[Ict4d] Masi Field Trip

[David Johnson]

Hi all

We're all set for the field trip and all the NGO's are looking forward
to meeting you all. I didn't expect so many people to attend - I think
we are about 20 people - I was thinking the regions of 12 but there
are no active classes happening at the school labs and the library
computer lab so we won't be disturbing any active lessons and we
should all be able to squeeze into the spaces so that the NGO staff
can explain what they are doing in their particular area.

For me the key purpose of the trip is to stimulate ideas on how we can
apply our current research or new areas of research to the real life
issues being faced in health care, education, business development in
a township environment - I also hope that by talking to the NGOs about
some of our work that it will also help NGOs understand possible new
ways to use ICTs for some of their work.

Our lunch time could eat into our schedule if we go to a restaurant or
all queue at a take away place and we only have 30 minutes. My
suggestion is that one car with 2 people goes to food lovers market 2
km away and buys pies / sandwiches and drinks for everyone and we eat
our lunch under the trees at the Chasmay road campus.

If we turn the lunch idea into a discussion about logistics - Thomas
can put this on the wiki and we can settle this there

Cheers
David







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David Johnson
Principal Researcher
Networks and Media group
Meraka, CSIR
Adjunct Senior Lecturer
ICT4D, Computer Science Department
University of Cape Town


On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 4:36 PM, Thomas Reitmaier <treitmaier at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> our Masi Field Trip is moving closer, so we need to move forward with our
> planning on the Wiki [1].
>
> Can those of you who are definitely driving please add passenger tables to
> the Wiki, similar to how Brian, Melissa, and Edwin have already done.
>
> And can those of you who need a lift to Masi please add your name to a car.
> Please do so by noon tomorrow (Thursday) so we can figure out if we need
> more drivers.
>
> I also learned from Hussein & David that Chapman's peak drive is closed, so
> the social will be at Kalk Bay, not Hout Bay.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Thomas
>
> [1]:
> https://vula.uct.ac.za/portal/site/25e2052e-3c9c-4dca-bca0-56277af29ccc/page/878fa6d3-0cd0-433f-b5c2-e1f2978e2bc3
>
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