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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><font
face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"
size="2">Thousands
of women throughout the world are leading technological
innovation.
They often go unnoticed and unrewarded. The <a
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target="_blank">Anita
Borg Institute</a> has created a set of awards to
honor these
distinguished women and those who are working towards
the
recruitment, retention and advancement of women in
technology. </font></font></font></font>
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face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"
size="2"><b>Please
review this brief summary of the awards currently open
and nominate a
deserving team or candidate or forward this
information to someone
who might be interested.</b></font></font><font
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><font
face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"
size="2"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://anitaborg.org/initiatives/awards/change-agent-awards/"
target="_blank">Anita
Borg Change Agent Awards</a><br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><font
face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"
size="2"><b>2012
nominations now open – Deadline is May 15, 2012</b></font></font></font></font></p>
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face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"
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</font></font><i><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
style="font-size:11pt" size="2">The
Change Agent Awards honor technical women that live
and work outside
the United States. They are change agents in their
community –
working to attract and support women in technology in
their region.
Recipients are recognized for their technical
leadership and advocacy
work. The award recipients will be honored at the
Grace Hopper
Celebration of Women in Computing in Baltimore,
Maryland in October
2012.</font></font></i></font></font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><i><font
face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"
size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">Please
let me know if you have questions about the </span></font></font></i><a
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href="http://anitaborg.org/initiatives/awards/change-agent-awards/"
target="_blank"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Anita
Borg Change Agent Awards</font></font></a><font
face="Arial, sans-serif">.</font></font></font></p>
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size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">Thank
you,</span></font></font></i></font></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><i><font
face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"
size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">Muthoni<br>
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