Rescue of Iridium's 66 satellites at $5 billion (Part II/Responses)

<<April 8, 2000>>

Gary Garriott <garyg@vita.org>

Ben Hindley <ab367@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca>

D.K. Sachdev <dsachdev@worldspace.com>

Mr. Jim Miller <jimmsl@aol.com>

Peter H. Rosen <Peter@creativity.net>

David Josephson <david@josephson.com>

Stephen G. Tom <stephen_tom@email.msn.com>

Prof. and Mrs. Edward C. DeLand <edeland@anes.ucla.edu>

Bruce P. Chadwick <bchadwick@mindspring.com>

Rex Buddenberg <budden@nps.navy.mil>

Hans Kruse <hkruse1@ohiou.edu>

Edward Dodds <dodds@home.com>

Dear Gary:
==========

(1) ATTACHMENT I to XI are responses to my previous listserve distribution
which was titled Rescue of Iridium's 66 satellites at $5 billion -
April 5, 2000" which is now available at;

<http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve/global-univ-2000.html>.

Dear Colleagues listed above:
=============================

Many thanks for your very interesting replies.

(2) Referring to your proposal at your web <www.vita.org/consort.htm>, it
seems that a day workshop in Washington DC would be worthwhile endeavor.

Dear Electronic Colleagues:
===========================

(3) I strongly suggest that you read VITA's proposal A Satellite E-Mail
Network for Developing Countries" at the above web, so that you can get
some idea how VITA operates VITASAT.

(4) Gary's VITA is well known to be the expert on the use of Low Earth
     Orbiting (LEO) satellites for narrow-band Internet connections with
     remote/rural areas of developing countries since 1984. They have
     received the Pioneers Award from the US Federal Communications
     Commission (FCC) in 1994. They received a FCC's operational license in
     1995. They launched a LEO satellite several years ago -- although I
     understand that a second one encountered with a launch failure.

(5) VITA currently have a fleet of LEO satellites with a coalition of
     satellite vendors who donated excess capacity for humanitarian purposes.
     Each of the satellites is circling earth at least four times a day for
     about ten minutes of staying overhead of a site for each pass which
     complete orbit takes about 105 minutes.

          If Iridium's 66 satellites can join in the VITA's fleet, many
          remote/rural areas in developing countries (*) can have connection
          with outside world free of charge, albeit slow-speed -- aha!, when
          I started using email a quarter century ago, I used a phone
          coupler at 300 bps and I was amazed to have a new modem at 9600
          bps several years later!!

          (*) e.g., the middle of African or South American continents --
               or even 50% of Native Americans' communities in Montana does
               not have ordinary analog telephone yet!! Also, analog
               telephone networks in many localities in developing
               countries are still not adequate enough for Internet.

     (a) VITA's usage of LEO is NOT for audio -- need to THINK DIFFERENT (a
          Apple's motto -- I am an ardent user of Mac after having tested
          Windows 3.1 for a couple of months some years ago!!),

(b) VITA's way of using LEO does not require any maintenance costs.

          1.   Though the foot-print of LEO is small, VITA organizes a
               network of gateway which can downlink and connect with
               terrestrial Internet. The data is downloaded at the nearest
               gateway and sent out by the terrestrial Internet.

          2.   The LEO can also be used for two-way transmission with
               ground terminals when it is overhead. This bent pipe" mode
               in which user terminals within the same footprint can
               communicate directly with each other, say, with chat mode.
               This means that, if there are more LEO satellites in VITA's
               fleet, this can be done anytime and anywhere, without
               waiting a LEO passes by overhead -- this LEO's low altitude
               (600 miles) could be an advantageous for the chat mode than
               the use of Geostationary Earth Orbiting (GEO) satellites (at
               23,000 miles in space) with 0.35 second time delay for the
               round trip of a signal.

(6) Even though the satellites of Iridium may not be usable for broadband
     Internet yet, having reliable narrow-band Internet is the very first
     step to work with the people of remote/rural areas toward the deployment
     of the broadband Internet.

