on *tuesday, 2011-08-02*, withing the *wikimania preconference *program, there will be a *global south strategy workshop*. the topics worked on should be in *three areas*:

* (1) contents * just to give ideas, topics may include (rare) languages, citing references in oral cultures, which wikimedia projects work best, etc.

* (2) organizational development * the discussion here might center around crowdsourcing in such environments, which parties to involve first, a comparison how other next generation internet companies like facebook gain users, etc.

* (3) access, which is the technical / developer part * topics include software needs to better support wikimedia projects given the connectivity restrictions which may exist, especially mobile and offline solutions, software supporting distributing contents via mesh networks, etc. depending on the preferences and number of participants this part will be in conjunction with the wikimedia offline developers workshop, http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/OpenZIM_Developers_Meeting.

feel free to register here: http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_South_Meeting

we would be glad if you could add topics of special interest to be discussed as well.

rupert thurner