[chapter-delegates] South African outreach

[Alan Levin]

Hi all,

In South Africa, at least 80% of the population has never seen or used 
the Internet. Considering that at least 25% of the population use 
mobile phones regularly, and I would estimate that 80% have used a 
mobile phone I believe that we have much work to do and opportunities 
to do real outreach.

As such ISOC-ZA spent time over the course of last year trying to work 
out and pondering what to do. After a visit to Senegal we learned that 
the Internet Fiesta was a proven model and something that we could 
easily replicate here. Over the past few months we've narrowed down the 
potential locations for a pilot where we would reach >1000 individuals 
over a weekend. If this is successful we hope to chose locations where 
we can exceed 5000 per weekend.

We have put together the attached proposal and I share it with you as 
we are seeking sponsors. I believe that we will obtain sponsorship for 
the technology - or part thereof - but we will still require support 
for the administrative and cultural elements.

I realise that many of you have been through a number of Fiestas and 
there is much we can learn - and wish to learn - from you. I attach our 
current proposal for any comments or feedback.

Warm regards,

aLan
ISOC-ZA chair


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