          Another example is the case of disaster. It is well known fact in
          telemedicine that email was the first to report Kobe earthquake to
          the outside world a few years ago. I felt very satisfied and
          honored when I received sincere thanks from a former Japanese
          House Representative when I mentioned of this, since I once worked
          to de-regulate the Japanese telecom policies for the use of email
          almost two decades ago. He experienced the devastated quake by
          himself in the middle of Kobe.

Dear Gary:
==========

(7) About two years ago, at your request, I tried to solicit the interest of
NEC Corporation in Japan to mass-produce your very, very inexpensive
transceiver (say, around $2,000/unit, if I recall correctly) with off-the-shelf components, but in vain.

If you succeed to rescue Iridium's satellites, NEC may rekindle their
interest.

(8) You may firstly investigate the date of Motorola's starting dismantle
the Iridium satellites.

You may then write a letter to the chairman of Motorola to postpone the
date.

(9) You may then hold a day workshop in DC to closely investigate the
technical capabilities of their LEO if they can be used for your VITA's
purpose with narrow-band Internet.

Pls particularly note Steve Tom's and Rex Buddenberg's suggestions
(ATTACHMENT VI and IX).

(10) Pls let me know when you decide to have a day workshop.

Best, Tak
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ATTACHMENT I

Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 14:36:06 -0600 (CST)
From: Ben Hindley <ab367@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca>
To: Tak Utsumi <utsumi@friends-partners.org>
cc: Gary Garriott <garyg@vita.org>,
        John Shakespear <john.shakespeare@js.pentagon.mil>,
        "Dr. Joseph N. Pelton" <ecjpelton@aol.com>,
        "Peter T. Knight" <ptknight@attglobal.net>,
        Steve Tom <stethen@teleportconsulting.com>,
        Peter Marshall <pminhindon@aol.com>, Jim Casey <jcasey@ifc.org>,
        Jim Casey <caseyja@gtlaw.com>, Demetri Heliotis <jheaps@fcc.gov>,
        "Ms. Irene Flanner" <iflanner@fcc.gov>,
        "Mr. Tony Trujillo" <tony.trujillo@intelsat.int>,
        "Mr. Myron Nordquist" <myron_nordquist@burns.senate.gov>,
        "D.K. Sachdev" <dksachdev@worldspace.com>,
        Gracia Hillman <ghillman@worldspace.org>, John Mack <jlmack@erols.com>
Subject: Rescue of Iridium's 66 satellites at $5 billion

Hi!

Reference to:
(5) The key is if the satellite can be used for narrow-band (and preferably
     for broadband) Internet -- e.g., for our Global University System with
     global broadband Internet -- If you could, please run this on your list
     and see if there is any interest from anybody. There are lots of
     humanitarian users who will benefit if Iridium can stay up there!
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Everyone, I am President of B.Hindley - H. Peace and K. Barn (ICT STORE)
International Limited a Public Company Registered in Dar es Salaam
Tanzania. We also have a management company in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,
Canada.

We would like to be come involved in this project so that we can offer
TeleHelath and Telemedicine, Distance Education and Internet Service via
satellite to the People of Africa and the World. If there is any way that
we can lend a hand on this project please let me know as soon as possible.

Waiting for your responce:

Ben Hindley, President
B.Hindley - H. Peace and K. Barn (ICT STORE) International Limited
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Dar es Salaam Tanazania East Africa.
(306) 374-0346
201-502 Tait Crescent
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, S7H 5L2
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ATTACHMENT II

From: gu-l@friends-partners.org
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 17:05:03 -0400
To: dsachdev@worldspace.com
Cc: utsumi@friends-partners.org
Subject: Error Condition Re: Re: Rescue of Iridium's 66 satellites at $5
billion

I look forward to hear if such a workshop is organized.
Regards
DK
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ATTACHMENT III

