[TOS] POSSE NG

[Mel Chua]

On 10/18/2010 05:36 PM, Michael Adeyeye wrote:
> Hi All,
> I got talking with a Professor in Nigeria about POSSE. We could not chat
> at length this night, but we hope to continue from where we stopped
> tomorrow. I was thinking we could have the second POSSE in Africa in
> Nigeria.

Thanks, Michael!

I know we started notes on POSSE in Africa plans going forward on the 
last day of the POSSE in Cape Town - I think it might be good for the 
rest of TOS to see those notes. Would it be possible to post them to the 
list (and/or to a wiki page on the TOS wiki)? I think it would be good 
for others to get an idea of where this fits into the bigger picture of 
POSSE-in-Africa expansion.

When were you thinking of doing the POSSE in Nigeria? I think for the 
next POSSE in Africa, we're going to want a critical mass of at least 15 
attendees (to set a somewhat arbitrary bar) - where and when do we need 
to hold that POSSE, and what planning/recruitment needs to happen around 
it, for that attendance number to be hit? (We shouldn't go too far over 
20, though... 25 is a hard top cutoff on the number of people we can 
handle, and they should all be there for the entire dedicated week.) 
Tough bar, I know. :) How do we meet it?

Finally, basically - mostly to clarify to the other folks in TOS-land 
what's been happening already - you folks (Michael, Michael, Boniface, 
Kruben, Grant, Antoine, and other TOS folks in the region) own - and run 
- the POSSE strategy in Africa, since this is your turf and you know 
best what would have the highest impact. We - and I - are here to help, 
provide resources (instructors, funding, curriculum development, advice, 
connections, etc) but it's all about where you want to steer this 
particular ship, so you tell us what you're going to do and what we can 
do to help, and we will. :)

Cheers,

--Mel