The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) is now accepting nominations for two domain investing community awards. Domain investors may now submit their nominations for the 2026 Lonnie Borck Memorial Award and the Trailblazer Award.
The Lonnie Borck Memorial Award was named in memory of one of my closest business friends, Lonnie Borck, who passed away at 47 years old in 2016. The award is given to an individual who helps “build a stronger, more connected community.” Lonnie was someone with many friends in this business, and it was always great spending time with him at various conferences and elsewhere. Five of us still have a weekly text message chain we’ve kept going for many years in Lonnie’s memory and honor.
The Trailblazer Award was established by the ICA last year, and it is given to a company or individual “advancing the industry through innovation.”
You can submit your nomination for the Lonnie Borck Memorial Award here, and you can submit your nomination for the Trailblazer Award here.
Last year’s Lonnie Borck Memorial Award winner was Richard Lau, and last year’s Trailblazer Award was Atom.com.
Nominations for this year’s awards are due by November 2nd. Nominations may be submitted by anyone in the domain investment business. Once all nominations have been received, ICA members will vote for the recipients. These two awards will be presented to the winners in person at the 2026 ICA annual meeting in Las Vegas in January.
