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.Coop registry news
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Hive.coop Launches Cooperative Social Networking
Last year, dotCoop plunged into social networking, and can
be followed on Facebook and Twitter at "dotCoop". Now, cooperative
social networking has arrived in a whole new way.
Click here for more EuroDNS Registrar Now Offers .Coop
dotCoop welcomes its newest .coop registrar - EuroDNS - and
continues to expand the options available to .coop registrants!
Click here for more Launch of the ACT! website & petition
ACT!- cooperatives Addressing the Climate
Threat is pleased to announce the launch of its new
website on Monday 21st September 2009.
Click here for more New Tools for Directory.Coop
www.Directory.Coop lets
you customize your directory listing as well as Search Engine
data.
Click here for more Global Awards Judging Underway
International judges panel faces challenge to select top
co-ops in the dotCoop Global Awards.
Click here for more New .Coop Registrar - AB NameISP
AB NameISP joins the list of .coop registrars giving .coop
registrants even more choices of domain services.
Click here for more .Coop on YouTube
.Coop logo featured on YouTube video about U.S. co-ops
Click here for more DotCoop Offers Special Pricing to New Registrants
In cooperation with select .coop registrars, dotCoop is pleased to
announce special pricing for those registering .coop domains for
the first time. If an eligible cooperative or cooperative
organization has no other .coop domains, then their first .coop
domain is provided at no cost for the first year of registration.
Click here for more Deadline for dotCoop Global Awards Extended until June 15
The entry deadline for the dotCoop Global Awards for Cooperative
Excellence has been extended to June 15, 2009.
Originally set for May 31st, the date was changed so that all
interested co-ops have time to complete their entries
Click here for more UK Co-operative TV advert
The cooperative business model got a £70m shot in the arm in
mid-February (16 February) when The Co-operative Group officially
launched its new brand with a high profile advertising campaign
using its www.co-operative.coop domain name.
Click here for more dotCoop Launches New Map-Based, Multimedia Directory
Washington, DC, April 21, 2009
- DotCoop, sponsor of the .coop domain, is proud to announce its
improved member directory at www.directory.coop. The new,
map-based service, designed to drive additional traffic to dotCoop
member sites, provides the following benefits:
Click here for more dotCoop Launches the Global Award for Cooperative Excellence and Web Site
dotCoop, sponsor of the .coop domain, has launched
www.globalawards.coop
where co-ops from around the world can submit entries for the
dotCoop Global Awards for Cooperative Excellence. The
deadline for entries for the inaugural awards is May 31, 2009. To
encourage all eligible co-ops to participate, there is no entry fee
for this award.
Click here for more ICANN Approves 1 and 2 Character Domain Names for .Coop
.Coop now supports the registration of both single and two
character domain names. These special domains can be registered
through participating .coop registrars after the submission of a
brief Expression of Interest and dotCoop approval.
Click here for more dotCoop Announces Global Awards for Co-operative Excellence
DotCoop is pleased to announce the first ever dotCoop Global Awards
for Co-operative Excellence to be awarded at the 2009 ICA General
Assembly in November.
Click here for more The Co-operative Group Promotes "Ethics in Action" Web Site
The Co-operative Group in the UK has launched a new web site that
promotes getting customers and members involved in activities that
The Co-operative supports. Visit
http://www.co-operative.coop/ethicsinaction for more information on
this innovative site.
Click here for more WWW.COOP – New Site Launches on International Co-op Day
On Saturday, July 5, .coop celebrated the 86th International
Co-operative Day by turning the switch on a new www.coop site with a focus on providing
the answers to the questions that people ask most about .coop.
Click here for more The dotCoop Global Awards for Cooperative Excellence Announced
5 June 2008 - Rome, Italy
Today, at the conclusion of the ICA Extraordinary General Assembly
in Rome, Paul Hazen, President of dotCooperation LLC announced
plans for the dotCoop Global Award for Cooperative Excellence to be
awarded for the first time next year (2009) at the ICA GA in
Glasgow, Scotland in October.
The award criteria seeks to encourage cooperatives from all
sectors to examine their processes in order to compete for the
award and will provide other cooperatives the opportunity to
understand how cooperatives can use their differences to impact
their business and their communities.
Click here for more DotCoop Board Approves New Policies
On 31 March, 2008, the dotCoop Board of Managers approved two new
policies to define broad support by dotCoop for pricing and domain
use to encourage domain registration in the .coop domain.
Click here for more Alert - Toll Free Number for DotCoop Discontinued
DotCoop has discontinued their toll-free line effective
immediately. If you need to contact us concerning verification or
other issues, please use +1-202-383-5453. In addition, our email at
support@nic.coop or verification@nic.coop is a good way to provide
attachments or other documents directly to the registry.
Click here for more New Registration Agreement for .Coop Registrants
Based on some updates to the .Coop agreement with ICANN, changes
have been made to the standard .Coop Registration Agreement. These
changes were announced on 6 September 2007 and therefore are
effective on 6 October 2007.
Click here for more Contract Signed with ICANN for .coop Renewal
DotCoop signed a new agreement with ICANN which maintains the
essential elements of the eligibility criteria for the .coop domain
name space.
Click here for more Register yourname.coop
Co-ops and other eligible organizations can purchase names such as
"samsmith.coop." Although names cannot be purchased by an
individual, eligible organizations can purchase individual's names
with the permission of the individual.
Click here for more SaludCoop Cited for Support of .Coop
SaludCoop, the leading
health provider in Colombia, was honored for outstanding support of
the .coop Internet domain at a reception at the ICA General
Assembly in Cartagena on September 22nd. The reception marked the
fourth anniversary of the cooperative-only domain.
Click here for more DotCoop Board Adds New Members
The dotCoop Board of Managers had a number of changes over the last
year that has added members with a strong commitment to the
cooperative business model and to .coop. Along with the original
members of the Board, these leaders have helped shape the policies
that continue to confirm the original charter of .coop to provide a
strong identity for co-ops on the Internet.
Click here for more www.TsunamiRecovery.coop Raises Over US $40,000
Immediately after the tsunami ravaged South Asia in December, the
Cooperative Development Foundation launched the Tsunami Cooperative
Recovery Fund and set up a .coop site to provide online access to
the fund to contributors.
Click here for more Are you on www.Directory.coop?
Last November, dotCoop launched the www.directory.coop website.
This special service allows anyone with an active .coop domain to
be in the largest directory of cooperative businesses and
organizations on the web with more than 4,000 names listed.
Click here for more Sites to Watch – V. 5
Look at the great things that these co-ops are doing. Using .coop
domains helps remind members and others looking for your site that
you do business a different way! Please send us a link to your site
and we'll let co-ops around the world look at what you are doing
with your .coop name.
Click here for more CAMIF Launches Informational Site at www.camif.coop
On 4 April 2005, the French cooperative CAMIF, the third most
important distance selling company in France, launched its
institutional information web site. The www.camif.coop site allows
Internet users to get to know the company and members to
participate in its development and evolution.
Camif.coop will supplement the commercial site www.camif.fr which continues to
provide access to the e-commerce facilities of CAMIF.
Click here for more
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