From: JIMMSL@aol.com
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 19:56:42 EDT
Subject: Re: Rescue of Iridium's 66 satellites at $5 billion
To: Gary Garriott <garyg@vita.org>,
John Shakespeare <john.shakespeare@js.pentagon.mil>,
     Ecjpelton@aol.com,
     "Peter T. Knight" <ptknight@attglobal.net>,
     Steve Tom <stethen@teleportconsulting.com>,
     Pminhindon@aol.com,
     Jim Casey <jcasey@ifc.org>,
     Jim Casey <caseyja@gtlaw.com>,
     Demetri Heliotis <jheaps@fcc.gov>,
     "Ms. Irene Flanner" <iflanner@fcc.gov>,
     "Mr. Tony Trujillo" <tony.trujillo@intelsat.int>,
     "Mr. Myron Nordquist" <myron_nordquist@burns.senate.gov>,
     "D.K. Sachdev" <dksachdev@worldspace.com>,
     Gracia Hillman <ghillman@worldspace.org>,
     John Mack <jlmack@erols.com>,
     utsumi@columbia.edu

Tak -

The Irdium constellation utilizes L-band frequencies similar, but not the
same as INMARSAT systems such as we used for GLH demonstrations in the past
few years. A problem is their low data rate and the unique construction and
configuration, especially on-board switching and transport optimization.
Also, the economic value as a write-off by Motorola, et al, may be an asset
to a non-profit entity if they contribute it to them. Then there is the
technology and training involved in operations and maintenance plus the
salaries of qualified engineers and techs - $3M/Month sounds very low, even
for power and rent. There are emerging technologies that utilize existing
satellites that provide 512Kbps with bursts to 2Mbps at $60,000 installed
cost per LES and $6000 per month operating costs.

I would suggest a teleconference prior to a face to face meeting to present
the basic design and logistic elements. We need to see if we are saving the
Edsel or saving Keiko.

Jim Miller
President
SYNECTICS, Ltd.
2 Nickerson Street, Suite 100
Seattle, WA 98109-1652 USA

Phone: 206-283-9420 Fax: 206-283-4538
Mobile: 206-619-2144
email: jimmsl@aol.com & jwm@synecticsltd.com
website: http://synecticsltd.com
E-Rate SPIN - 143004591
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ATTACHMENT IV

Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 11:53:31 -0900
To: gu-l@friends-partners.org
From: "V.A.R.I.O.U.S. Media" <peter@creativity.net>
Subject: Re: Rescue of Iridium's 66 satellites at $5 billion
Cc: Dave Warner <davew@well.com>, David Warner <davew@npac.syr.edu>,
bill@microsoft.com (please forward), Gary Garriott <garyg@vita.org>,
"'Tak Utsumi'" <utsumi@friends-partners.org>
Status: RO

Aloha,

I've copied this to Dr. Dave Warner who is pioneering telemedicine
(www.pulasr.org); a good application for such a network. I've added my two
bits. Feedback?

>From: Gary Garriott <garyg@vita.org>
>To: "'Tak Utsumi'" <utsumi@friends-partners.org>
>Subject: FW: Iridium
>Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 09:07:47 -0400
>
>Hi Tak,
>
>I wonder if you remember the message you sent me suggesting that VITA look
>into a sort of 'rescue mission' for Iridium. Well, I took your advice to
heart
>and it appears that such is possible if we can find someone with about $3
>million/month to run it! I will try to find out what current revenues are
>like on a monthly basis and send that along.
>

Bill Gates could use a lift, why don't you run it by him? lol (with
tongue in cheek, but not biting it, cause gates would go for it :-). The
only other person that comes to mind is D. Trump but he's not in the
industry that could maximize the resource. IMHO.

BTW: We are still seeking participants for "KidCast For Peace; Solutions
For a Better World" series of multicast videoconferences on Earth Day:
http://creativity.net/kidcast2.html. Please pass the word...

