Guidelines

[Staff 9972]

In this forum, the community posts suggestions about projects which would deserve a support (typically monetary support). One topic per project.
Projects must be compatible with AirVPN Mission: https://airvpn.org/mission .
If projects are based on software, the software must be free and open source.

In order to achieve total transparency, we would like to tie this project to AirVPN promotion but at the same time we wish that it is handled by the community to guarantee that it is a real and impartial work. Therefore we aim to build a staff of moderators that don't work with AirVPN Staff and can manage and decide how to distribute the funding availability that AirVPN service can allocate to no-profit projects.

 

EDIT: until now it has not been possible to build a staff of independent moderators. As a consequence, it's the whole community that proposes projects. Anyone can do that. Then, candidate projects are periodically voted by the whole community (only persons writing in the forum are allowed to vote). The typical poll period is 1-2 months, which can vary according to our funds allocation and availability. The supporting funds are delivered to the winning project.

 

Already funded projects can't be proposed again at least for 1 year. Regularly or periodically funded projects can't be proposed.

[HardnDbricks 0]

I am on a mission to find a way to protect and man my cyber property.  I have heard that it can not be protected from intruders.  Well then I am a decedent of great warrior souls particularly Native American Blackfeet Chiefdom I will build an Army of the Sun.  Thank you for making this service available.  I have friends that don't know of this service.   I will let them know

[LZ1 672]

Hello!

 

Is there a time table for when polling starts, Air? It seems like there hasn't been a poll since 2014 - which is perhaps due to there not being so many projects being proposed.

 

Thank you .

[greenclaydog 6]

I have not heard of any recent projects, maybe this would be a good thread to share some before a poll begins

[Staff 9972]

Entities and persons supported in 2019-now period (NGOs / persons working in highly dangerous areas not mentioned for security reasons):

2019:

• Mastodon (recurring support)
• Tor (recurring support)
• AccessNow (recurring support)
• Apollo NG Mobile Hackerspace (recurring support)
• Caitlin Johnston
• Chelsie Manning
• WIkiLeaks
• Electronic Frontier Foundation

2020:

• Tor (recurring support)
• Mastodon (recurring support)
• AccessNow (recurring support)
• Apollo HG Mobile Hackerspace (recurring support)

2021:

• WikiLeaks
• Tor (recurring support)
• Mastodon (recurring support)
• AccessNow (recurring support)
• Apollo HG Mobile Hackerspace (recurring support)

2022:

• Tor (recurring support)
• Mastodon (recurring support)
• AccessNow (recurring support)
• Apollo HG Mobile Hackerspace (recurring support)
• XNet

2023 (so far, updated 01 Feb 2023):

• Tor (recurring support)
• Mastodon (recurring support)
• AccessNow (recurring support)
• Apollo HG Mobile Hackerspace (recurring support)
• PeerTube

For a full list including previous years, relevant links, and details about how the support is actualized please see https://airvpn.org/mission

Kind regards