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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:ideograph-numeric'><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:ideograph-numeric'><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>“Virtual Entity”
has been nominated in the category “Digital Communities” and we
would like to encourage you and your team to participate with your project in
this year's Prix Ars Electronica. <br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
Digital Communities category is open to political, social and cultural
projects, initiatives, groups and scenes from all over the world that display
contentious commitment in coming up with smart, successful ways of deploying
digital technologies to solve social problems.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For
a detailed description of the category and about Prix Ars Electronica in
general, please see our website:</span><a
href="http://www.aec.at/prix_categories_en.php?cat=Digital%20Communities"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://www.aec.at/prix_categories_en.php?cat=Digital%20Communities</span></a><a
href="http://www.aec.at/en/prix/communities/communities.asp"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></a><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
<br>
Prizes<br>
One Golden Nica with 10,000 Euro, two Awards of Distinction with 5,000 Euro
each and up to 12 Honorary Mentions will be awarded by the jury.<br>
<br>
Please use the attached document for the submission and send it signed back to
me as soon as possible on march 30<sup>th</sup> by the latest. <br>
<br>
If you need any further information or help, please contact<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:communities@prixars.aec.at"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>communities@prixars.aec.at</span></a><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:5.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:5.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:5.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cornelia Mayrhofer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:2.25pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:gray'>Cornelia
Mayrhofer
</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:gray'><br>
</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:gray'>Prix ars Electronica 2009 / Digital Communities</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br>
</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:gray'>-------------------------</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>--------------</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:gray'><br>
</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:gray'>Ars Electronica Linz
GmbH
<br>
Hauptstraße 2-4</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>
<br>
</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:gray'>4040 Linz, Austria,<br>
Telefon: 0043-732-7272-70</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>
</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:gray'><br>
Fax: 0043-732-7272-674</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br>
</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:gray'>E-Mail: </span><a href="mailto:communities@prixars.aec.at"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>communities@prixars.aec.at</span></a><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:gray'><br>
</span><a href="http://prixars.aec.at/"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>http://prixars.aec.at</span></a><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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