This is a personal invitation to consider participation in Creativity
Cafe's "KidCast For Peace; Solutions For a Better World;" a
telecommunications activity in which kids meet (Earth Day, April 22, 2000
is next) in videoconferences several times a year to share their heart and
ideas for making the world a happier, healthier, and more peaceful/safer
place. Kids (of all ages with focus on K-12) create analog and digital art,
animation, web sites, etc. that demonstrate suggestions for improving the
planet and its peoples. The actual KidCast For Peace is a CU-SeeMe multi
node videocast in which kids share their work interactively with their
peers globally. We are giving children an opportunity to tell the adults
what to do for a change and to help shape the world they will inherit.
Project center is in KidCast Central: http://creativity.net/kidcast2.html.
Please participate and assist our future leaders!

Aloha from Maui,
-Peter-
a concerned citizen
KidCast Coordinator
Founder; Creativity Cafe; a "New School for the Next Millennium"

Peter H. Rosen
V.A.R.I.O.U.S. Media
140 Uwapo Rd.,#49-204
Kihei, Maui HI 96753
808 875-4747
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ATTACHMENT V

Subject: Iridium
To: utsumi@columbia.edu
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 15:47:04 -0700 (PDT)

Dear Tak,

Very interesting collection of messages, thank you for posting to the
VITA list. Being an inveterate scrounger I too have been scouring my
mind for a way to reuse the system, it seems tragic to waste it. There
comes a point however when you must look even a gift horse in the teeth
and see whether it will run your race or not. The problem with the
Iridium constellation is that it was made for short range, narrow
bandwidth links, where uplink power was the determining design factor.
You cannot get from New York to South America, for instance, because
the orbits are too low. It would be ideal for a global *narrow-band*
Internet, for email in the bush for instance, but not for Internet
traffic in the tens-of-kB/sec/user range that people expect now. Even
for that,

Your point that the transponders are "theoretically just reflectors" is
very easy to attack from an engineering perspective. Iridium transponders
are not, as I understand it, simple "bent pipe" reflectors but contain
a great deal of switching and call control logic. Your point is correct
however if you can somehow boil down the Iridium operating protocol to a
given bandwidth and footprint, and I have no doubt that effective digital
data connections could be made as easily as voice calls.

One other mode that comes to mind, for a global wireless Internet, is
along the lines of the existing Internet services that use wide band
Ku-band geosynchronous satellites for downlink data to the user. Most of
these services use regular phone lines for connectivity from the user (which
data path is presumed to be much less dense than the downlink). The
Iridium system could provide a worldwide uplink, and a few low-cost
Ku transponders could provide the downlink.

Maybe you can get Bill Gates to bail it out.

Cheers
--
David Josephson / Josephson Engineering / San Jose CA / david@josephson.com
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ATTACHMENT VI

From: "Stephen G. Tom" <stephen_tom@email.msn.com>
To: <JIMMSL@aol.com>, "Gary Garriott" <garyg@vita.org>,
        "John Shakespeare" <john.shakespeare@js.pentagon.mil>,
        <Ecjpelton@aol.com>, "Peter T.Knight" <ptknight@attglobal.net>,
        "Peter Marshall" <pminhindon@aol.com>, "Jim Casey" <jcasey@ifc.org>,
        "Jim Casey" <caseyja@gtlaw.com>, "Demetri Heliotis" <jheaps@fcc.gov>,
        "Ms. Irene Flanner" <iflanner@fcc.gov>,
        "Mr. TonyTrujillo" <tony.trujillo@intelsat.int>,
        "Mr. Myron Nordquist" <myron_nordquist@burns.senate.gov>,
        "D.K. Sachdev" <dksachdev@worldspace.com>,
        "Gracia Hillman" <ghillman@worldspace.org>,
        "John Mack" <jlmack@erols.com>, "Tak Utsumi" <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Subject: Re: Rescue of Iridium's 66 satellites at $5 billion
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 20:08:30 -0400

Jim,

Here is the note I sent to Tak, but couldn't forward to the rest of the
distribution list until I received your message.

Tak:

I tried to "reply all" with your message and could not copy this to the rest
of the distribution.

