Presenting GSTF at the CITI conference at INTELSAT HQ

<<January 28, 2000>>

Janet Tingley <tingley@erols.com>

Dr. Joseph N. Pelton <ecjpelton@aol.com>

Peter T. Knight <ptknight@attglobal.net>

Kenneth O. Roko <KenRoko@aol.com>

Mr. Myron Nordquist <myron_nordquist@burns.senate.gov>

Dr. Ihor Bogdan Katerniak <ik@litech.net>

Mr. Uri Bar-Zemer <Uri@ids.net>

Frank Method <unesco1@cais.com>

Mr. Lane Smith <lasmith@usaid.gov>

Robert J. Rodrigues <rrodrigues@paho.org>

Dr. Parker Rossman <grossman@mail.coin.missouri.edu>

Dear Janet:
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(1) Referring to correspondence between Joe Pelton and Peter Knight
(ATTACHMENT I and II), I am requesting the following people to attend
the Founders' Conference of the Clarke Institute for Telecommunications
and Information (CITI) from 8:30 am of 2/5th at INTELSAT 3400
International Drive, NW, Washington, DC 20008;

1. Peter T. Knight,
2. Kenneth O. Roko,
3. Myron Nordquist,
4. Ihor Bogdan Katerniak,
5. Uri Bar-Zemer,
6. Lane Smith,
7. Robert J. Rodrigues.

I will also attend it.

(2) As Joe kindly suggested, pls provide them with free passage.

Dear Colleagues listed above:
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(3) Pls confirm your attendance by sending your email to Janet ASAP, if you
have not done so yet. Thanks.

Dear Peter:
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(4) Many, many thanks for your excellent job done on the synopsis of Global
Service Trust Fund (GSTF)!!

(5) As you kindly offer, may I ask you for a night to stay in the evening of
2/4th (ATTACHMENT III)?

I will arrive around 7:30 pm to 8:00 pm of the 4th, and would like to
discuss with you the strategy of our presentation at the CITI conference
next day. (Which Metro station should I get off?)

(6) In your msg to John Rose of UNESCO (ATTACHMENT IV), you said that you
submitted the draft of our proposal to UNESCO's web site for further discussion.

Pls inform its URL to Parker Rossman (ATTACHMENT V).

Thanks in advance.

Best, Tak
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ATTACHMENT I

Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 21:46:40 -0500
From: "Peter T. Knight" <ptknight@attglobal.net>
To: Ecjpelton@aol.com
CC: ptknight@ibm.net, rrodrigues@paho.org, lasmith@usaid.gov,
utsumi@columbia.edu, Tingley@erols.com
Subject: Re: Admission to the Clarke Founders's Conference

Ecjpelton@aol.com wrote:

> Dear Tak: I am now trying to finalize arrangements for the Arthur C. Clarke
> Founder's Conference. I have put together a brief power point presentation
> on the Global Trust Fund for Tele-education and would also like to print and
> distribute the paper that Peter Knight is drafting.

Frank Method of UNESCO suggested some minor changes which I will make
tomorrow. I have not had other comments yet. I have put it out to some
listservs, and also on my website at

http://www.knight-moore.com/projects/projectsindex.htm

> In order for you to be
> admitted to the conference on a gratis basis, I need to have a firm
> reservation just as soon as possible. Please confirm you will attend the
> conference at INTELSAT (3400 International Drive, NW, Wash, DC 20008 by
> sending an e-mail to Janet Tingley. I need to talk to Peter Knight just as
> soon as possible.

I would like to attend, and will be in Washington. I could make copies of the
paper in the latest version available at the date of the conference and bring
copies. I will also post any changes to the website above. I asked if Uri
Bar-Zemer could also attend. Will this be OK?

