDS. The German non profit organisation is supported by the creative agency kempertrautmann [1], the online donation plattform betterplace.org [2], members of the ICANN community, the medical sciences community, and members of the HIV communities.[3] The application for the TLD is set to be submitted in January, 2012.[4]

One goal is that every major website currently under a different TLD could create an additional .hiv version which forwards to the standard domain (e.g. google could run, google.hiv alongside google.com). The user can chose whether he/she addresses the content through the standard web adress or via the .hiv-adress.
The difference: Every click on a .hiv-domain will result in a microdonation to organizations fighting HIV and AIDS, financed trough the accumulated registration fees. [5]

A little movie explains the main concept in 111 seconds: [3] Movie.

Anyone, who is interested in the project, can contribute towards it by contacting dotHIV through their email address.
Support dotHIV on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/dothiv

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