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Science, technology and innovation

Pledge “BlogCampCAC08”

Нургельды (Nurgeldy) отправлю 10 долларов на организацию BlogCamp Central Asia & Caucasus но только, если еще 20 человек из Центральной Азии сделают тоже самое." (translate)

— Nurgeldy Dyussenov, человек из Костаная

Deadline to sign up by: 10th December 2007
8 people signed up, 12 more were needed

Pledge “OLPCmatch”

"I will give $200 to a One Laptop Per Child matching fund but only if 36 other people will pledge to give $50 to the matching fund."

— Rosalyn Lemieux, OLPC supporter

Deadline to sign up by: 15th February 2008
5 people signed up, 31 more were needed

Pledge “shared-j2me-cert”

"I will contribute $20 towards a shared j2me codesigning certificate but only if 15 other internet folks will do the same."

— darkskiez

Deadline to sign up by: 1st June 2008
4 people signed up, 11 more were needed

Pledge “LetMeWatchNow”

"I will cancel my Netflix account but only if 100 other people will do the same."

— Tim U., Netflix Customer & Linux / Firefox User

Deadline to sign up by: 9th August 2008
3 people signed up, 97 more were needed

Country: United States

Pledge “bouncehotmail”

"I will bounce messages from *@hotmail.com asking them to use a respectable service. but only if 10 other people will do the same."

— Amr Mostafa

Deadline to sign up by: 27th August 2008
6 people signed up, 4 more were needed

Pledge “magedevchall1”

"I will PayPal $10 USD or more to the winner of Magento Developer Challenge #1 but only if 70 or more other Magento enthusiasts will commit to PayPal $10 or more to the official winner."

— J.T., A Magento Enthusiast

Deadline to sign up by: 16th October 2008
17 people signed up, 53 more were needed

Pledge “dressdingle”

"I will pay $10 to a charity of the ZA Tech Show choice when Simon Dingle wears a dress to work (and posts pics to prove it) but only if 50 other people around the world will do the same."

— Basheera Khan

Deadline to sign up by: 30th October 2008
8 people signed up, 42 more were needed

Pledge “SwoopoBot”

"I will sell my automated Swoopo bidding software but only if 100 people will each pledge to buy it for $100."

— Swoopo Bot

Deadline to sign up by: 1st April 2009
5 people signed up, 95 more were needed

Pledge “LDAP-AddressBook”

"I will contribute £100 to making the LDAP addressbooks in Thunderbird editable but only if 50 other people will do the same."

— Marco van Beek, Forget About IT Ltd.

Deadline to sign up by: 28th February 2009
7 people signed up, 43 more were needed

Pledge “support-okfn”

"I will set up a standing order of at least £5 a month to help the Open Knowledge Foundation keep developing and promoting open knowledge but only if 100 other people will do the same."

— Rufus Pollock, Director, Open Knowledge Foundation

Deadline to sign up by: 1st January 2010
21 people signed up, 79 more were needed

Pledge “bletchleyfriends”

"I will volunteer to run an unofficial 'Friends of Bletchley Park' group but only if 25 people will sign up to donate at least £5 per month to The Bletchley Park Trust."

— Mark Simpkins

Deadline to sign up by: 1st July 2009
5 people signed up, 20 more were needed

Pledge “prisoncomputing”

"I will teach the inmates of Kamiti Prison, Nairobi, Kenya, how to use a computer under the Kamiti Inmates Education Program but only if 10 people will donate old eepcs or laptops."

— Tom Cholmondeley, fighting for prison reform in Kenya

Deadline to sign up by: 25th December 2009
7 people signed up, 3 more were needed

Country: Kenya
Place: Nairobi (view map)

Pledge “leedshackface”

"I will donate £10 to Leeds Hack Space but only if 5 geeky imbeciles will turn up to the next GeekUp wearing stupid beards."

— Jonathan Powell

Deadline to sign up by: 19th August 2009
2 people signed up, 3 more were needed

Country: United Kingdom
Postcode area: LS1 (view map)

Pledge “mozserviceweb”

"I will offer 4 hours of Web help for mozservice09 but only if 100 Mozilla community members will do the same."

