Summary
The onAir Networks mission is to make it easy to LEARN about global as well as national, state, and local challenges and to DISCUSS and COLLABORATE with people and organizations who are developing and implementing solutions to these challenges. We support the use of DSNPs and the People’s Internet led by Project Liberty. The onAir platform and hubs enable members to:
- Control when, where, and how to share their knowledge;
- Find their interest communities & Co-create networks & hubs with them;
- Discover new knowledge & Develop Innovative Solutions;
- Find Common Ground & Make a Difference.
The 2 minute video in the feature image highlights the US onAir network of 50 state hubs and the onAir platform.
26/02/2024 (02:00)
February 2024 video on the onAir network and the the US onAir Network of 50 state onAir hubs and a national US onAir Hub at us.onair.cc.
This video has been narrated by: Karina Lipsman
Transcript:
A strong democracy … depends on … all of us ..
Introducing . United States … onAir … A nonprofit nonpartisan network .. working to become .. the People’s Platform for Democracy A Network of Hubs.
We are a network .. of 50 .. curated onAir state hubs … Who share their content with …… The national .. US onAir .. Hub ……… A New Resource for Democracy.
Now more than ever, we need unbiased information from sources you can trust … Our onAir volunteers … from US colleges, universities, and nonpartisan organizations … Provide a new resource for democracy …. The Platform
The US onAir Network of hubs connect citizens with their government … candidates … issues.. and each other By providing a platform on which users can find information on who represents them …. How to vote .. and much more …
US onAir is a place where you can Learn ……. Discuss ….… and Find Common Ground… With your representatives, experts, and fellow Americans …
US onAir’s Mission … Democracy … has always been a struggle … That is why our mission at US onAir is to bring together Americans to become better informed and engaged in our democracy… We support civil discussion and constructive and impactful solutions.
Your Voice Matters Join the conversation … onAir Your Voice Matters… at … us.onair.cc
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About
Overview
The nonpartisan 501c3 nonprofit, onAir Networks oversees the management of the public onAir hubs and networks. onAir Networks has an exclusive license to use the onAir software platform from onAir Tech corporation.
onAir Tech corporation, a Public Benefit Corporation, is the developer of the Knowledge and Information Sharing System (KISS). onAir Tech also supports groups and organizations seeking to have a custom onAir hub with an emphasis on custom hubs that share many of their posts with one or more public onAir hubs.
Supporting onAir
Individuals and organizations can support a hub in many ways including:
- Donating to onAir Networks;
- Sponsoring a post, category, or entire Hub
- Purchasing an Advocate membership and curate your own posts
Select the Information icon in each hub’s site header to find out how to participate in and support a specific hub.
GMU Acknowledgements
George Mason University faculty, students, alumni, and staff have assisted in developing the onAir software as well as our initial networks. The following Mason Patriots have made significant contributions (most of the profiles were created while they working on onAir Networks projects):
Todd Gillette, GMU PhD Neuroscience 2015; Aram Zucker-Scharff, BA English 2011 and BS Information Technology; Tim O’Shea, GMU BA Government 2019; James Lillard, GMU BA GLOA 2021; Ben Murphy, Schar 2023; Shuaib Ahmed, BA Volgenau 2020; Jordan Toledo, BA Government 2020; Ani Prakash, BA GLOA 2024; Joe Kubicki, Schar 2024; Matthew Kovacev, BA Government 2023, and Akash Manjunath, MS Data Analytics Engineering 2025.
Over 50 interns from Mason academic units including from the College of Engineering and Computing, Schar School of Policy and Government, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Honors College. have assisted onAir.
Many GMU faculty members who have assisted US onAir include: Maria Dworzecka, Robert Weigel, John Casey, Andrzej Manitius, Gary Kreps, Lourdes Fernandez, and Jennifer Victor along with Mason staff including: Will Rees, Paras Kaul, Jim McLean, Thea Kassas, and LeighAnn Skeen.
Representatives: Mason Fairfax’s state delegate, David Bulova and US House member, Don Beyer have been most helpful in the development of the US onAir network. We greatly appreciate their special efforts to provide ongoing support for Mason students especially with the aircasts and in person events they participated e.g., here is a one minute clip from a 27 minute interview aircast with Don Beyer.
Networks & Hubs
We are currently beta testing the onAir platform on two public onAir hubs. In the Data Engineering hub (part of the AI network) and the Positive Futures Hub.
Other Hubs & Networks under development are the People’s Internet hub and the AI and US onAir networks of hubs.
>We are looking for relevant, non-profit organizations, e.g.,university-based research centers or academic programs with affiliated associations,NGOs, and government agencies, to oversee onAir networks and hubs with onAir Networks.
- Each onAir network uses the onAir software system and has a central Hub (e.g. US onAir National Hub) and related sub-Hubs (e.g. 50 state Hubs like the Virginia onAir Hub). Initial Hub content is aggregated from publicly available sources e.g. from advanced AI searches, wikipedia and government agencies.
- Anyone can become an onAir member. Your voice matters onAir and it’s free. We encourage high school and college students and the interested public to participate in online and aircast discussions and collaborations as long as they follow a hub’s guidelines.
- Each network is supported by individual donations, foundation and government grants, and sponsors. In addition, profile posts of organizations and individuals and Advocate posts can be curated by the identified person or group for a monthly fee.
AI onAir network
The AI onAir network has its top hub at ai.onair.cc,
Current beta testing the Data Engineering hub at data.onair.cc. first engaging the participation of current and recently graduated masters students who majored in data analytics, computer science, cybersecurity, and related fields
Other AI network hubs include AI Policy at aipolicy.onair.cc, Cybersecurity at cyber.onair.cc, Robotics at robotics.onair.cc, and AI & Science at aiscience.onair.cc.
