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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>See below and attached: enter your idea
for an open source mobile application. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=section1 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3
color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Gavin
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;color:black'> Global Development Commons
[mailto:COMMONS@info.usaid.gov] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Kountze,
Elizabeth (ODP/PSA)<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, October 14, 2008
3:52 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> COMMONS@info.usaid.gov<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Global Development
Commons launches the 2008 USAID Development 2.0 Challenge<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Greetings from the
Global Development Commons, </span></font><font color=black><span lang=EN-US
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>You are invited to
participate in the 2008 USAID Development 2.0 Challenge! It's an open
call for innovative mobile technology applications for developing countries,
and the USAID’s first ever open source challenge. The winning
project ideas will receive grants of up to $10,000 and present before USAID,
development community, and industry officials in </span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><ns0:State
w:insAuthor="Unknown" w:insDate="2008-10-17T12:02:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Unknown"
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w:insDate="2008-10-17T12:02:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Unknown"
w:endInsDate="2008-10-17T12:02:00Z"><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>Washington</span></font></st1:place></st1:State></ns0:place></ns0:State><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>. The Challenge can be accessed
through our website at <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/commons">www.usaid.gov/commons</a>.
There are two ways to participate:<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>a) If you have a great mobile technology application for
developing countries, you can enter the contest by submitting your ideas</span></font><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:blue'> . </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>b) At the same site, ANYONE can register to comment and then vote
to select the best submitted ideas. </span></font><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>We need your help to
promote innovation! Please share the challenge website for the
2008 USAID Development 2.0 Challenge with friends, colleagues, and other
innovators you know. Attached is a PDF of the flier, which we'd greatly
appreciate you strategically placing at your office or school, or
featuring on your Facebook page, blog, or website. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Of course, you can
always get the latest about the Commons at our website, <a
href="http://www.usaid.gov/commons">www.usaid.gov/commons</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Let's Collaborate, </span></font><font
color=black><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><br>
</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> The Global
Development Commons Team </span></font><font color=black><span lang=EN-US
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Please forward this
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