Questions before anyone goes too far down this road:

1. Do we know that time hasn't run out? If not, what is the window of
opportunity?
2. Is there a technical reason why it would be impractical to use the
Iridium system for some form of distance education or humanitarian effort?
3. What application could be implemented quickly that doesn't require
development or manufacture of proprietary terminal equipment?
4. No offense to John Shakespeare, have we verified the $3 million/month
operating cost? What about the cost of replacing failing satellites?
5. Jim Miller has questioned whether it would be practical to develop a
"use it until it can't function" scenario. Wouldn't that incur some
"end-of-life" scenarios that would be hard to handle?

To my friend Bob K. Do you have any input to this discussion?

Stephen G. Tom
President
Teleport Consulting Group International, L.L.C.
525 Queen Street, Suite 200
Alexandria, VA 22314-2512
+1 703.548.7749, telephone
+1 703.548.2428, FAX
+1 800.206.1671, pager
E-mail: stephen@teleportconsulting.com
Visit our web site: www.teleportconsulting.com
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ATTACHMENT VII

Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 22:09:41 -0400
From: edward deland <edeland@ucla.edu>
To: utsumi@friends-partners.org
Subject: Re: Rescue of Iridium's 66 satellites at $5 billion

TAK: I think this is a problem of just about the
right size for VP Al Gore, the "inventor" of the
internet (!) and the administration's technical
Guru.

Edward C. DeLand, PhD
edeland@ucla.edu
Ph: (310) 823-7012
Fax: (310) 823-7013
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ATTACHMENT VIII

Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 23:04:02 -0400
To: bchadwick@mindspring.com
Cc: utsumi@friends-partners.org
Subject: Error Condition Re: Re: Rescue of Iridium's 66 satellites at $5
billion

Edu-Friends:

I've been thinking about how to rescue Iridium for public purposes, but have
concluded that it isn't practical or cost-effective. Apparently, the
equipment only works with the fantastically expensive phones and even then can
deliver only about 9600 baud. I expect competing companies to have cheaper,
faster, more reliable systems up within a few years.

The real question is how to make some of this emerging broadband available for
public use and education in developing areas, I suppose.

Cheers,

Bruce P. Chadwick, Ph.D.
Winrock International
Team Leader, Knowledge Portal for Sustainable Development
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ATTACHMENT IX

Date: Thu, 6 Apr 00 12:12:49 EDT
From: Rex Buddenberg <budden@nps.navy.mil>
To: utsumi@fpwww.friends-partners.org
Subject: [GATEWAY:248] Re: Rescue of Iridium's 66 satellites at $5 billion

>
>(3) I wonder if those satellites can be used for broadband Internet.
>

This is a worthwhile question to ask. The way you should ask the question is:

'Can Iridium be organized as a radio-WAN? And can it do IP multicast?'

Amplifying.

The fact that the pipes are small (voice sized, which means you get around
4k bits/second) diverts from the real issue. Any satellite system (or any
RF-based system for that matter) will provide about three orders of
magnitude less bandwidth than equivalent terrestrial WANs and LANs. For
example, INMARSAT B 'high speed data' service provides a point-to-point
channel of 56kpbs. At the same time, cable modem service to your house is
providing a couple orders of magnitude more than that.
     The real issue is getting some decent efficiency out of the bandwidth
available. The big 'aha' is to recognize that most data doesn't go just
one place. Multicast provides the means to place the data at multiple
destinations for the price of a single transit over each link.
     There are a great number of military and public service applications
where the data needs to go >1 places. Weather information dissemination is
an obvious one applicable to both areas. Additionally, when you build
real-world systems and dirty issues like availability and survivability
appear, you find that the world is many-many, not point-point. In short,
the trunked channel approach (all the Big LEOs, and all the cellular
telephone companies) is not what we want.
     The technical problems to multicast IP are largely solved at the
network (IP/IGMP) layer. And there are practical applications that sit
over that out in the marketplace. So we don't need to worry about that
part. What's left, for the Iridium perspective, is whether we can organize
a radio-WAN (hint: IP routers at the border) which can multicast within.
     Once you get this far, you see that organizing the available bandwidth
as so many voice-sized slices is clearly not the way. (as soon as you
discover voice-over-IP, the last reason to keep trunked systems around goes
away).   We're far better off with a single, large pipe. (Hint: note how
many ISDN PRI pipes the phone companies sold to ISPs for router-to-router
connections ... none). This 'single, large pipe' tends to get labeled
'broadband', but the ability to organize a multiparty radio-WAN is the real
problem to be solved.

