• Who will be targeted?
• What 'contacts' do they have in their respective communities?
• How many individuals they intended inviting per workshop?
• Can they provide provisional dates for different activities?
• Can suitable venues be suggested?
• How will they collaborate with other centres?
• What ideas and concepts will be presented at the workshop at HartRAO and what resources of those provided to them will be used?
• What will be planned for the morning of the eclipse between 07h00 and 08h30?

• Science and geography teacher's creative responses to the eclipse should be elicited through running workshops at different centres.
• All teachers will be targeted regarding safety aspects of eclipse viewing.
• District offices will be approached first to get their "buy in" and a list of schools can be obtained from them.

All participants agreed that a larger audience could be reached:

• Via the media - interviews with local radio and television stations, local newspapers can carry articles and interviews (proof read before being printed).
• Using the A4 information leaflet produced by HartRAO, which will be translated into various indigenous languages and be distributed to the public.
• Using posters about the eclipse, designed by FEST(?) or locally, and displayed publically.
• By visiting the Chiefs of local villages and possibly meeting villagers "under a tree" to educate them about the forthcoming solar eclipse.
• By approaching Ministers of churches to reach their congregations and promote eclipse awareness.
• By targeting Municipal Councillors to promote public awareness about the eclipse.

• Start the programme by first holding workshops with staff members before 2002 August 7.
• The area office will be approached regarding their eclipse awareness programme.
• HartRAO is scheduled to run a demonstration workshop on 2002 August 7 at The University of the North, at which Bostec will participate.
• Bostec will then organize more workshops based on the above experience.
• Local villagers will be accessed via each headman.
• An interview with a local radio station in Polokwane is planned for sometime in 2002 September and the last week in 2002 November, close to the date of the total solar eclipse.
• A slide projector is to be borrowed from the municipality and a talk on the eclipse will be given to key members of the municipality.

• A one-day workshop is planned in the immediate future for staff members at the Mission.
• On the 2002 July 20, the student representatives of Tigerkloof School will be made aware of the forthcoming solar eclipse.
• Jonathan Aitken is to make a personal visit to the local prison and promote awareness about the eclipse.
• The staff at the Mission are to run workshops in the presence of Jonathan Aitken as a means of quality control.
• A new project leader will then be elected, as Mr Aitken will be leaving for the United Kingdom to continue his studies.
• HartRAO is scheduled to run demonstration workshops at Kuruman at the beginning of September 2002.

• On Friday, 2002 July 12, a report is to be submitted to the NWDE by the members who attended the eclipse workshop at HartRAO.
• Educators at Galaletsang Science School are to be briefed on the eclipse awareness programme.
• On Tuesday 2002 July 16, with the reopening of schools in the province, brief mention of the forthcoming eclipse is to be made.
• On the same weekend, people at a church gathering will be made aware of the solar eclipse.
• Pensioners at payout points, municipal councilors, student representative councils and teacher unions are to be targeted in the solar eclipse awareness programme.
• The MEC for Education in the province will be approached to start a new "pyramid of educators" to promote education on the solar eclipse.
• The A4 leaflet developed by HartRAO is to be published in "The Kuruman bulletin" in a joint venture with Moffat Mission trust.
• On the 2002 July 20, a church seminar at Vryburg will provide an opportunity to disseminate information on the solar eclipse to people from Taung, Ganyesa, Mafikeng and Kuruman Areas.
• The Dingaka (traditional healers) are to be approached to be partners in eclipse awareness education as they have a strong influence on the community.
• Chiefs will be approached to gain access to villagers.

• The Limpopo Province east of the N1 and north of Polokwane (Pietersburg) will be divided into three sectors, one per centre.
• When schools reopen, delegates who attended the workshop at HartRAO will report to their colleagues.
• HartRAO will hold a demonstration workshop for curriculum advisors and principals.
• A report will be submitted to the Premier and the MEC for education in the province.
• Possible tourism spin offs will be explored.
• The forthcoming total solar eclipse will be workshopped with science teachers.
• Teacher organizations and NGOs will be targeted for promoting eclipse awareness.
• A three-hour workshop is to be designed for schools.
• Follow up visits to schools will be undertaken to maintain quality control.
• Radio station slots are to be filled to disseminate information on the total solar eclipse in local languages.
• The HartRAO A4 page will be translated into Tshivenda and Xitsonga by two of the delegates.