views would be respected. All the three Principals committed themselves to uphold the views that would emerge from the people. The launch of the outreach programme was done on Wednesday the 16th of June 2010. On the 21st of June 2010 COPAC embarked on the outreach programme countrywide. 70 teams were dispatched to the different provinces of the country. Each of the outreach teams comprised of the following members: • Co-chairs as overall supervisors • 2 members of the Select Committee as provincial supervisors • 3 Co-team leaders • 3 Rapporteurs • 1 Technician • Drivers • Ordinary team members Each of the teams comprised an average 14 members. 70% of these members were drawn from civil society and 30% from political parties in line with the resolution of the First All Stakeholders’ Conference. The outreach process took an additional 30 days over and above the 65 days originally planned. The outreach consultation process was completed and a total of 4 943 meetings were successfully completed in 1 960 wards countrywide as reflected in the table below. Province No. of meetings Total No. of participants No. of males No. of No. of females youths No. of special needs Average attendance Mash East Mash West Manicaland Mat South Mash Central Mat North Masvingo Midlands Harare Bulawayo Totals 567 509 677 477 652 181 756 121 647 152 130 48 211 214 023 60 158 55 034 57 828 19 248 71 965 69 733 44 148 67 760 21 602 77 284 50 400 22 119 24 911 7 142 63 482 1 465 346 1 631 219 1 292 321 239 225 101 328 614 622 672 96 57 4 943 53 077 184 208 102 453 49 699 11 556 1 118 760 20 905 64 960 43 842 17 541 4 791 416 272 20 605 76 267 42 690 17 192 3 957 441 238 11 246 41 053 15 515 14 761 2 611 253 240 321 1 928 406 215 197 8 020 86 296 152 518 203 226 In Harare, a total of 44 out of the planned 84 meetings were convened prior to the decision by the Management Committee to suspend outreach in the capital. COPAC reviewed reports from all centres and a decision was taken to re-convene 40 meetings in Harare on 30th and 31st October 2010. 14 The Constitution Select Committee (COPAC) Report to Parliament, February 2013