— Mary Colvig, Member of the global Mozilla Community

Deadline to sign up by: 16th September 2009
19 people signed up, 81 more were needed

Pledge “internethealth”

"I will offer 1 hour to conduct Internet Health Checks for mozservice09 but only if 100 Mozilla community members will do the same."

— Chelsea Novak, Mozilla Community Member

Deadline to sign up by: 16th September 2009
11 people signed up, 89 more were needed

Pledge “Koudmen97122”

"Je m'engage à Mozilla Service à Baie-Mahault (Guadeloupe) à condition que 4 autres personnes de la région s'engagent à faire de même." (translate)

— Rodrigue ARISTIDE, résident de Saint-Alban, Bragelogne

Deadline to sign up by: 1st October 2009
0 people signed up, 4 more were needed

Country: Guadeloupe
Place: Baie Mahault (view map)

Pledge “wordle”

"I will pledge $10 to a Wordle fighting fund but only if 10 other people will do the same."

— Phil Bradley, Librarian and Internet Consultant.

Deadline to sign up by: 31st March 2010
6 people signed up, 4 more were needed

Pledge “bflowantsfiber”

"I will create Buffalo jobs and show our economic support for Google Fiber in Buffalo but only if 20 other companies promise they will join us, Noobis, in this pledge of jobs in Buffalo."

— Noobis, Inc., Google Fiber for Buffalo Supporter

Deadline to sign up by: 26th March 2010
2 people signed up, 18 more were needed

Country: United States
Place: Buffalo (view map)

Pledge “XmarksPremium”

"I will commit to $10 - $20 per year for Xmarks Sync but only if 100,000 other people will do the same."

— Xmarks Founders, Mitch, Todd, Dave, Penny, and James

Deadline to sign up by: 15th October 2010
33,763 people signed up, 66237 more were needed

Pledge “babbage”

"I will set up and run a non-profit organization dedicated to building the Analytical Engine but only if 10,000 people will donate $10/£10/€10 to fund the organization."

— John Graham-Cumming

Deadline to sign up by: 31st January 2011
3,996 people signed up, 6004 more were needed

Pledge “KtCraftServer”

"I will start a private MineCraft SMP Server but only if 12 interested players will donate 10-12 dollars per year for the server."

— Ktdata

Deadline to sign up by: 13th December 2010
3 people signed up, 9 more were needed

Pledge “triasrechner”

"Ich werde 20 Euro für das verschwundene MacBook von Trias spenden, wenn 200 Menschen 5 Euro geben." (translate)

— Stephan Urbach

Deadline to sign up by: 14th November 2010
42 people signed up, 158 more were needed

Country: Germany

Pledge “fund5challenge”

"I will donate $50 to fund five initiatives started by young Cambodians but only if 10 or more people will help to reach the goal of sum $25,000.00."

— Rithy Thul

Deadline to sign up by: 15th March 2011
2 people signed up, 8 more were needed

Country: Cambodia
Place: Phnom Penh (view map)

Pledge “brumhackspace”

"I will contribute 10 pounds a week to pay for premises for a Birmingham (UK) Hack Space but only if 15 other local people will agree to contribute whatever they can afford."

— Sarah Mount, Birmingham Fizz Popper

Deadline to sign up by: 1st March 2011
1 person signed up, 14 more were needed

Country: United Kingdom
Place: Birmingham (view map)

Pledge “diasporaopenid”

"I will give 50 USD to implement OpenID support in diaspora but only if 10 other people will do the same."

— Praveen Arimbrathodiyil, OpenID support in Diaspora

Deadline to sign up by: 28th April 2011
4 people signed up, 6 more were needed

Pledge “freestatenow”

"I will donate over $99 to Mark Edgington's "Free State Now!" but only if 34 people will do the same."

