gTLD	Full Legal Name	E-mail suffix	Detail
.NGO	Public Interest Registry	pir.org	View

PIR is a NGO, and thereby part of the NGO Community. PIR as a NGO has extensive gTLD management experience via the .ORG gTLD. PIR a supporting organization to the Internet Society (ISOC) and is committed to supporting the Internet Society’s (ISOC) mission stated below.

History of PIR’s Relationship to the NGO Community
In January 2003, PIR, assumed responsibility for operating .ORG and maintaining the authoritative database of all .ORG domains.

Created in 1984, .ORG is one of the Internetʹs original seven top-level domains (TLDs), along with .com, .net, etc. Although it is ʺopenʺ and ʺunrestrictedʺ, .ORG has been the domain of choice for organizations dedicated to serving the public interest. The high regard of these well-intentioned organizations was soon conferred to this domain, and today .ORG is considered around the world to be the domain of trust.

Public Interest Registry’s (PIR) primary activity is to maintain the .ORG domain registry as the exemplary top level domain (TLD) registry service, by advocating for higher standards of Internet security, safety and reliability. PIR’s mission is to facilitate the effective use of a global Internet among non-commercial and other Internet users worldwide. In its relationship with the ISOC, (reference Evaluation Questions #9a and #9b), PIR is committed to supporting ISOC’s goals of encouraging the evolution of the Internet as research, education and communication infrastructure equally accessible to the global non-commercial, NGO and nonprofit community. PIR’s activities also include funding educational programs focused on expanding the knowledge and ability of non-commercial, NGO and nonprofit organizations located in technologically deprived areas of the world to more efficiently and effectively use the Internet as a tool to better accomplish their important mission.

The 2003 transition of .ORG from the previous operator to PIR was the largest transfer in Internet history. More than 2.6 million domains were transferred in about a day, without negatively impacting any .ORG registrant or website.

Since 2003, PIR has been connected with NGOs through our management of .ORG, and recently in preparation for our pursuit of the .NGO gTLD domain, we have worked closely with the NGO Community to develop the requirements and specification for the proposed .NGO gTLD.

Current Relationship to the NGO Community
PIR is a strong supporter of NGOs in both a direct role as manager of the .ORG gTLD and through other efforts, including:
• A ʺStrategic and Sponsoring Partnerʺ of NTEN, the Non-Profit Technology Network of 10,000 members and over 30,000 participants in the community, covering 126 countries. NTEN aspires to a world where all nonprofit organizations use technology skillfully and confidently to meet community needs and fulfill their missions.
• Making financial contributions to various organizations, such as the NCUC (Non Commercial Constituency of ICANN) and Centr. For NCUC, annual donations have been in the $5,000 to $15,000 range every year since PIR assumed operations of the .ORG registry.
• In December 2005, PIR sponsored a symposium at the Nelson Mandela Center in Cape Town, South Africa bringing in various Internet leaders in Africa to discuss the needs of the Internet in Africa.
• In response to Hurricane Katrina, in New Orleans, Louisiana, PIR donated $1 for every new create for a limited time. The final donation was over $100,000 to the Red Cross.
• In response to JapanʹsTsunami disaster, a 3 month program was rolled out to waive renewal fees for Japanese domain name holders, in order to help those affected and unable to renew their .ORG domains.

Within the community, there is a wide appreciation of PIR’s role as an advocate of “do good” for the Internet at large, and in many countries around the world there is a general perception that .ORG domains are more trusted than other domains. At the time of application submission, PIR manages nearly 10 million .ORG domains, and is seen to do so in an exemplary way. We are very happy to be judged on this reputation.

PIR has over 500 letters of support from the NGO Community endorsing its application for .NGO. PIR will continue outreach to the community and anticipates receipt of additional support letters from NGOs throughout the ICANN application evaluation process. Specific recognition of PIR’s efforts to support the nonprofit community includes:
• “As a not-for-profit corporation, we believe that being part of the .org domain has done much to reinforce MITRE’s identity as an organization chartered to work in the public interest. [Thanks to PIR’s] continuing work to enhance the .org domain.ʺ - Al Grasso, President and CEO, The MITRE Corporation (the first .ORG registrant).
• “We recognize and applaud PIRʹs long-standing commitment to the non-profit community since taking over the management of .ORG.” - Lisa Vogt, APR, Director of Marketing & Communications, SOS Children’s Villages – USA.

PIR has conducted outreach, worked with established relationships, and developed new types of relationships which will facilitate the delivery of the .NGO domain and related services to the NGO Community. Our discussions and outreach have included NGOs in several countries across Asia, Europe, North America, South America⁄Latin America, and Africa as well as many different segments of the NGO Community to ensure wide acceptance and adoption of our proposed gTLD domain and related services. The segments include but are not limited to agriculture, environment, arts⁄culture, charitable services, human rights, humanitarian, and advocacy for a range of issues affecting societal development.

