It's and old joke to note the hypocritical: "Do as I say, not as I do!" That's why I pointed out that I hate making CV's and generally avoid doing what I hate. Part of why I mention that it's a good thing to do has to do with telling others about yourselves, some might say marketing. That's something I'm not good at either, but important for the success of this project.

It is very good to have an organization and a government registration of the organization. This is a step that take a lot of work and planning.

Something that I think about that is coming up with a name something more general than Books for Poor Students in Uganda, or Uganda Books. I guess when I'm thinking more generally, I'm thinking of many other ways of sharing information with students, for example the many ways of sharing digital files. The reason I think this view is important is because the capital costs to start up a printing and publishing operation are fairly large. And mostly organizations grow by building upon small successes that cost very little money to start.

Getting back to the issue of telling others about yourselves, there are many ways to use the Internet to do that. While, I understand the problem that most rural schools don't have access to the Internet, it still seems important for the principals of this project to find ways to use the Internet effectively to further your purposes. Part of being a publisher is being good at marketing your products. Just as marketing is important to sell books, marketing can be important to receive the kind of support this project needs. And now the most important part to market is yourselves.

Whenever you publish something here at Ned, many people see it. You are contributing to your Web presence. I have a pretty common name so if you search John Powers, you won't see me in the top searches. However if you search Bazungu Bucks--the name of a blog I write but don't post to enough--then I'll come up and not just my blog but all sorts of places the name Bazungu Bucks has appeared. One thing about your Ugandan names is there's not so much competition. So as you put things up on the Internet, your name will be high on search results. I searched Kasinja's name and found mostly comments here at Ned, but also a proposal at Give Meaning.

So part of the reason that I think CV's are important is because in the back of my mind I'm interested in the ways people can use the Internet to build connections to make good things happen. Some people aren't like me and actually think about such things and plan. With a little planning and work the ways you all are seen on the Internet can be made more or less effective. I'm betting that you want to be effective. So it's fun to think of ways to do that.