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    <p class="MsoNormal">Dear All,</p>

    <p class="MsoNormal">I share something close to my heart: The

      Dot-ORG Impact Awards. Every year, the Public Interest Registry

      honors its .ORG registrants with the .ORG Impact Awards

      (disclaimer: I’m on the Board of PIR and every year attend this

      ceremony cheering loudly).</p>

    <p class="MsoNormal">The applications are open now – until May 27<sup>th</sup>.

    </p>

    <p class="MsoNormal">If you are a .ORG registrant, or know of a

      great .ORG organization, please apply or encourage them to apply!

      <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Awards include grants,

      short videos for the organization (professionally produced), and a

      trip to attend the awards ceremony in the fall.</p>

    <p class="MsoNormal">For more information: </p>

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      style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span

style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;

mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><span

          style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span

            style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">          </span></span></span><a

        href="https://enter.orgimpactawards.org/" target="_self">2026

        .ORG Impact Awards Applications are NOW OPEN!</a><span

        style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>(PIR website)</p>

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      style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span

style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;

mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><span

          style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span

            style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">          </span></span></span>An

      article with past winners and more descriptive information posted

      yesterday: <a

href="https://www.namesilo.com/blog/en/domain-names/2026-org-impact-awards-propelling-the-global-mission-driven-community">2026

        .ORG Impact Awards: Propelling The Global Mission-Driven</a><i>,

      </i>by Megan Waters, PIR’s Director of Community Engagement

      (NameSilo website).</p>

    <p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,</p>

    <p>Kathy </p>

    <p>(For anyone who does not know me:  Co-Founder, Noncommercial

      Users Constituency, PIR Board Member, Professor of Internet

      Technology & Governance at American University Washington

      College of Law in Washington DC, and Author of <i>Proving Ground:

        The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World's

        First Modern Computer</i>)</p>

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