<s>
DotCooperation	B-Protocol
LLC	I-Protocol
is	O
the	O
Registry	O
of	O
the	O
Top-Level	O
Domain	O
(	O
TLD	O
)	O
.coop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
.coop	O
has	O
been	O
managed	O
by	O
DotCoop	B-Protocol
LLC	O
since	O
2002	O
when	O
the	O
contract	O
with	O
the	O
Internet	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
for	I-Application
Assigned	I-Application
Names	I-Application
and	I-Application
Numbers	I-Application
(	O
ICANN	B-Application
)	O
was	O
first	O
agreed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
sponsor	O
,	O
DotCoop	B-Protocol
LLC	O
works	O
within	O
a	O
charter	O
defining	O
the	O
purpose	O
for	O
which	O
the	O
TLD	O
was	O
created	O
and	O
how	O
it	O
is	O
to	O
be	O
operated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DotCoop	B-Protocol
was	O
set	O
up	O
in	O
2001	O
by	O
the	O
Midcounties	O
Cooperative	O
to	O
manage	O
the	O
.coop	O
TLD	O
through	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
;	O
Midcounties	O
Co-operative	O
Domains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
body	O
managed	O
the	O
technical	O
operations	O
of	O
the	O
.coop	O
registry	O
under	O
a	O
contract	O
with	O
DotCoop	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
National	O
Cooperative	O
Business	O
Association	O
(	O
NCBA	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
International	O
Co-operative	O
Alliance	O
(	O
ICA	O
)	O
each	O
own	O
50%	O
of	O
DotCooperation	B-Protocol
LLC	I-Protocol
,	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Washington	O
DC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
DotCoop	B-Protocol
LLC	O
became	O
the	O
owner	O
of	O
Domains.coop	O
Ltd.	O
,	O
an	O
accredited	O
registrar	O
that	O
,	O
alongside	O
other	O
registrar	O
businesses	O
,	O
retails	O
the	O
.coop	O
domain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DotCoop	B-Protocol
LLC	O
is	O
responsible	O
for	O
verifying	O
that	O
all	O
.coop	O
registrants	O
are	O
eligible	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
.coop	O
domain	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
sponsored	O
namespace	O
charter	O
and	O
the	O
ICANN	B-Application
contract	O
and	O
safeguarding	O
the	O
.coop	O
namespace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DotCoop	B-Protocol
LLC	O
is	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
promotion	O
of	O
the	O
.coop	O
TLD	O
to	O
the	O
global	O
cooperative	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
Dotcoop	B-Protocol
launched	O
a	O
major	O
re-branding	O
campaign	O
-	O
‘	O
The	O
Dot	O
That	O
Says	O
a	O
Lot’	O
.	O
</s>
