Please feel free to use the email below to spread the word to organizations and individuals who you think might be interested in the Net2 Mashup Challenge.

I'm writing to tell you about the Net2 Mashup Challenge: http://www.netsquared.org/mashup.

NetSquared, a project of TechSoup, has created the Challenge because they believe people working for social causes have great ideas for how data can create insight, and they want to create a platform to facilitate those kinds of mashups being built. Plus, they’ve got cash prizes to award to the folks who come up with the most innovative mashups for social change.

There are three parts to the Challenge:

1. Applications.
   Individuals working to create change will share with the NetSquared Community what change they are trying to make, as well as the information/data sources they believe can be married to help create that change. Applications will be available online February 1 and accepted until March 14, 2008.

2. Recruiting and specification-building.
   The NetSquared Team will reach out to web-savvy collaborators to help translate your idea into a Mashup Project.
3. Mashup Development Teams will start building the mashups.
   The week of March 17th, the NetSquared Community will vote for what they think are the most innovative mashups that will create the greatest impact.

   On March 24, the top 20 mashups will be announced, and the winners will be invited to attend this year’s NetSquared Conference (N2Y3) in San Jose, CA May 27-28, 2008. Each of the top 20 mashups will get an allowance for travel (including airfare to and from the Conference, along with a hotel room for two nights).

   At the Conference, project teams will have an opportunity to display and discuss their mashups, and attendees will vote to select the top three. All twenty projects at the Conference will receive a share of $100,000 in prize money. The share will be determined by voting at the Conference.

We will be adding Project Designers and Developers/Engineers to the index on the Spread the Word page. And we'll be adding things to the individual pages.

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