> I will be in Colorado for a couple of days, but would
> appreciate a response from Tak Utsumi and/or Peter Knight in order that we
> can plan a conference call. We have now received video tape messages from
> Walter Cronkite and Arthur Clarke and Dan Goldin the Administrator of NASA
> has just agreed to provide a key note along with other key speakers from
> INTELSAT, Orbital Sciences and Worldspace. Best regards. Joe Pelton

OK, Joe. Let me know -- I think Tak has been in Europe. He has not returned
any email or phone calls for some time now. I spoke to his wife, and I think
he will be back shortly.

Cheers,

Peter

--
Peter T. Knight
Knight, Moore - Telematics for Education and Development
Communications Development Incorporated (CDI)
1825 Eye Street, NW, Suite 1075
Washington, DC 20006, USA

Tel: 1-202-775-2132 (secretary),1- 202-721-0348 (direct, voicemail)
Fax: 1-202-775-2135 (office), 1-202362-8482 (home)
Cellphone: 1-202-255-7215
Email: ptknight@attglobal.net
http://www.knight-moore.com (updated) and http://www.cdinet.com
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ATTACHMENT II

Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 06:45:55 -0500
From: "Peter T. Knight" <ptknight@attglobal.net>
To: Tingley@erols.com
CC: Ecjpelton@aol.com, Frank Mehhod <UNESCO1@CAIS.COM>, utsumi@columbia.edu,
Tak Utsumi <utsumi@www.friends-partners.org>, Uri Bar-Zemer <uri@ids.net>,
Lane Smith <lasmith@usaid.gov>, Robert Rodrigues <rrodrigues@paho.org>
Subject: Re: Admission to the Clarke Founders's Conference

Ecjpelton@aol.com wrote:

> Dear Peter: THis is fine. I am going away for a few days. Please send your
> name and others to Janet Tingley as indicated above and indicate that this
> is a "complimentary admission" as will be the case for all GLOSAS members.
> Joe Pelton

Dear Janet,

As per Joe Pelton's email, I would like to request free passes to participate
in the conference for:

Peter Knight - Knight-Moore Telematics for Education and Development/CDI
Uri Bar-Zemer - UNISAT
Frank Method - UNESCO
Takeshi Utsumi - GLOSAS USA
Lane Smith - USAID
Robert Rodrigues - PAHO

All will participate on behalf of GLOSAS to present the proposal for
establishment of the Global Service Trust Fund and Coalition for Global
Information Infrastructure for Education and Healthcare. I cannot guarantee
that all will be there, but I certainly will. If I learn anyone on the list is
definitely not coming, I or they will advise you. The proposal may be found at

http://www.knight-moore.com/projects/projectsindex.htm

Click on proposal to see the full proposal. We will be updating this Working
Draft as we receive comments.

With best regards,

Peter T. Knight
Knight, Moore - Telematics for Education and Development
Communications Development Incorporated (CDI)
1825 Eye Street, NW, Suite 1075
Washington, DC 20006, USA

Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 09:22:46 -0500
From: "Peter T. Knight" <ptknight@attglobal.net>
To: Tak Utsumi <utsumi@www.friends-partners.org>, utsumi@columbia.edu
Subject: Tak, no talk? Are you coming to Washington on Feb 5? Need a place to
stay?

Tak,

I haven't seen any comments from you on the proposal for the GSTF we
have been working on, as requested at the PAHO meeting. I've called your
place several times and gotten your wife, who said she would contact
you. I know you're back in the States from the recent flow of
Utsumigrams.

If you are coming to Washington for the CITI Conference on February 5
and need a place to stay a few metro stops away from INTELSAT, please
feel free to stay with us. Just let me know in advance.

Cheers,

Peter

Attached is latest version for the conference and a shot of me skiing
down the street in front of our house. Maybe we'll still have good snow
next week!

P
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ATTACHMENT IV

Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 05:30:57 -0500
From: "Peter T. Knight" <ptknight@attglobal.net>
To: John Rose <J.Rose@unesco.org>
CC: Frank Mehhod <UNESCO1@CAIS.COM>, Lane Smith <lasmith@usaid.gov>,
Tak Utsumi <utsumi@www.friends-partners.org>, utsumi@columbia.edu,
Joseph Pelton <jpelton@seas.gwu.edu>
Subject: Re: Any reaction to proposal?

