HISTORY
2006
Creation of the promoter
Xuño 4, 2006
A working group was organized as Promoter to constitute the Asociación PuntoGal.
2006
Constitution Assembly
Xuño 10, 2006

Asociación PuntoGal was constituted after several months by a Promoter composed of several Galician cultural and social representative entities.
2007
Xoan Manuel Pintos Award
Outubro 29, 2007

Awarded by the municipality of Pontevedra and the Friends of Language Entities
2008
Xuventude Galiza Net
Marzo 17, 2008

Asociación PuntoGal got more than 700 supports during a LAN Party on Santiago de Compostela. On September the supporting will be over 9000.
2012
Presentation of the candidature
Maio 29, 2012

After a long wait, Asociación PuntoGal finally could apply their candidature for a Galician language and culture domain.
2013
ICANN approved galician language and culture domain
Xuño 14, 2013

After meeting the ICANN requirements, Asociación PuntoGal got domain .gal approval.
2013
CPEIG Award
Outubro 5, 2013

The Colexio Profesional de Enxeñeiros en Informática of Galicia, gives an especial mention to Asociación PuntoGal on their annual awards.
2013
Contract signature
Novembro 11, 2013
Asociación Puntogal signed with the ICANN a domain .gal creation contract.
2013
San Martiño Award of Linguistic Normalization
Novembro 11, 2013

PuntoGal Association received the San Martiño Award of Linguistic Normalization from the Association O Brado of A Estrada.
2013
Galician Culture Awards
Decembro 12, 2013

Asociación PuntoGal received Language Galician Culture Award.
2014
Domain delegation
Abril 11, 2014

ICANN finally delegated domain .gal, so that, Asociación PuntoGal became effectively a domain operator.
2014
Dominio.gal
Maio 16, 2014

The first website with a domain .gal was presented to civil society.
2014
Pioneers .gal
Xullo 22, 2014

The first 93 domains activated under the suffix .gal were presented.
2014
Launch Phase
Setembro 16, 2014

.Gal Launch Phase presented on the Galician Royal Academy
2014
Open phase announcement
Novembro 27, 2014

The Open Phase for the .gal registry was announced at an event in the Escola de Enxeñaría de Telecomunicación of Vigo.
2014
Open phase start
Decembro 2, 2014
The .gal domain registry was open for the public in general.
2014
Manuel Beiras Award
Decembro 11, 2014

PuntoGAl Association received the Special Award from the Chamber of Commerce of Santiago de Compostela
2015
Honorary Member
Setembro 25, 2015

Honorary Member of the Galician Association of Telecommunication Engineers.
2017
PuntoGal new GeoTLDs member
Novembro 24, 2017

PuntoGal new member of the GeoTLDs which promote the local digital identities
2018
Mini-stories contest
Xaneiro 30, 2018

Presentation of the mini-stories contest with the collaboration of Real Academia Galega and Luzes.