— Nicholas Bruder, Free State Project member

Deadline to sign up by: 1st November 2011
4 people signed up, 30 more were needed

Pledge “Renten”

"Ich werde diesen Winter für einen Tag die Glühwein-Lieferung übernehmen, wenn 5 andere Menschen aus der gleichen Universität an einem Wirtschaftsexperiment teilnehmen." (translate)

— Chi-Vinh Chiu

Deadline to sign up by: 30th October 2011
2 people signed up, 3 more were needed

Country: Germany
Place: Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (view map)

Pledge “lvhamburgit”

"Ich werde 5€ an den LV Hamburg der Piratenpartei spenden, um neue Server Ausrüstung zu kaufen, wenn 15 andere Menschen das Gleiche tun." (translate)

— Tim Plath

Deadline to sign up by: 5th August 2012
5 people signed up, 10 more were needed

Country: Germany

Pledge “GeekScotland”

"I will buy a copy of the Geek Manifesto and send it to my MSP but only if 129 other local people will do the same."

— Keir LIddle, Chair of Edinburgh Skeptics

Deadline to sign up by: 30th December 2012
16 people signed up, 113 more were needed

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “freifunk”

"Ich werde 20 €, für ein Freifunk Projekt, spenden, wenn 100 andere Menschen das Gleiche tun." (translate)

— Sascha Brandhoff

Deadline to sign up by: 31st December 2012
24 people signed up, 76 more were needed

Country: Germany

Pledge “SuperDonate”

"I will microvolunteer and download a free piece of software called SuperDonate that lets me donate my idle computing power to help solve important research projects but only if 10 other people will do the same."

— Help From Home

Deadline to sign up by: 31st May 2013
9 people signed up, 1 more was needed

Pledge “IGF14Youth”

"I will actively remote participate in the IGF 2014 but only if 8 other youth / New Media Summer School Grads will do the same!."

— Ruth H

Deadline to sign up by: 2nd September 2014
5 people signed up, 3 more were needed

Transport

Pledge “QuickerM25”

"I will stay in the inner most lane of the M25 it is safely possible to. but only if 50 other M25 users will do the same and learn from it."

— David Ellis, M25 user

Deadline to sign up by: 1st July 2005
23 people signed up, 27 more were needed

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “freewheelers”

"I will join Freewheelers (the international lift share website) to help reduce car travel and hence pollution but only if 50 other people will do the same. Which means that the UK wont need to set up a really complicated and expensive road charging scheme. Plus, we'll be helping the environment."

— Daniel Harris

Deadline to sign up by: 15th August 2005
12 people signed up, 38 more were needed

Pledge “SchoolBuses”

"I will write to my local MP to support the introduction of US-style school buses across England but only if 50 other Reading residents will do the same."

— Owen Price, driver in Reading

Deadline to sign up by: 16th August 2005
12 people signed up, 38 more were needed

Country: United Kingdom
Postcode area: RG4 (view map)

Pledge “appealyourticket”

"I will tell five friends about www.appealyourticket.com but only if 50 other people will do the same."

— Tim Jackson

Deadline to sign up by: 27th August 2005
6 people signed up, 44 more were needed

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “tuberage”

"I will endeavour not to scream abuse at poor hapless tourists on the tube when they stand in my way at the bottom of escalators, during the month of July. It makes me uptight,and besides, they can't help themselves.. but only if 15 other London Underground users will agree to do the same. Come August, it's inner-city agression as normal."

— Jo Young, stressed of North London

Deadline to sign up by: 10th July 2005
3 people signed up, 12 more were needed

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “busstopseating”

"I will write to Wokingham and Reading councils to complain about the lack of suitability of the stupid little bars they have on bus stops as seats. These things are horrible for disabled people! We need real benches! but only if 10 other local people will do the same."

— Nicola Dunn, Resident of Lower Earley

Deadline to sign up by: 10th August 2005
6 people signed up, 4 more were needed

Country: United Kingdom
Postcode area: RG6 (view map)

Pledge “thirdbridge”

"I will support a Third Thames Bridge in Reading but only if 20 other local people will do the same."

