Comments on: “Madagascar”, a popular brand that sells the wrong product

By: Cherie Bronkar

Cherie Bronkar — Tue, 12 May 2009 17:56:32 +0000

Thank you I’ll take a look at the project and see if there’s a way we might all work together.

By: madafan

madafan — Mon, 11 May 2009 10:04:48 +0000

Hi Cherie,thank you for stopping by on madafan.com
You’ve got such a woderful project at http://www.bronkars.com/MalagasyPeoplesLibrary/AboutUs.html . Congrats for the first shipment of books to Madagascar.
You may want to contact the Telomiova project who is also trying to improve education through the use of ICT. (full disclosure: I am also part of the Telomiova project)

By: Cherie Bronkar

Cherie Bronkar — Sun, 10 May 2009 14:22:56 +0000

I have to agree too. So sad that people her in the US only know the movie and not the real Madagascar. Although I’ve never been there I’ve had the pleasure to get to know people who are there and I am committed to doing what I can to promote the real Madagascar and the Malagasy people. Check out my website http://www.bronkars.com/MalagasyPeoplesLibrary/index.html to see what we’re trying to accomplish for the Malagasy people. We need more contacts in Madagascar and any connections that could move our project forward. We’re pretty grassroots and still getting the hang of things but we do our best and I think we will accomplish our goal of locating a public library that’s free to the people in Antananarivo.

By: madafan

madafan — Sun, 03 May 2009 17:29:18 +0000

Hey Mr Dourix, welcome to this second blog
I think claiming the property from dreamworks ain’t the best way to go, and frankly I don’t wanna know about the deal that may have already been done for using this name. Moreover, why not let them use all their marketing power to have “Madagascar” as a top of mind for our potential clients. Once Madagascar (the island) will knock at their door, they will remember it (instead of saying “huh, Madagascar?what is that?”). I understand that we need to be jealous about the name, but has this name helped us thus far? People are talking about it now (not the way we would like them to), but then I do think it’ll be easier for any Madagascar destination promoter to say “hey, do you know that the actual Madagascar island is far more worth to visit/know?”

By: dourix

dourix — Sun, 03 May 2009 14:29:04 +0000

too true mr madafan, sad but it’s the reality; still i think we could take this as an opportunity to associate “the island” to the well known brand.
by the way, can’t we claim the property right to dreamworks?
milay e!