Dear Kathy,<div><br></div><div>Thank you for sharing. I’ll forward the information to related organization.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Juliana<br><br>On Friday, May 15, 2026, Kathy Kleiman <<a href="mailto:00001e85639e37fc-dmarc-request@listserv.syr.edu">00001e85639e37fc-dmarc-request@listserv.syr.edu</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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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>.
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you are a .ORG registrant, or know of a
great .ORG organization, please apply or encourage them to apply!
<span> </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>
<p><span><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><a href="https://enter.orgimpactawards.org/" target="_blank">2026
.ORG Impact Awards Applications are NOW OPEN!</a><span> </span>(PIR website)</p>
<p><span><span>-<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" target="_blank">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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