Hi guys,
Mr. Ting Chen, the Chairman of Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees has agreed to come to Kenya. He is willing to plan a more expansive itinerary, rather than attend the launch only.
What came to my mind was to plan for him, say, a one-week itinerary. Since the launch is on Friday 14th Jan, he could probably come on Monday 10th January. The purpose of his week-long trip could be to create some Wiki excitement in Kenya.
* During his stay, we could schedule him to go round universities and institutions and giving out Wiki talks.
*We could also arrange a press conference or interviews with the press so as to raise the Wiki temperature in the general public as well.
*Thirdly, a meeting with the Ministry of Education. We could discuss ways in which we could partner in the future. Also, lunch/meetings with NGO's such as Safaricom & Ford Foundation to discuss ways in which they could offer us their support. I suppose when we meet these guys, we'll also get to remind them to attend the oncoming Friday launch.
These were my suggestions. Your thoughts and more suggetstions are certainly welcome.
--Abbas
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