Hello PioNEARs, Hello June! 
I’m Hai Vu, a member of the project ops team, under NEAR Concierge team, in charge of supporting Aurora Defi projects, the Octopus app chains, and Infrastructure projects as follows:
And here is my bi-weekly report from 16th to 31st May
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Moderation, support for 7-10 users per day on NEAR Discord and other related communities.
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9 hours/ 6 days per week, one additional day for project support, with detail as below:
Defi Projects:
| Name | Help Detail | Next Steps |
|---|---|---|
| Spin | Sender partnership x Spin | Community Awareness |
| PawnProtocol | Connect NFT projects, DEX, advising on testnet, mainnet | Community Awareness |
| Fusotao | Retain awareness & prepare IDO | Community Awareness |
| Incognito | Partnership announcement Cypherpunk Grant in NEAR media | Community Awareness |
| UPFI | Testnet campaign extend 2 weeks testnet campaign, remind connection with DCB | Community Awareness |
| Solster finance | Finish roadmap for grant | Remind BD team |
| Forbitswap | 1st meeting, revise to apply near grant | Apply near grant |
| Chai | Connect NEAR VN, setup 1st meeting | Follow up |
| Verdex | Setup 1st meeting | Follow up |
| Surge | 1st meeting, focus on mkt + partnership on NEAR | Follow up |
Infrastructure Projects:
| Name | Help Detail | Next Steps |
|---|---|---|
| Octopus | Update appchain’s news, prepare OCT guild establishment | Follow up through weekly meetings & Community Awareness |
| Open Forest Protocol | Building OFP VN community - making 6 medium articles, 11 tweets | Community awareness |
| Unique One | Escalate Near grant, Apply VC network | Community awareness |
| QSTN | meeting & support testnet, advise on making pitchdesk for partnership | Community Awareness |
| dAngle Fund | Connect funding for GONEAR | Follow up Near grant |
| MeMusic | Escalate NEAR grant, follow up for OCT summer batch | Follow up |
| Vision.game | from SOL to NEAR, Escalate to Ecosystem team about grant | Follow up |
| Hackerhouse | Connect for organizing NEAR VN hacker house event | Community awareness |
| Memo Labs | 1st meeting | Community awareness |
CEX:
*Following up listing NEAR on Bithumb, CoinOne
Achievement & Side quests
*Support for NEAR hacker house to create hackathon event in Vietnam
*Finish NEARprojects.guide draft content and waiting for next step
Barriers
*Grant process status/application: no clear way to check the status
Finally, it’s great to work with my project ops team and receive strong support from @nearconciergeteam