Accountability to the NGO Community
By offering .NGO as a secure and well-managed domain of trust uniquely for eligible NGOs, PIR believes that NGOs can benefit from the Internet and our specific services as a means to safely and reliably reach out to the community and sponsors. PIR will be accountable to the NGO Community by:
• A NGO Community input process soliciting input from the community through the NGO Advisory Council drawn from the community and accepting a broad range of input to stay current on the issues of importance to the community and manage the NGO verification process;
• Creating and marketing .NGO as a distinctive place on the Internet for NGOs to differentiate and promote their organization;
• Establishing community programs to support capacity building of NGOs with technical and educational platforms;
• Enforcing registration policies that elevate the integrity of the domains in the .NGO gTLD name space, soliciting input from the NGO Community;
• Easing discovery and promotion through the creation, management and promotion of the .NGO gTLD;
• Offering registration from a proven, scalable registry platform that can ensure 100% DNS availability;
• Delivering a challenge process for the NGO Community to dispute the legitimacy of a .NGO registrant or its activity on a .NGO domain; and,
• As a community priority gTLD, PIR is committing to manage the .NGO domain with participation of the community. Failing to do that would put our registry contract in jeopardy.

PIR is in an excellent position to provide such support to the NGO Community given documented experience running a stable and trusted registry. PIR holds a track record demonstrating good intent to the global community by being a leader in activities such as implementation of anti-abuse policies, DNSSEC, active participation in numerous public interest events, etc.

gTLD	Full Legal Name	E-mail suffix	Detail
.eus	Puntueus Fundazioa	puntueus.org	View

