Subject: Global Development Commons launches the 2008 USAID Development 2.0 Challenge Greetings from the Global Development Commons,   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 Washington .  The Challenge can be accessed through our website at www.usaid.gov/commons .  There are two ways to participate:  a) If you have a great mobile technology application for developing countries, y ou can enter the contest by submitting your ideas  .   b) At the same site, ANYONE can register to comment and then vote to select the best submitted  ideas.    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.    Of course, you can always get the latest about the Commons at our website, www.usaid.gov/commons .  Let's Collaborate,  The Global Development Commons Team   Please forward this message to gather excitement for the Global Development Commons, and encourage friends to sign up for this listserv by visiting www.usaid.gov/commons and filling in the box in the upper right corner.