App 20-1 - New gTLD Current Application Status

= Appendix 20-1 =
Endorsements from major real estate agents and property managers
professional associations to .immo new gTLD
Description of the associations supporting .immo.......................................................... page 2-3
Endorsement letter from C.E.I. (European Union) ........................................................... page 4
Endorsement letter from F.N.A.I.M. (France) ................................................................... page 5
Endorsement letter from U.N.I.S (France). ....................................................................... page 6
Endorsement letter from S.V.I.T. (Switzerland) .............................................................. page 7
Endorsement letter from U.S.P.I. (Switzerland) ................................................................ page 8
Endorsement letter from F.F.2.I. (France) ......................................................................... page 9
Endorsement letter from B.T.V. (Austria) ....................................................................... page 10
Endorsement letter from I.V.D. (Germany) ................................................................... page 11
Endorsement letter from Südtiroler Maklervereinigung (Italy) ..................................... page 12
3 bis, bd de la Saussaye 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France - RCS Nanterre B 538 022 450
Description of the associations supporting .immo
Confédération Européenne de l'Immobilier – CEI (European Confederation of Real Estate Agents)
The CEI is one of Europe’s largest professional organizations of estate agents, now counting well over
66,000 members from hundreds of cities in fourteen European countries, Austria, Bulgaria, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain, the United
Kingdom and the Slovak Republic. CEI represents an overall total of 90,000 operators in real estate.
Headquarter: Bruxelles, Belgium - Website: www.webcei.com
Contact: Mr. Benoit Coste (Vice-Chairman) - Email: [email protected]
Fédération Nationale de l'Immobilier – FNAIM (French National Real Estate Association)
Set up in 1946, FNAIM (French National Real Estate Association) is the largest professional real estate
organization in Europe. It brings together approximately 12,000 real estate businesses and 100,000
property professionals specializing in over 14 different professions in the property sale, management
expertise and consultancy sector. In becoming FNAIM members, professionals undertake to abide by the
quality charter developed by the Federation, underlining the ethics, integrity and professionalism required
of all FNAIM members.
Headquarter: Paris, France - Website: www.fnaim.fr
Contact: Mr. Nicolas Thouvenin (General Manager) - Email: [email protected]
Union des Syndicats de l'Immobilier - UNIS (Real Estate Trade Unions Association)
UNIS has been created in 2009 by the merger of the three principal French property managers
associations : Confédération nationale des administrateurs de biens (CNAB), Conseil supérieur de
l’administration de biens (CSAB) and Union nationale de l’immobilier (Unit). UNIS brings together
4,000 french property managers and brokers.
Headquarter: Paris, France - Website: www.unis-immo.fr
Contact: Mr. Maurisset Latour (General Secretary) - Email: [email protected]
Union suisse des professionnels de l'immobilier – USPI (Union of Swiss Real Estate Professionals)
USPI is the association of the six real estate professional associations of the Switzerland Romandy, each
of them representing one of the six cantons from Romandy (Genève, Fribourg, Jura, Neuchâtel, Valais
and Vaud). USPI Suisse brings together allmost 500 real estate corporations and is the natural dialogue
partner of the swiss federal authorities.
Headquarter: Lausanne, Switzerland - Website: www.uspi.ch
Contact: Mr. Olivier Rau (General Secretary) - Email: [email protected]
Schweizerischer Verband des Immobilienwirtschaft – SVIT (Swiss Real Estate Association)
The Swiss Real Estate Association (SVIT) is a non-profit professional body lobbying for the interests of
the real estate industry throughout Switzerland. SVIT represents professional real estate service providers
who work in property management, sales, development, consulting and surveying. Founded in 1933,
SVIT membership now includes over 2,000 real estate companies throughout Switzerland employing
round 20'000 employees.
Headquarter: Zurich (Switzerland) - Website: www.svit.ch
Contact: Mr. Urs Gribi (Chairman) – Tel. +41 44 434 78 88
3 bis, bd de la Saussaye 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France - RCS Nanterre B 538 022 450
Fédération française de l’Internet immobilier - FF2I (Internet Real Estate French Association)
The Internet Real Estate French Association Fédération française de l’Internet immobilier brings together
the major community of real estate corporations and real estate internet service providers, media and
experts in France, sharing their experience through meetings, conferences and business travels.
Headquarter: Paris, France - Website: www.ff2i.org
Contact: Mr Hervé Parent (Chairman) - Email: [email protected]
Bauträgerverband - BTV
The BTV (Bauträgerverband) is an Austrian non-profit association which protects and pools the interests
of their members (building developers). BTV is the major building developers trade union in Austria.
