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Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:22:56 -0500
From: djohnutk <djohnutk@utkux.utcc.utk.edu>
To: alexandr@ibrati.com.br
Cc: utsumi@columbia.edu
Subject: UNAMAZ meeting participation

Hello Alex:

I hope this finds you well and prospering. I wanted to touch base with you on my progress on pursuing a possible participation in the UNAMAZ meeting in Colombia. Dr. Utsumi has contacted you with a list of Global University System desired participants, some of whom would be funded, we hope, by NSF. I am now preparing a draft proposal to NSF through University of Tennessee Research Office to provide travel and per diem support for these attendees. (PAHO people will be able to travel on their own funds.) The University will be able to provide a modest travel match for UT personnel and will act as pass-through for NSF funds for non-UT participants, under the grant application.

I will need to include one additional UT person in the project, who will act as observer, and follow-up resource. He would be Richard Davis of the Office of International Agricultural Programs. I wish to include Mr. Davis as it is our hope that his office will direct the creation of a distance learning module Environmental Management course based on the courses we have offered here for many years. My hope is that such a course might of interest to the UNAMAZ group. I would participate in the development of such a course, as a learning vehicle for doing more such courses, based on what we learn in Colombia.

I am delighted that you are working with Dr. Utsumi, Dr. Dias, and others on this exciting project. We will need your help in coordinating and working with colleagues in the UNAMAZ region. If I can provide you with any needed information or further details, please let me know. I hope I can ask for your help in return.

All the best,

Dave Johnson