We have also started a custom hub at ainexus.com.
US onAir network
The US onAir network with 50 onAir state hubs and a top United States onAir hub is at us.onair.cc. The US network was our first beta network. The Virginia onAir hub at va.onair.cc focused on state issues, representatives, and governance in addition to their US.representatives.
Positive Futures Hub
The Positive Futures hub is at future.onair.cc. We have started this hub by first engaging futurists & related experts focused on addressing future local, state, and global challenges.
The Ap-Fi (Alternative Planetary Futures Institute) onAir custom hub at apfi.onair.cc shares many of its posts with the Positive Futures hub.
We have also other potential custom hubs such as the AI Nexus hub for George Mason University and the SNF Agora hub for Johns Hopkins University.
People’s Internet Hub
People’s Internet hub is at peoples-internet.onair.cc.
onAir Networks shares a similar focus with Project Liberty on empowering and protecting individual internet users.
onAir Membership
Becoming an onAir member is simple and free. All that is required is your first and last name, your email address and your zipc ode. You can also identify the issues you would like a hub’s curators and authors to address. When you submit your email address to become a Hub member, it is your option to have your address displayed.
OnAir membership is currently by invitation and will be open to the public in the fall. Becoming a member of onAir will enable you to:
- Comment on posts in this hub or any onAir Hub;
- Curate and moderate posts on this hub;
- Contribute news items to your favorite hubs;
- Author and moderate news posts;
- Be able to follow posts and members and create your own My onAir user experience;
Guidelines for Curation & Moderation.
We are dedicated to maintaining respectful, engaging and informative conversations. See this post for more information on our Guidelines for Curation & Moderation. Our nonprofit partners can customize these guidelines with the approval of onAir Networks.
In addition to developing and monitoring the curation and moderation guidelines for the Hubs, onAir Networks manages the finances for each state hub. OnAir will share sponsor and other revenues with its hub nonprofit administrative and curation partners.
onAir Curators
We encourage student interns to integrate their internship with their intern courses for credit, class projects, capstone projects, and research work. Many of our interns have taken 6 credit internship or capstone courses. Most work is done online and unpaid. Some of our recent interns have continued working withonAir Networks in management positions.
OnAir interns who commit 5 hours a week or more will receive a Profile post where they can include their resume, projects, video interviews, and other information about their interests, skills, and experience helpful to gaining employment and networking opportunities.
See this Democracy onAir internship post for more information.
OnAir networks is also developing a number of other networks including: Climate Change, Immigration, and Cybersecurity and will be establishing internships for these and other networks.
onAir System
The onAir is a dynamic, browser-based Knowledge & Information Sharing System (KISS). The onAir platform supports the development of public and custom onAir HUB websites that display posts curated by onAir members. All onAir public hubs are overseen by our 501c3 nonprofit onAir Networks and the nonprofits we work with on each hub.
- All onAir Hubs are hosted on the “onair.cc” domain;
- OnAir Hubs aggregate and promote the best, publicly available knowledge about a topic and its related news, events, resources, people, and organizations.
- Multiple Hubs on a similar topic can be organized as a NETWORK of hubs.
- The core onAir element is the post. Every post can aggregate information from multiple sources. For example, this Senator Kirsten Gillibrand post incorporates content from her government and campaign websites, YouTube videos, Twitter feed, News items, and other external sources such as Vote Smart, Congress.Gov, and Wikipedia organized in a persistent, easily accessible table of contents. Every post can appear in multiple categories within a hub as well as shared with other hubs. Shared post content is automatically updated wherever it is displayed.
- OAir hubs on any topic can be easily created, administered, and curated without any programming knowledge. OnAir Hubs are portals that organize the most comprehensive and publicly available content on issues, projects, people, and organizations.
- OnAir Hubs have multiple ways of bringing together experts with each other, with students, and with the public to discuss best practices, new ideas, and innovative solutions. Every post has a forum that enables persistent, ongoing discussions on various topics as well as a place to ask questions and make suggestions, tell stories, and add endorsements. In addition, OnAir supports professionally produced, livestreamed Zoom interviews, panels, town halls, and other discussion formats without requiring video expertise and displayable in posts and social media.
onAir Content
Any web user, on a laptop, desktop computer or smartphone connected to the internet, can easily access content on any onAir Network hub for free.
OnAir Hubs aggregate and promote the best, publicly available knowledge about a topic and its related news, events, resources, people, and organizations. OnAir Hubs also provide a variety of tools for Hub member engagement including forums in each post and aircasts (livestreamed zoom discussions).
All Hub content is under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license which permits content sharing and adaptation by nonprofit organizations as long as proper attribution is given to its author(s) and is used for non-commercial purposes. Content and moderation guidelines reinforce our commitment to fact-based, comprehensive content and civil and honest discourse.
See Terms of Service for more information on how you can re-use Hub content and view Hub disclaimers.
You can watch aircasts in forums, debates, town halls, and interviews. Aircasts are Zoom meetings with featured guests and audience participation that are livestreamed to the public. Aircasts are recorded and archived in onAir Hubs and YouTube channels and shareable on social media and websites.
Privacy Policy
onAir Networks does not use cookies, track your usage, or sell your email address.Simply visiting an onAir Hub does not expose your identity publicly. When you submit your email addresses and name for any purpose, that data will only be used by onAir Networks. onAir Networks will not sell your information. You also can, at any time, request that your information be removed from the onAir system. Such requests will be honored within one business day.
See our Privacy Policy to learn about how we don’t use cookies, track your usage, or sell your email address.