— Guy Swarbrick

Deadline to sign up by: 31st August 2005
1 person signed up, 19 more were needed

Country: United Kingdom
Postcode area: RG1 (view map)

Pledge “chatonthetube”

"I will smile and talk to people on London Underground trains every day in October but only if 20 other local people will do the same."

— Mark Stanley, weary commuter

Deadline to sign up by: 30th September 2005
4 people signed up, 16 more were needed

Country: United Kingdom
Place: London (view map)

Pledge “takethebus”

"I will leave my car at home and take the bus to work/university but only if 20 other local people will do the same."

— Ben Stewart

Deadline to sign up by: 31st October 2005
3 people signed up, 17 more were needed

Country: United Kingdom
Place: Edinburgh (view map)

Pledge “uaesafedrive”

"I will drive with car lights on during the day but only if 10 people will do the same every time a reckless driver tailgates me or another car."

— William, expat living in Dubai/Abu Dhabi

Deadline to sign up by: 30th November 2005
0 people signed up, 10 more were needed

Country: United Arab Emirates
Place: Dubai (view map)

Pledge “OffsetEmission”

"I will off-set ALL my carbon emissions created through travel for the next six months but only if 50 other people will do the same."

— Helen, Green Fairy

Deadline to sign up by: 20th December 2005
20 people signed up, 30 more were needed

Pledge “SDbikeToWork”

"I will bike to work two days per week all winter but only if 5 other San Diego county residents will reduce their # of drive-to-work days from 5 to 4 per week (20%!)."

— Mike, Burn Calories Not Gasoline

Deadline to sign up by: 21st December 2005
0 people signed up, 5 more were needed

Country: United States, California
Place: San Diego, San Diego County (view map)

Pledge “BusesinWigginton”

"I will continue to monitor and campaign for better bus services in Wigginton & Haxby but only if 10 other local people will do the same."

— Kate, unhappy commuter of Wigginton

Deadline to sign up by: 1st July 2006
1 person signed up, 9 more were needed

Country: United Kingdom
Postcode area: YO32 (view map)

Pledge “betterx3”

"I will make use of an improved X3 bus service between Cumbernauld Village and Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station but only if 20 other local people will do the same."

— Michael Allen, regular bus user.

Deadline to sign up by: 1st September 2006
2 people signed up, 18 more were needed

Country: United Kingdom
Place: Cumbernauld (view map)

Pledge “BerlinHbf”

"Ich werde meine BahnCard 2. Klasse auf eine BahnCard 1. Klasse upgraden, wenn 99 andere Menschen das Gleiche tun und die Deutsche Bahn ein Konzept zur Reparatur der architektonischen Schäden am Berliner Hauptbahnhof vorlegt." (translate)

— Hans Hagedorn

Deadline to sign up by: 26th June 2006
2 people signed up, 97 more were needed

Country: Germany
Place: Berlin, Berlin (view map)

Pledge “bettercrewebuses”

"I will write to Crewe & Nantwich council, Arriva buses and First buses - politely but firmly requesting they improve local bus services but only if 10 other local people will do the same."

— miss m gordon

Deadline to sign up by: 3rd March 2007
7 people signed up, 3 more were needed

Country: United Kingdom
Place: Crewe (view map)

Pledge “Rzeszow-Ryanair”

"Я обіцяю I will use the regular connection link "Rzeszów Airport - Lviv", if is specially designed for timely connection of Ryanair flights with the fast-train Lviv-Kyiv. за умови, що 100 інших людей візьмуть участь, підтримають мене, зроблять те ж саме."

— BOBAH

Deadline to sign up by: 1st May 2007
34 people signed up, 66 more were needed

Country: Ukraine

Pledge “sarahandsteve”

"I will Stop using Hull EYMS Busses till they let let prams on the busses again but only if 20 other local people will do the same."

— steven and sarah, Resident of Hull Who uses the busses

Deadline to sign up by: 1st July 2007
16 people signed up, 4 more were needed

Country: United Kingdom
Place: Kingston upon Hull (view map)


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