John Rose wrote:

> I have been listening, Peter, and have been in contact with Frank who is
> representing us on this.
>

Good, John.

>
> Of course the idea of e-rates is very much within our concerns, but in
> addition to the financial/organizational problems (how to raise all those
> billions, the nebulous nature of the "Global Service Trust Fund") there are
> technical points to reconsider, e.g.: i) Why only education and health? What
> about, for example, libraries, museums, certain research institutions, NGOs,
> local communities?

Good questions, John. We felt education and health were strong allies and key
applications. But of course there are many other worthwhile causes. Surely
libraries could fit in. But where to draw the line? How to police it? How to
avoid institutions turning into de facto ISPs and providing unfair competition
for traditional ISPs? I think we have to limit it to some extent. Hence,
demonstrated need for high bandwidth, in fairly tightly defined education and
health sectors could serve as an Occam's razor. We are not trying to
demonstrate the value of the Internet per se, which is well recognized, but of
what is possible at the higher end once it becomes accessible. Over time the
cost of this bandwidth should fall and in the meantime applications can begin
flourishing, helping build the future demand and providing cutting edge
services at the same time.

> One should agree on a definition of public service usage
> and criteria for inclusion of users (could be different categories); ii)
> The proposal only speaks to telecommunication tariffs. What about Internet
> access charges?

Well, for larger users, they could in fact become their own ISPs, especially
if operating off satellite connections. These are getting pretty cheap. Well,
not quite -- someone has to run a hub. Food for thought.

> In the States the latter are very small, but in many
> developing countries they are very and arbitrarily high (since not
> controlled by tariff regulation and not based on free market either).

Leland experience could be helpful here. Of course, the best antidote to
outrageously high prices is competition.

> The telecom and Internet access charges may in practice be bundled or
> unbundled, but both should be considered; iii) The emphasis on broadband is
> WAY over-stated.

Here is where we see this as being a market maker, and therefore perhaps of
interest to the broad bandwith owners. Remember not so long ago when we
proposed providing 64 kb channels to the capitals, lots of people said why
need this when there were minimial dialup connections working all over the
place. But now 64 kb looks like a very thin pipe indeed. We are talking about
the next stage, and allowing poor countries to participate in the Internet 2
revolution before they would otherwise be able to.

> In our experience, most public service institutions in
> developing countries would be VERY happy with a 64kbs channel (even dial-up
> would do in many cases). Even this service is totally beyond the means of
> schools in least developed countries. Of course, broadband would be very
> useful for some applications in higher education, research and health, but
> this is not the main point. We should listen to the public service
> institutions in developing countries on their priority needs.
>
> Basically, I feel that you will not really get going until you achieve a
> broader process of consultation and negotiation.

I hope so, John, hence submitted the proposal over your website for discussion
as part of your new program. Frankly, we don't have a lot of time to put into
this, and if it is not picked up by the large international players with
staff, we will have to move on and do our own things -- we have to earn a
living.

> Hopefully the ITU, WHO, APC and other more respresentative candidate
> partners have been consulted/invited to contribute? Thanks, best regards and
> bonne chance, John

Thanks a lot for your comments, John. Miss seeing you, but I don't have free
air travel or unlimited time, and have to go where I can get paid or have
reasonable chance of finding new business to justify the expenditure of
personal funds. Of course, you may see opportunities for this, and I'd
appreciate so doing. I am hoping to get to GK 2 in Malaysia as part of my
work for infoDev. Check out our updated (at last) and improving website!

Cheers,

Peter

--
Peter T. Knight
Knight, Moore - Telematics for Education and Development
Communications Development Incorporated (CDI)
1825 Eye Street, NW, Suite 1075
Washington, DC 20006, USA

Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 08:25:52 -0600 (CST)
From: G Parker Rossman <grossman@mail.coin.missouri.edu>
To: Tak Utsumi <utsumi@friends-partners.org>
Subject: Re: Discussion on creating Global Service Trust Fund (GSTF)

Could this excellent exchange of correspondence be put on the GLOSAS web
page for record and further updating? As the beginning of a GSTF web page
in the future?
I have not received the post office copy from Dias for translating.

