TGIF, PioNEARs! 
I’m Hai Vu, a member of the project ops team, in charge of supporting Aurora Defi projects, the Octopus network, also other infrastructure projects as follows:
Here is my bi-weekly report from 03rd to 15th April
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Moderation, support for 10-12 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wannaswap | Connect for AMA Metapool x Wannaswap | Find new pool & IDO |
| GONEAR | Apply for VC network | Follow-up |
| Bluebit | Support AMA NEAR global, coop with Rift finance | AMA NEAR VN, Increase TVL, hire new CM + degen |
| Killswitchfinance | verify grant status, retweet about NEAR Aurora double grant | Community Awareness |
| Spin | retweet on NEAR blockchain, NEAR VN about testnet | Community Awareness |
| Bastion | Amplify news 2nd lockdrop campaign awareness on NEAR blockchain & VN | Community Awareness |
| Mutant Swap DEX | Apply for IDO on Skyward finance, BocaChica | Community Awareness |
| Rubic Exchange | Prepare for AMA NEAR global | Community Awareness |
| Aurigami | $PLY reward, lottery awareness on NEAR blockchain, VN | Community Awareness |
| Polaris Finance | no reply from aurora side | Check with Danny AuroraTeam |
| RIFT Finance | Connect with new projects for partnership | Community Awareness & Partnership |
| PawnProtocol | Build project & community on NEAR, Prepare for testnet campaign | Community Awareness |
| KEYFI | Connected Trisolaris & put it on dapp | Follow up for partnership announcement |
| MyConstant | Partnership with NEAR, allow US customer to buy/sell, lend/borrow NEAR with ease | Community Awareness |
| Fusotao | Amplify news testnet round 2 & coming IDO | Community Awareness |
| Maxos DAO | Contact 1st time | Community Awareness in defi world |
Infrastructure Projects:
| Name | Help Detail | Next Steps |
|---|---|---|
| Guardarian | Connect with Patrick wallet team for support listing | Followup with wallet team |
| Octopus | Update appchain’s news, DEIP IDO, Atocha voting | Follow up execution through weekly meetings & Community Awareness |
| Open Forest Protocol | Building OFP VN community - making 3 medium articles, 4 tweets | Community awareness |
| Dante | apply for more VC in NEAR network | Follow up |
| QSTN | checking whitepaper,connect legal firm Otoco (thanks Fritz), prepare testnet campaign | Community Awareness |
| Bwitter | Connecting Datality, prepare IDO skyward | Community Awareness |
| The Nephilim DAO | Connect for DEV recruitment | Dev recruitment |
| Dsuite | Hired designer through OWS for pitch desk making | Follow up |
| DEIP | Support conduct AMA on OCT VN, connect NEAR VN, CoinF, amplify IDO | Community Awareness on IDO |
| Locify | VC application round & Hivemind VC connection | Follow up on more VC |
| BitHappier | Advise to run on NEAR, connect with DEX, IDO platform | Followup on building website, dapp |
| Certchain | Advise grant process on OCT | Create group meeting with OCT side |
| NEARamp | Connect with Sender to provide “anti-spam faucet for NEAR wallet” | Follow up |
Achievement & Side quests
*Joined NEAR Meet 9th April, brought 2 NEAR granted projects (UPFI, PawnProtocol), meeting with GFS (prestigious Near backer in VN), other VCs, and several SOL projects.
Here is the recap of the day:
Through the event, I come up with the idea of attracting SOL projects to NEAR, gonna prepare a pitch deck to answer their question about why NEAR & how to thrive on NEAR.
*Acquired the Ecosystem team’s approval on the content plan & UI/UX structure for the new website (nearprojects.guide). Nexstep waiting for @jcatnear & Rebecca for final checking in the sitemap before choosing the design & filling content. Link: NEARprojects.guide
*Onboarding 2 NFT/gaming projects: SpaceLauncher, Dead Kings, Squadrons
Barriers
*NEAR Grants Program Referral Initiative: trouble to input and delay to get feedback
*Grant process status: no clear way to check it
Finally, it’s great to work with my project ops team and receive strong support from the big @nearconciergeteam
Thank you @williamx for hosting the fruitful NEAR meet event, and @rimberjack for the Skyward IDO connection.
TGIF!