Whoops. There was an unintended consequence to my 'updating' my slate yesterday which is that Leo Romero has compiled a chart to list "experts'" (aka Net2 staff and advocates) choices,

http://www.netsquared.org/blog/leo-romero/how-experts-are-voting

so when I changed my list based on the last blizzard of entries on April 6, I inadvertently 'demoted' some great projects from Leo's chart.

That was not my intention. I am totally gobsmacked trying to make sense of too many great choices and used my V2 to give a little attention to some of the later-submitted projects that had caught my eye.

I most emphatically did not mean to suggest that I had stopped admiring any of the projects on the V1 slate. So, for the record, and fwiw, let me remind folks of these excellent choices.

http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/chipin-scalable-affordable-...

Carnet Williams has earned respect over the years. This is a .com that really gets the .org world. Of the distributed fundraising (badge) projects, this has the ring of scale and impact.

http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/farmer-2-farmer-learning

Wonderful application of technology to problem. Shows clear understanding of the social web.

http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/givewell-clear-fund

The donor transparency element makes this one different.

http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/newstrust

I want this one to work. And maybe it can.

http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/nonprofit-organizations-mys...

An idea whose time has come?

http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/light-money-and-politics-ma...

sheds great light on money's influence on politics with a plausible sustainability model