[chapter-delegates] South African outreach

[Dean McCall]

I know that Colombia is having an internet fiesta this year in March and we
have been trying to partner with them in some regard...maybe this is
something that we can all do together since our goals are really all the
same...we are trying to expose our community to the internet and the world
to our community...I think it would be a fantastic opportunity for all.

Colombia's Internet Fiesta page
http://www.expo4art.org/archivos/internet-fiesta/colombia/index.php


I mentioned to the Colombia delegation that San Antonio has a local event
that is very large and pulls in a lot of support from the local community.
It just happens that it corresponds perfectly with the internet fiesta that
they have planed this year almost exactly. (14-27 of March) With that being
said I feel certain that I could garner quite a bit of local support for a
project of this caliber. 

San Antonio Fiesta Page
http://www.fiesta-sa.org/

Let me know what everyone thinks :)


Dean McCall
President/CEO
South Central Chapter ICOC


-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Levin [mailto:alan at futureperfect.co.za] 
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 10:23 AM
To: chapter-delegates at lists.isoc.org
Cc: Jennifer Husler
Subject: [chapter-delegates] South African outreach

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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