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| keypeople      = [[Colin Campbell]], Chairman & CEO<br>[[Jeffrey Sass]], CMO

| keypeople      = [[Colin Campbell]], Chairman & CEO<br>[[Jeffrey Sass]], CMO

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'''.CLUB Domains LLC''' is applying to run the [[.club]] [[gTLD]] within [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program|new gTLD program]]. Its mission is to better serve clubs and associations, which it believes are not adequately represented by current gTLD offerings such as [[.com]] and [[.org]]. The entity is one of the first public applicants within the program given that many potential applicants have kept their own plans under wraps, this public presence has allowed them to create excitement around the potential extension and elicit support from those interested.<ref>[http://dotclub.com/index.htm Home, DotClub.com]</ref> This support has also taken the form of fundraising to aid in the successful acquisition and delegation of the string,<ref>[http://dotclubdomains.com/ DotClubDomains.com]</ref> application related financing was secured, and contingent financing to ensure that .CLUB Domains wins the extension in a potential auction has also been secured.<ref>[http://dotclub.com/blog.htm Blog, DotClub.com]</ref>

'''.CLUB Domains LLC''' is applying to run the [[.club]] [[gTLD]] within [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program|new gTLD program]]. Its mission is to better serve clubs and associations, which it believes are not adequately represented by current gTLD offerings such as [[.com]] and [[.org]]. The entity was one of the first public applicants within the program, given that many potential applicants kept their own plans under wraps. This public presence has included sponsorship of [[ICANN Meetings]], including [[ICANN 43]]. They believe that this public presence has allowed them to create excitement around the potential extension and elicit support from those interested.<ref>[http://dotclub.com/index.htm Home, DotClub.com]</ref> This support has also taken the form of fundraising to aid in the successful acquisition and delegation of the string.<ref>[http://dotclubdomains.com/ DotClubDomains.com]</ref> Application related financing was secured, and contingent financing to ensure that .CLUB Domains wins the extension in a potential auction was also been received.<ref>[http://dotclub.com/blog.htm Blog, DotClub.com]</ref>

The organization has operations in the USA, Canada, Ukraine, and the Philippines.<ref>[http://dotclub.com/contact.htm Contact, DotClub.com]</ref>

The organization has operations in the USA, Canada, Ukraine, and the Philippines.<ref>[http://dotclub.com/contact.htm Contact, DotClub.com]</ref>

.CLUB Domains LLC filed their application with [[ICANN]] on the first possible day, January 12th, 2012. The organization is aware of several competitive bids for the .club extension and believes that these bidders have no intentions of running an actual [[registry]]; .CLUB Domains LLC has expressed no interest in bargaining with them and prefers to win the extension in an open [[gTLD Auction|auction]]. Collin Campbell wrote in his blog, ''"We have been approached by a number of companies who are applying for .Club. Our belief is that is best not to negotiate with these companies or individuals but win the name through an open and fair auction process."'' <ref>[http://domainincite.com/tucows-co-founder-takes-hard-line-on-club-gtld/ Tucows co-founder takes hard line on .club gTLD]</ref><ref>[http://dotclub.com/blog.htm Blog, DotClub.com]</ref>  

.CLUB Domains LLC filed their application with [[ICANN]] on the first possible day, January 12th, 2012. The organization was aware of several competitive bids for the .club extension and believes that these bidders have no intentions of running an actual [[registry]]; .CLUB Domains LLC has expressed no interest in bargaining with them and prefers to win the extension in an open [[gTLD Auction|auction]]. Collin Campbell wrote in his blog, ''"We have been approached by a number of companies who are applying for .Club. Our belief is that is best not to negotiate with these companies or individuals but win the name through an open and fair auction process."'' <ref>[http://domainincite.com/tucows-co-founder-takes-hard-line-on-club-gtld/ Tucows co-founder takes hard line on .club gTLD]</ref><ref>[http://dotclub.com/blog.htm Blog, DotClub.com]</ref>  

[[.club]] has the potential to be a well-sought after TLD given that clubs come in all sorts of sizes and that there are countless clubs around the word, furthermore, belonging to a given club is something that individuals and companies often take great pride in. It also has the added benefit of being an English word that is often used as is, in its English form, in other languages such as French, Spanish, and Italian.<ref>[http://blog.guillon.com/2011/11/club-top-level-domain.html Club Top Level Domain, Blog.Guillon.com]</ref>

The audience for a .club TLD is potentially large, given that clubs come in all sorts of sizes and that there are countless clubs around the word, furthermore, belonging to a given club is something that individuals and companies often take great pride in. It also has the added benefit of being a word that is often used in its English form in other languages, such as French, Spanish, and Italian.<ref>[http://blog.guillon.com/2011/11/club-top-level-domain.html Club Top Level Domain, Blog.Guillon.com]</ref>

 

===Background===

===Background===