Project Planning

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	* exact days To Be Determined .. but some good portion of the days from Nov 1 - 21.		* exact days To Be Determined .. but some good portion of the days from Nov 1 - 21.
	* Printer/Scanner? (if not, ok, we will buy them)		* Printer/Scanner? (if not, ok, we will buy them)
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		+	==== Meals ====
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		+	Dove's Touch Company owned by Tonny and Terry Gobanga
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		+	We could have amazing meals/lunches at a cost of  KES 250 per person,per day, for the next 3 weeks,working with 6 days with an average of 25 people,or otherwise.I am still waiting for response in regards to this aspect.
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		+	We also ned to budget for water,about 50 litres of mineral water per week should be good! Grange Park Water goes for KES 1200 for 50 litres.that should work for us.
		+	Tonny and Terry could be reached on: dovestouch@gmail.com or t.gobanga@gmail.com
	==== Permission ====		==== Permission ====

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Revision as of 17:31, 18 October 2009

Contents 1 Timeline 2 Needs 2.1 Volunteers 2.2 Venues 2.2.1 Venue in Kibera for kickoff 2.2.2 Computer Lab Space in/near Kibera 2.2.3 Meals 2.2.4 Permission 2.2.5 Nairobi area base of operations/housing 2.3 Equipment 2.4 Software 2.5 Existing Data 2.6 International Facilitators Needs 2.6.1 Need housing/office space in Nairobi for November/December 2.6.2 Health 2.7 Local Financial Agent 2.8 Printing 2.8.1 Printing Maps in Nairobi 2.8.2 Printing Map Kibera stickers 3 Media 4 Outreach and Sustainability 4.1 Outreach Events 4.2 Outreach Tools 5 Contacts, Allies, Partners 6 Budget

Timeline

• Oct 9 AfricaGathering Conference in UK
• Oct 14 CrisisMapping Conference in Cleveland
• Jubal travelling to region starting in October
• Oct 20 Mikel arrives Nairobi
• Oct 26 AfricaGIS
• Oct 30 WhereKampala
• Oct 31 Kelele
• Nov 1 Start Kibera
• Possible early completion and move to other areas
• Nov 14(?) Orgazinational Outreach Workshop/Symposium
• Nov 21 Finish
• Nov 25-27 AFRICOMM 2009, Mozambique
• Dec 20 Mikel leaves Nairobi

more solid estimate on time required for this size area (2-2.3 sq km, 13 villages) need leads on other areas to map .. Mukuru, Mathare

Needs

Volunteers

Details on who's volunteering and how to find more good folks

Participants Volunteers

Venues

Venue in Kibera for kickoff

Computer Lab Space in/near Kibera

Need to secure a computer lab space, very near to Kibera.

This should have...

• reliable internet * power
• 6-12 spots open for us every afternoon
• exact days To Be Determined .. but some good portion of the days from Nov 1 - 21.
• Printer/Scanner? (if not, ok, we will buy them)

Meals

Dove's Touch Company owned by Tonny and Terry Gobanga

We could have amazing meals/lunches at a cost of KES 250 per person,per day, for the next 3 weeks,working with 6 days with an average of 25 people,or otherwise.I am still waiting for response in regards to this aspect.

We also ned to budget for water,about 50 litres of mineral water per week should be good! Grange Park Water goes for KES 1200 for 50 litres.that should work for us. Tonny and Terry could be reached on: dovestouch@gmail.com or t.gobanga@gmail.com

Permission

Do we need permission to operate this project in Kibera from local wardens/village chiefs? Can we possibly get help from University on this?

Nairobi area base of operations/housing

Equipment

• GPS(s)
  • http://www8.garmin.com/aboutGarmin/sponsorship/sponsorship-form.jsp ?
• computers/(ruggedized) laptops. for editing and possible local install
• printer/scanner(s)
• Backup Power?
• 3G modems (about 4000 /= each) ($50)
• cameras (for photo mapping?)
• walkie talkies
• surge protectors
• convertors

Software

Software Needs

Existing Data

Data Sources

International Facilitators Needs

Need housing/office space in Nairobi for November/December

Something west of downtown, Kilimani, Kileleshwa, etc.

http://delicious.com/mikel_maron/nairobi+housing

• afromusing: hi, there is a nice clean space in Kileleshwa, i stayed there in August. Call 0725259752 - Eva - 'Classic Guest House'

Health

• visit travel clinic. malaria treatment?
• cipro

Local Financial Agent

Printing

Printing Maps in Nairobi

Printing Map Kibera stickers

• http://www.stickergiant.com/custom_stickers/laptop_stickers.php
• http://www.stickerobot.com/pricing/

Media

Media Strategy

Outreach and Sustainability

Mapping Users Needs

• Needs assessment for mapping features
• Data users
• Promotion in media, among data users
• Technical and community support for ongoing mapping
• Organization(s) to continue mapping, and generate projects based on Kibera Maps
• TacticalTech for input/support?

Outreach Events

Org and geek events: Outreach Events

Outreach Tools

• NYPL historic map archive platform (for collections of old paper maps of Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya, etc)
• GeoCommons

Contacts, Allies, Partners

Contacts Allies Partners

Budget

$15k + 10 possible

• equipment
• local stipends (?)
• incidentals
• food/parties for participants
• international flights/accomodation
• international stipends

Budget (private for the moment) http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AsJrjOeDVAfwdEVzMGlqZE1icUpkNHBCNUFYa05RTHc&hl=en