FlagPole Initiative
Channel: Anthony J. Sloan
Date: 17/05/2016

From the Desk of the Public Relations and Recruitment Coordinator of the (historic) University of Fort Hare's International Student Association comes this unique initiative to fund and on-going tradition to be launched on the Alice Campus.

Here is the Template missive mentioned in the posting:
Greetings ___________

The (historic) University of Fort Hare, in the Eastern Cape of the Republic of South Africa, is currently celebrating its centenary.
One of the accomplishments projected for this year is to relocate the International Students to a facility that would reflect the decades of International scholars passing through this venerable institution - past, present and future.

The International students will be doing something, we think, quite unique. 
We are fundraising independent of the institution as they renovate and build our new facilities for the many African and global students who choose our Alice Campus.

In front of the new facility we will be erecting flag poles (from African steel) to fly the flags of the many nations represented by the International student body.
The three-sided sloped concrete moorings would be inscribed with information – dedication(s) on the culture and history of the represented nation.
To this end we are asking support for this project from the respective nations of origin of the scholars. 

Each Nation would provide the funds for their individual flag pole as well as two (2) flags of the nation.
When the flag poles are set, the student numbers of the current students on all three campuses (Alice, Bhisho, East London) will be engraved in the poles.
We will also solicit alumni student numbers from past scholars who have passed through the institution.
We will seek donations from those past scholars (or their estates) from respective countries to contribute to the initiative to add their student numbers to the respective (nation) poles.

Each year there would be a ceremony to add additional numbers to the respective poles.

We have a little extra competitive pressure to the initiative by suggesting that the order in which the countries complete the initial pole cost be the order in which the nation picks the pole placement in front of the facility. 

There is also a pole initiative for the backside of the building with larger (taller) poles for corporations / businesses who sponsor initiatives within the facilities. 
(…More on that at another time.)

Kindly let us know as soon as possible what you think of the project and how much support you can give to this initiative.

Respectfully submitted


______________________ 
Student number: xxxxxxxxx


From the Desk of the
Public Relations 
and Recruitment Coordinator