Headquarter: Vienna, Austria - Website: www.bautraegerverband.at
Immobilienverband Deutschland – IVD (German Real Estate Association)
The German Real Estate Association - IVD is a result of the merger that took place in 2004 between the
German Federation of Real Estate Agents (Ring Deutscher Makler - RDM) and the Association of Real
Estate Agents (Verband Deutscher Makler - VDM). The IVD represents 6,000 companies working as real
estate agents, property managers, financial service providers, chartered surveyors, developers and other
real estate consultants.
Headquarter: Berlin, Germany - Website: www.ivd.net
Contact: Mr. Sven Johns (General Manager) - Email: [email protected]
Südtiroler Maklervereinigung (South Tyrol Realtors Association)
The South Tyrol Realtors Association is a non-profit professional branch of HDS Südtirol (Commerce
and Service Union South Tyrol) lobbying for the interests of the real estate industry throughout South
Tyrol and represents over 700 companies throughout South Tyrol.
Headquarter: Bozner Boden (Italy) - Website: www.hds-bz.it
Contact: Mr. Herbert Arquin (Secretary) – Tel. +39 0471 310 311
3 bis, bd de la Saussaye 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France - RCS Nanterre B 538 022 450
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A l’att. de M. Godefroy Jordan
3 bis, Boulevard de la Saussaye
92200 NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE
France
Paudex, le 7 mars 2012
OR/nt
Extension .IMMO
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Cher Monsieur,
L’USPI Suisse est l’organisation faîtière des professionnels de l’immobilier en Suisse
francophone. Elle se compose des associations cantonales de l’économie
immobilière implantées dans les six cantons romands. A ce titre, elle est le porteparole de quelque 400 entreprises et de plusieurs milliers de professionnels.
Le comité de l’USPI Suisse est heureux de vous confirmer qu’il soutient votre
initiative de lancer un nouveau « generic top level domain » .IMMO réservé aux
professionnels européens de l’immobilier, dans le cadre du round actuel d’attribution
des TLD (top-level domains) par l’ICANN.
Nous avons par ailleurs bien pris note de votre proposition d’accorder à l’USPI
Suisse un siège dans le futur « Board of Rules » qui gèrera le TLD .IMMO, dans
l’esprit de défendre les intérêts de notre communauté professionnelle.
Nous vous souhaitons plein succès dans vos démarches auprès de l’ICANN en vue
de recevoir la délégation du TLD .IMMO.
Veuillez agréer, cher Monsieur, nos salutations distinguées.
UNION SUISSE DES PROFESSIONNELS
DE L’IMMOBILIER
Le secrétaire
Olivier Rau
Monsieur Godefroy Jordan
Chairman
Starting Dot
3 bis, bd de la Saussaye
92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine
France
Paris, December, the 19th, 2011.
Dear Mr Jordan,
The Board of the FF2i, French Association for real estate on the Internet, is glad to confirm its
support to your initiative to develop a new generic top level domain (« .IMMO ») dedicated to the
real estate professionals in Europe.
You can count on our commitment to your side to support the new top level domain dot-IMMO
developed by StartingDot in the context of ICANN new gTLDs program.
We will also consider with attention your invitation to give a permanent seat to the European
Confederation of Real Estate Agents in the future Board of Rules which will govern the dot-IMMO
domain and pursue our common objectives to defend the interests of all professionals.
You can rest assured that our association will look forward to continuing to work with you in your
effort to apply and to receive from ICANN the delegation of the « .IMMO » top level domain.
I want to personally wish you the best of luck in the coming process of application starting in
January 2012.
Sincerly yours.
Hervé Parent
President
Fédération française de l’Internet Immobilier
Fédération française de l’Internet immobilier
Association à but non lucratif - loi 1901
Siège : 102, avenue des Champs Elysées 75008 Paris
Eresnet
Mariahilfer Straße 33
A-1060 Wien
Bozen, 6. April 2012
Mr President,
Following up on our discussions, Südtiroler Maklervereinigung is happy to
confirm its full support to your initiative to apply to ICANN for license of the
.IMMO (dot-immo) generic top-level domain dedicated to the community of
real estate professionals in Europe
You can rely on our entire commitment to support the new top level domain
.IMMO developed by ERESNET GmbH and Starting DOT in the context of
ICANN new gTLDs program.
We will also consider with attention your invitation to participate to the
future sunrise sales.
You can rest assured that our association will look forward to continuing to
work with you in your effort to apply and to receive from ICANN the
delegation of the « .IMMO » top level domain.
I want to personally wish you the best of luck in the current process of
application.
Organisation: Südtiroler Maklervereinigung (Association Real Estate Agents
of South Tirol)
Name
: Herbert Arquin
Title
: Secretary
Date
: 06.04.2012
Herbert Arquin
Secretary