The .eus TLD applicant, Puntueus Fundazioa, has been established, as described above, by Puntueus Elkartea. This Association, established in 2008, with the sole goal of promoting the .eus TLD application. It received the support from 26.816 individuals, and represents the most meaningful, plural and relevant legal articulation of the Basque linguistic and cultural community.
b) i. Relations to any community organizations.
These are the members of Puntueus Elkartea and, thus, Puntueus Fundazioa:
EUSKALTZAINDIA. The Official Academy of The Basque Language.
EUSKAL IDAZLEEN ELKARTEA. The Basque Language Writersʹ Association.
EUSKARAREN GIZARTE ERAKUNDEEN KONTSEILUA. Council of Social Organizations in Favor of Basque is comprised by 46 members.
EUSKAL KONFEDERAZIOA. The Basque Confederation is the confluence of associations and federations which work in favor of the Basque language in the Northern Basque Country (France).
EUSKAL HERRIKO IKASTOLEN KONFEDERAZIOA. The Confederation of Ikastolas (schools that teach in Basque language) of the Basque Country.
EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA. The University of the Basque Country (public).
EUSKAL HERRIKO TELEKOMUNIKAZIO INGENIARIEN ELKARTEA. College of Telecommunications Engineers of the Basque Country.
EUSKADIKO INFORMATIKAKO INGENIARIEN ELKARGO OFIZIALA. Official College of Computer Engineers of the Basque Country.
EITB. EITB group is the first telecommunications group in the Basque Country. It is formed by five TV stations and five radio stations.
CENTER FOR BASQUE STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO. It is primarily a research center. It has an extensive Basque library collection (approximately 50,000 volumes and 1,500 journal titles) which is electronically cataloged and Internet-accessible.
EUSKALTEL FUNDAZIOA. Foundation of Euskaltel, S.A., Global Operator of telecommunication of the Basque Country.
IKASTOLEN ELKARTEA-PARTAIDE IEP. Association of Schools that teach in Basque language.
INTERNETIKAK. An association to promote the Basque language on the Internet.
EUSKAL KANTUZALEEN ELKARTEA. The Association of Basque Music Enthusiasts.
EUSKARA KULTUR ELKARGOA. The Basque Cultural Association. Foundation to promote and defend the Basque language and Basque culture.
EUSKOKULTUR FUNDAZIOA. Euskokultur Foundation  receives oral and written testimony about the Basque social customs and lifestyle.
GEREDIAGA ELKARTEA. The Gerediaga Association has been organizing activities that have characterized it for decades.
EKE, EUSKAL KULTUR ERAKUNDEA. The Basque Cultural Institute works in all cultural expressions in the Northern Basque Country (France).
TOPAGUNEA. The federation of associations of the Basque language.
SOZIOLINGUISTIKA KLUSTERRA. Sociolinguistics Cluster.
EUSKAL HERRIKO GAZTERIAREN KONTSEILUA. An institution constituted by youth all over the Basque Country.
DEUSTUKO UNIBERTSITATEA. The University of Deusto (private).
MONDRAGON UNIBERTSITATEA. Mondragon University (private, member of Mondragon Cooperative).
EUSKO-IKASKUNTZA. Basque Studies Society is a private scientific-cultural entity
UDAKO EUSKAL UNIBERTSITATEA. Basque Summer University. More than 1,000 members that are organized in departments of different fields of knowledge.
SORTZEN-IKASBATUAZ. An association in favor of the New Basque Public School.
ESLE. The Association of companies of Open Source Software. 36 companies.
ARGIA. The oldest magazine written in the Basque language that still remains active, being published since 1919. In 1997, it launched the online version.
ELHUYAR FUNDAZIOA. This foundation that links science and the Basque language.
EUSKARAZKO KOMUNIKAZIO TALDEA. The Basque Communication Group was created to promote media in the Basque language.
NORTH AMERICAN BASQUE ORGANIZATIONS. NABO is a federation of organizations for the promotion of Basque culture. The first Basque Cultural Club was founded in 1913 in New York.
FEDERACIÓN DE ENTIDADES VASCO-ARGENTINAS. Federation of Basque-Argentinian Entities. The largest association of the Basque diaspora.
FEDERACIÓN DE INSTITUCIONES VASCAS DE URUGUAY. The Federation of Basque Entities in Uruguay.
EUSKAL PEN. The ʺBasque versionʺ of PEN. Member of International PEN, the worldwide association of writers.
EUSKAL AKTOREEN BATASUNA. The Basque Actors Union has 420 members.
EUSKAL HERRIKO TXISTULARI ELKARTEA. The Association of Txistu Players of the Basque Country. About 2,000 members.
GAINDEGIA. Observatory for social and economic development in the Basque Country.
EUSKAL ITZULTZAILE, ZUZENTZAILE ETA INTERPRETEEN ELKARTEA. The Association of Translators, Correctors and Interpreters of Basque Language (from and into Basque).
EUSKAL HERRIKO GIZA ESKUBIDEEN BEHATOKIA. Basque Observatory of Human Rights.
INTERNET&EUSKADI. The association of the Internet users of the Basque Country.
ELKAR FUNDAZIOA. Foundation of a publishing house.
ZTK ARGITALETXEA. ZTK is a small record company in the Northern Basque Country, focused on productions in Basque language and French documents for the dissemination of the Basque culture.
MAIATZ ARGITALETXEA. An association in Baiona (France) that publishes a literary magazine of the same name (in Basque).
GOIENA KOMUNIKAZIO ZERBITZUAK. Communications company which works in the Basque language.
SUA EDIZIOAK. Sua Edizioak is a publishing house expert in mountains, nature and cartography.
ARROSA, EUSKAL HERRIKO IRRATI SAREA. The Network of the Radios in the Basque Country.
EMUN. Company which offers LINGUISTIC SERVICES to develop the working world in the Basque language since 1997. This organization began and grew based on cooperative values.
EKHE, EUSKAL KOMUNIKABIDEEN HEDAPENERAKO ELKARTEA. Large Communication Group that publishes, newspapers, magazines and other means in Basque, Spanish and⁄or French.
CMN TALDEA ⁄ NOTICIAS TALDEA. Large Communication Group that publishes, newspapers, magazines and other means in Basque and⁄or Spanish.
HAMAIKA TELEBISTA. A project to spread the television and media in the Basque language.
SUSA-LITERATURA. Literature publisher since 1983. Literature for adults, only in the Basque language. It has published more than 200 books. It has had a website for more than ten years and has extensive content.
EUZKO ETXEA SANTIAGO DE CHILE. The most important Basque Cultural Club in Santiago de Chile.
CENTRO VASCO DE MEXICO DF. The most important Basque Cultural Club in Mexico DF.
CENTROS VASCOS DE VENEZUELA. Federation that gathers all Basque Cultural Clubs of Venezuela.
ESKUBIDEAK. The Basque Lawyers Association is a member of the European Democratic Lawyers association.
EUSKADIKO GAZTERIAREN KONTSEILUA. The Youth Council of Euskadi is a public organization created by the Government of the Basque Country and is comprised by 55 associations.
b) ii. Relations to the community and its constituent parts⁄groups.
Puntueus Fundazioa gathers the most important and relevant institutions and associations of the Basque linguistic and cultural community: the official academy of the basque language, the largest TV and radio group, the only telecommunication operator, the most important institutions of the diaspora and social and cultural associations of many different fields.
In numbers: 12 cultural organizations, 10 social organizations, 3 universities, 5 educational institutions, 7 media groups, 6 organizations of the diasora, 7 organization that work in the ICT field and 6 publishing houses.
b) iii. Accountability mechanisms of the applicant to the community.
The accountability to the community is guaranteed by the widespread and grassroots membership of the Fundazioa, including the most representative cultural, social and academic Institutions of the Basque linguistic and cultural community. The social legitimacy of these Institutions, their own accountability mechanisms, and their inclusion on the Board of Directors guarantees adequate and commensurate accountability mechanisms