This is very ambitious. i hope you have the necessary man power, funding and
local support for the event.
Adhoc and impromptu strategies pose their own difficulties. A good plan is
essential. you can approach various colleges to participate in the event but
they will be more inclined to buy it when you have a good plan. More sponsors
and funding for the event will be on the positive side. Media coverage may
start disappearing if the number of participants start dwindling over time. The
mechanism has to be sustaining.
good luck,
Sarad.
From: Anoop John <anoopjohn@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 2008/9/23
Subject: FOURTH ESTATE CRITIQUE Walking from Kasargod to Trivandrum for Freedom
General Strategy for the program
We are going to follow a more or less impromptu strategy for
organizing the talks and seminars and public functions.
There are three reasons for this :-
1) We don't have good centralized resources for doing this.
2) We don't have very strong local connections.
3) The organization is going to get easier once the public visibility
and the momentum of the program increases.
Pending items in organization
1) Actual details of talks/seminars have not been finalized
2) Actual details of organizations who will be organizing the programs
3) Contact information of people who will be organizing the programs
4) Approximate dates during which the walk will pass through a
district have to be finalized
Impromptu items that are going to be fun and exciting
1) Places of stay have not been identified
2) Path through certain districts are flexible
Strengths
1) Very strong in web based collaboration and building web based
systems to rapidly mobilize online
2) Permanent team in Trivandrum to act as the Virtual Operations Centre(VOC)
3) Strong brand presence and reach in the Free Software Communities
across Kerala.
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