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		<dc:date>2012-02-07T15:09:00-08:00</dc:date>
		

		
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			<title> .ORG COO Discusses Priorities With DailyVista, Pursuit of .NGO Domain (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Nancy Gofus recently joined PIR as its chief operating officer to oversee marketing, sales, product and strategy functions, and work with Chief Executive Officer Brian Cute to expand PIR's global presence and further grow the .ORG domain in existing and new markets. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120207_org_coo_discusses_priorities_with_dailyvista_pursuit_of_ngo_domain">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2012-02-07T15:09:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> .ORG, The Public Interest Registry Welcomes Nancy Gofus As Chief Operating Officer (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[.ORG, The Public Interest Registry (PIR)  today named Nancy Gofus as chief operating officer. Currently, Ms. Gofus serves as board chair of the national board for Volunteers of America -- a national non-profit dedicated to helping those in need live healthy, safe and productive lives. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120123_org_public_interest_registry_welcomes_nancy_gofus_coo">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2012-01-23T21:58:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Tuesday's NTEN Webinar: PIR's Plans for .NGO (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[On December 6th, we are presenting a webinar entitled "Product Spotlight: How Nonprofits or NGOs Can Take Advantage of the Newly Evolved Internet in conjunction with Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN). The webinar will address the pending changes to the Internet with the expansion of top-level domains (TLDs), and our pursuit of .NGO. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20111205_tuesdays_nten_webinar_pirs_plans_for_ngo">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-12-05T11:39:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> .ORG, The Public Interest Registry Hires Paul Diaz as Director of Policy (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Today, .ORG, The Public Interest Registry (PIR) announced the hiring of Paul Diaz as Director of Policy. A tenured representative of public policy and government advocacy, Diaz brings nearly two decades of policy development and analysis experience to the PIR policy team. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20111011_org_public_interest_registry_hires_paul_diaz_as_director_of_policy">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-10-11T09:17:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> The Global NGO Community and PIR at IGF (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Last week I attended the Internet Governance Forum in Nairobi, Kenya. It was an amazing event in a fantastic city - Nairobi - a booming tech center and a regional hub in Africa for all things NGO. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/the_global_ngo_community_and_pir_at_igf">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-10-05T13:21:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> The PIR Partners With the Digital Empowerment Foundation to Bring More India-Based NGOs Online (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Earlier this summer, the Public Interest Registry (PIR) - manager of the .ORG domain - expressed its intention to apply for the management of a new top-level domain, .NGO, when the domain becomes available in January 2012. PIR has partnered with the Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) to host a series of eNGO Workshops - training programs to help NGOs develop and manage an online presence - across India. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110922_pir_partners_with_digital_empowerment_foundation_ngo">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-09-22T08:12:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> PIR to Present .NGO Domain Extension Plans At CIVICUS World Assembly (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[At CIVICUS World Assembly in Montreal this week, Canada, Brian Cute, CEO of The Public Interest Registry (PIR), the organization that manages the .ORG domain name, will present PIR's proposal to apply for the new top-level domain (TLD), .NGO. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/pir_to_present_ngo_domain_extension_plans_at_civicus_world_assembly">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-09-09T12:47:01-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> .ORG, The Public Interest Registry Releases Results of Bi-Annual Domain Name Report, 'The Dashboard' (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[According to the report, .ORG grew by 10.1 percent compared to a year ago, and 4 percent in the first six months of 2011; total domains under management to surpass the 9 million registrations mark in March 2011. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110815_org_public_interest_registry_releases_domain_name_report_dashboard">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-08-15T10:34:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Why PIR Is Pursuing .NGO (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As the Internet stands on the cusp of a major sea-change with the introduction of new gTLDs, we have the opportunity to broaden and deepen our mission by applying for a domain extension specifically aimed at the needs of the global NGO community. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110102_why_pir_is_pursuing_ngo">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-08-02T07:16:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Why Your .COM Should Be a .ORG, Too (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I've noticed an emerging trend in the domain name space as a result of the increasing emphasis on "doing good." Until recently, the domain strategy of choice was to use a single domain name extension to house all a company's online activity, while other addresses were selected purely as redirects or as brand protection maneuvers. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110624_why_your_com_should_be_a_org_too">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-06-24T07:34:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> A Chat With Chris Sheridan at eNom About .ORG (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Brian Cute, CEO of .ORG, The Public Interest Registry (PIR), sat down with eNom's Chris Sheridan for an informal discussion about what's going on with .ORG, and about some of the important issues facing the Internet and the domain name space today. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110608_chat_with_chris_sheridan_at_enom_about_org">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-06-08T11:50:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> How a .COM Can Also be a .ORG: Open Compute Project (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Something I've been discussing a lot recently is how a .COM can also be a .ORG. Facebook, the social media giant, is currently the most visited .COM in the world. What's interesting, however, is that even Facebook has recognized the incredible value of .ORG... <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/how_a_com_can_also_be_a_org_open_compute_project">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-05-03T10:30:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> .ORG Waives Renewal Fees for Japanese Registrants Affected by the Recent Disaster (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In light of the recent disasters that have devastated Japan, .ORG, The Public Interest Registry (PIR) today announced a plan to waive renewal fees for Japanese domain name holders who are unable to renew their .ORG domain names. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110411_org_public_interest_registry_waives_renewal_fees_for_japan">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-04-11T12:02:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> .ORG, PIR Celebrates 9 Million Registrations (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[With a growth of 10.3 percent in 2010 - the domain continues to be trusted and embraced, making it the world's third largest generic Top Level Domain (gTLD). .ORG has significantly increased its domains under management (DUM) in the last five years; up from just 3.9 million in 2005 according to the organization's recently published bi-annual "Dashboard" report. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110302_org_pir_celebrates_9_million_registrations">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-03-02T11:13:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Second Half 2010 "Dashboard" Domain Name Report - Released (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I have long admired PIR's dedication to the good of the Internet, the DNS and its millions of .ORG registrants. PIR has a clear and unique public interest mission in the industry - one that extends beyond the technical provision of .ORG domain names and serves the Internet community wholly, addressing policy and security issues head-on. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110214_second_half_2010_dashboard_domain_name_report_released">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-02-14T10:42:00-08:00</dc:date>
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