[Noisebridge-discuss] Fwd: WORLD BANK COMPETITION: Apps for development

Ian ian at slumbrparty.com
Sun Oct 24 01:15:28 UTC 2010 

someone is working on this at science hackday if anyone is interested in
collaborating with her.

http://sciencehackday.pbworks.com/SF-Project-List#world-bank-app

On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Mitch Altman <maltman23 at hotmail.com>wrote:

>  Paul is a grant writer, amongst other things.  He came across this
> competition from our friends at the World Bank that may be interesting to
> some.  Although the World Bank is responsible for things I personally find
> disturbing, this competition seems like it might be worthwihle.  See what
> you think.
>
> Mitch.
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> On 10/22/2010 2:17 PM, Vander Waerdt Paul A. wrote:
>
> Mitch:
>
> Might this interest some members?
>
> Would it be helpful to prepare a webpage highlighting prospective funders
> for IT projects that might interest the hacker community?
>
> All the best,
> Paul
>
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