150+ of you submitted nominations and 3,000+ of you voted – Wow! After a very long night spent checking, double checking and triple checking for any irregularities (we will post a summary of our voting validation process shortly), here is an alphabetical list of the 21 Featured Projects (we had a tie between #20 and #21) as chosen by the Net2 community vote and calculated by our online ballot system:
1. 100 Innovators - the world's most important story has started to unfold http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/100-innovators-worlds-most-...
2. A Global Neighbour Network: NABUUR.com http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/global-neighbour-network-na...
3. A Light on Money and Politics: MAPLight.org http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/light-money-and-politics-ma...
4. Addressing Africa’s Problems Through Social Networking Sites http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/addressing-africa-s-problem...
5. An Anti-Genocide Community: Building the Political Will to End Genocide http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/anti-genocide-community-bui...
6. Aspiration Social Source Commons
http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/social-source-commons
7. Big Brothers Big Sisters Agency Information Management (AIM) System http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/big-brothers-big-sisters-ag...
8. FamilyFarmed.org
http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/familyfarmed-org
9. Farmer 2 Farmer Learning
http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/farmer-2-farmer-learning
10. Freecycle.org
http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/freecycle-org
11. Global Women's Leadership Network
http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/global-womens-leadership-ne...
12. Grassroots.org Toolbox
http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/grassroots-org-toolbox
13. HELP International Telemedicine Humanitarian Emergency Mobile Medical Clinic Network http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/telemedicine-humanitarian-m...
14. Kabissa 2.0: Strengthening the Social Web in Africa http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/kabissa-2-0-strengthening-s...
15. Maps 2.0 – Geospatial Tools for Nonprofits and Humanitarian Relief http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/maps-2-0-geospatial-tools-n...
16. Open Source, Open Standards Video
http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/open-source-open-standards-...
17. Social Web Tools for Developing Countries: Yankana.org http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/social-web-tools-developing...
18. Stop Family Violence
http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/stop-family-violence
19. TakingITGlobal.org
http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/takingitglobal
20. WiserEarth
http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/wiserearth
21. YouthAssets - Connecting the World's Most Vulnerable Youth http://www.netsquared.org/projects/proposals/youthassets-connecting-worl...
Congratulations to this year’s NetSquared Featured Projects, and to all of you who contributed and participated. We are still blown away by the response, the quality of the projects and the range of great ideas.
We know some of you are going to be really happy. Others will be disappointed. We hope that most of you are glad to have been a part of this open, less-than-perfect process. No doubt you’ve got lots to say about it – and we want to hear it.
Share your ideas and suggestions in the comments of this post: http://www.netsquared.org/blog/marnie-webb/give-us-straight.
The Featured Projects will be going on to the NetSquared Conference and have an opportunity to receive cash, tech and consulting resources, but we hope that the NetSquared Community at large will continue to support all of the nominated projects with suggestions, resources and advice.
Thanks for being a part of the process! We look forward to your continued involvement in the NetSquared Community.
– The Net2 Team
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Thanks from the Neighbours
NABUUR is so excited and touched to be selected as one of the 21 featured projects! Not only because of the honour, but also because this means that developers, consulting firms, and other organizational supporters will help accelerate NABUUR to the next level. In other words, a tremendous and needed boost for the participating Local Communities and Neighbours. Thank you so much for giving your vote and confidence. We will work hard to make you proud.
To everyone everywhere that voted for us
Our deepest THANK YOU!
Participating at NetSquared's community initiative was already an exciting experience, and now being one of the 21 featured projects and with that being one step closer to help all the organizations that are counting on our project is still even more.
Thanks to the NetSquared team for organizing this conference and for giving us the opportunity to attend. Our commitment is to work even more for making Yankana a successful project.
Thank you again and best regards from all of us,
Eduardo Bejar
Yankana.org - Fundapi.org
Thank you! from Maps 2.0
Thanks for your vote for HELP
Thank you for your votes. Thanks to you and the assistance this NetSquared competition offers, our efforts to meet the medical needs of people (including specifically the ones pictured here) will be greatly increased.
From the bottom of our hearts, "Thank you for helping us help them." This project will make a significant difference in the lives of many thousands of hurting people.
Sometimes working in the heartbreak of death, disease and disaster as we do, it is easy to think many in our world just do not want to take time to notice or care. Your vote of confidence and concern for our program not only will help provide a significant increase in our ability to provide care, it also helps to reaffirm our faith in humanity.
Again, thank you!
Randy Roberson - www.disasterlogistics.org
Thanks
Dear Organizers and Voters
Thank you all for giving us the possibility and your votes. We will take our responsibility to not let you down by making the Farmer 2 Farmer Learning project a succesful one.
Friendly greetings
Don Jansen