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The first .org domain was registered by MITRE Corporation, a not-for-profit organization providing systems engineering and information technology support to the US government, on July 10, 1985.

The first .org domain was registered by MITRE Corporation, a not-for-profit organization providing systems engineering and information technology support to the US government, on July 10, 1985.

On May 25, 2001, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ([[ICANN]]) entered into an unsponsored registry agreement with Verisign Inc for operating the .org domain.<ref>http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agreements/verisign/registry-agmt-org-25may01.htm</ref>  This agreement expired on December 31, 2002. A request for proposal was circulated by ICANN on May 20, 2002.<ref>http://www.icann.org/tlds/org/rfp-20may02.htm</ref> ISOC (The Internet Society) was one of the eleven applicants who put in their proposals to become the successor operator.<ref>http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/org/applications/</ref> ISOC proposed to set up a separate entity christened "Public Interest Registry" (PIR) to operate the .org [[gTLD]], with the sole power to appoint its board of directors. As part of the arrangement, PIR would appoint [[Afilias Limited]] to handle the full range of back-end registry services on behalf of PIR. The [[ICANN Board]] selected PIR as the successor operator to Verisign for managing the .org gTLD on October 14, 2002.<ref>http://www.icann.org/minutes/prelim-report-14oct02.htm#SuccessorOperatorfororgRegistry</ref> Finally, the reins of .org domain came into PIR's control in January 2003 for a period of 3 years, expiring December 2006.

On May 25, 2001, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ([[ICANN]]) entered into an unsponsored registry agreement with Verisign Inc for operating the .org domain.<ref>http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agreements/verisign/registry-agmt-org-25may01.htm</ref>  This agreement expired on December 31, 2002. A request for proposal was circulated by ICANN on May 20, 2002.<ref>http://www.icann.org/tlds/org/rfp-20may02.htm</ref> ISOC (The Internet Society) was one of the eleven applicants who put in their proposals to become the successor operator.<ref>http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/org/applications/</ref> ISOC proposed to set up a separate entity christened "Public Interest Registry" (PIR) to operate the .org [[gTLD]], with the sole power to appoint its board of directors. As part of the arrangement, PIR would appoint [[Afilias]] to handle the full range of back-end registry services on behalf of PIR. The [[ICANN Board]] selected PIR as the successor operator to Verisign for managing the .org gTLD on October 14, 2002.<ref>http://www.icann.org/minutes/prelim-report-14oct02.htm#SuccessorOperatorfororgRegistry</ref> Finally, the reins of .org domain came into PIR's control in January 2003 for a period of 3 years, expiring December 2006.

On December 8, 2006, the agreement between ICANN and PIR was further renewed for another 6.5 years, and is set to expire on June 30, 2013.<ref>http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agreements/org/registry-agmt-16jul08.htm</ref>

On December 8, 2006, the agreement between ICANN and PIR was further renewed for another 6.5 years, and is set to expire on June 30, 2013.<ref>http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agreements/org/registry-agmt-16jul08.htm</ref>