Parker Rossman grossman@mail.coin.missouri.edu
3 Lemmon Drive author, EMERGING WORLDWIDE ELECTRONIC
Columbia MO 65201 UNIVERSITY (Praeger, 1993)
home page: http://www.trib.net/~prossman
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Janet Tingley
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tingley@erols.com

Dr. Joseph N. Pelton
Senior Research Scientist
Institute for Applied Space Research, Rm 340
George Washington University
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Washington, D.C. 20052
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Fax: 202-994-5505
ecjpelton@aol.com
jpelton@seas.gwu.edu

Peter T. Knight
Knight, Moore - Telematics for Education and Development
Communications Development Incorporated (CDI)
Strategy, Policy, Design, Implementation, Evaluation
1825 Eye Street, NW, Suite 1075
Washington, DC 20006, USA
Tel: 1-202-775-2132 (secretary), 1-202-721-0348 (direct)
Fax: 1-202-775-2135 (office), 1-202-362-8482 (home)
ptknight@attglobal.net
webmail: ptknight@netscape.net
http://www.knight-moore.com
http://www.cdinet.com
IP for CU-SeeMe: 198.77.80.46
http://www.knight-moore.com/projects/projectsindex.htm -- about GSTF

Kenneth O. Roko
President/CEO
Next Generation Networks Technology, Inc.
8218 Running Creek Ct
Springfield, VA 22153-4610
USA
Tel: +1-703-455-8771
Cel: +1-703-919-1965
Fax: +1-561-431-0315
KenRoko@aol.com
http://www.ngntech.com

Mr. Myron Nordquist
Legislative Counsel
U.S. Senator Conrad Burns' Office
187 Dirksen Senate Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-2603
202-224-6808
Fax: 202-224-8594
Cell: 301-646-8153
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http://www.senate.gov/~burns/
804-924-7573 -- at the U. of VA.
Fax: 804-982-2622 -- at the U. of VA.

Dr. Ihor Bogdan Katerniak
Director
Lviv Institute of Management-LIM
Technology Promotion Center
57 V.Chornovil Ave.
Lviv 79601
UKRAINE
Tel: +380-322-52 2681
Fax: +380 322-52 2682
Fax: +380-322-52 4463
ik@litech.net
tpc@lim.lviv.ua
http://www.lim.lviv.ua/
http://www.uar.net/conference/
http://www.lim.lviv.ua/english/de/

Mr. Uri Bar-Zemer
48 Montague St.
Providence RI 02906
Phone/fax: 401 272 0305
Uri@ids.net

Frank Method
Director
UNESCO-Washington
(1)202-331-3755
fax:331-9121
unesco1@cais.com

Mr. Lane Smith
Coordinator of the Leland Initiative
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), AFR/SD
Ronald Reagan Building
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington D.C. 20523-4600
USA
Tel: +1-202-712 0826
Fax: +1-202-216-3373
lasmith@usaid.gov
http://www.info.usaid.gov

Robert J. Rodrigues, M.D.
Regional Advisor in Health Services Information Technology
Division of Health Systems and Services Development
Pan American Health Organization
Regional Office of the World Health Organization
525 Twenty-Third Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037
202-974-3812
202-974-3826
Fax: 202-974-3614
rrodrigues@paho.org
NetMeeting Server: ils.paho.org
http://www.paho.org

Dr. Parker Rossman
3 Lemmon Drive
Columbia MO 65201-5413
573-443-3256
FAX: 314-876-5812 (emergency)
grossman@mail.coin.missouri.edu
jrossman@mail.coin.missouri.edu
grossman@bigcat.missouri.edu
http://www.trib.net/~prossman
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