Tuesday January 20th, 2004
The power is out. It has been mostly out for the past week. I am using my solar panels regularly to keep the computer stuff going. We get about an hour or so a day. I don’t really mind, as the SNV are in town, and I am working with Jaap and Charly on our funding pitch to do marketing support for the community forests here. I like Jaap, but man is he bitter, and have no idea of what he is doing. The good news, is that after some presentation, and my best –sell snow to eskimos- act, he seems to be convinced that this is a good idea. Whew. Thing is, I do think it is a good idea. I’m not sure if it is enough, but good lord, they need to do something to support these communities. He knows it, but he has no idea what to do, and is, frankly, burned out and bitter. I can understand that. He has worked hard on this for years, and there is no appreciation of his efforts. That being said: if you are doing this for recognition of your goodness.. find another job. No one is ever happy when someone else comes in and “helps” like this. So.. what am I proposing? I’m glad you asked. A series of radio spots, some short TV spots. I would do a set of ‘news’ stories, and a set of ads… tangent: if that sentence doesn’t explain the complete bankruptcy of the ‘news’ I don’t know what does. News is nothing but an aesthetic. Tangent over. I would do some flyers, a brochure (real printing, not just my inkjet), a website, a power point presentation for public speaking engagements, The heart of this though, is a short documentary, and a short advertisement video.