Can Iridium do this? I'm doubtful, but could be convinced otherwise.
Globalstar, because the satellites are indeed bent pipes, could be
organized to provide radio-WAN. But Iridium chose to put a fair chunk of
switching (in order to make the crosslinks work) into the satellites
themselves. Unfortunately, when you do that, Moore's Law stops on launch
day. Particularly if they have hardwired switching fabrics and
multiplexers which can't be changed with a software upload.

Help?

(sorry, the bailout kitty here is dry)

b
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ATTACHMENT X

Date: Thu, 6 Apr 00 12:34:10 EDT
From: hkruse1@ohiou.edu
To: utsumi@fpwww.friends-partners.org
Subject: [GATEWAY:249] Re: Rescue of Iridium's 66 satellites at $5 billion

On Thu, 6 Apr 00 12:14:14 EDT Rex Buddenberg <budden@nps.navy.mil>
wrote:

> >(3) I wonder if those satellites can be used for broadband Internet.
>
> This is a worthwhile question to ask. The way you should ask the question
is:
>
> 'Can Iridium be organized as a radio-WAN? And can it do IP multicast?'
>

I don't have a definitive answer on that, sorry. However, I have done
a fair amount of concept design work on IP multicast for GEO
satellites. One problem is that IP multicast is protocol layer 3, and
most devices (like routers) have a hard time understanding hardware
(layer 1) multicast.

As to Iridium, the use of spot beams (which Globalstar also uses, I
think), makes them inherently non-broadcast.

Finally, the use of on-board processing in LEOs is not as foolish as it
may sound; these birds have a max 4-5 year life span, so you "upgrade
by launching". This lifespan makes it also unlikely that anyone can
use the existing constellation (except for a brief period of time)
without getting into the launching business; that is why the business
model for LEOs is so difficult and dangerous.

----------------------
Hans Kruse, Associate Professor, Director
McClure School of Communication Systems Management
Ohio University
hkruse1@ohiou.edu 740-593-4891 voice, 740-593-4889 fax
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ATTACHMENT XI

From: "Ed Dodds" <dodds@home.com>
To: "Tak Utsumi $E-mail$" <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Subject: Question
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 08:34:12 -0500

Tak:

I saw your note the other day about Iridium. Have you talked to GM about
using the Iridium satellites to deploy Eureka 147 digital radio here in the
States to provide a revenue stream so that you can use it for GLOSAS? I keep
writing all of the computer textbook publishers and tring to convince them
there is an audio market for all of that content they've already
aggregated -- they just need to convert it for corporate streaming audio and
digital radio and wap applications. GM seems to get this.

dodds@home.com
ICQ 49457096
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Ben Hindley
ICT Consultant, Distance Education Consultant
President
TeleMED International, Canada
H. Peace and K. Barn (ICT STORE) International Limited
201-502 Tait Crescent
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Canada, S7H 5L2
(306) 374-0346
ab367@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca

D.K. Sachdev
Senior Vice President
Engineering & Operations
Worldspace Corporation
2400 N Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20037 USA
Tel: 202 969 6000
Direct: 202 969 6210
Fax: 202 969 6003
dsachdev@worldspace.com

Mr. Jim Miller
President
SYNECTICS, Ltd.
2 Nickerson Street, Suite 100
Seattle, WA 98109-1652
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Peter H. Rosen
V.A.R.I.O.U.S. Media
140 Uwapo Rd.,#49-204
Kihei, Maui HI 96753
808 875-4747
Peter@creativity.net
http://www.creativity.net/ccafe

David Josephson
Josephson Engineering
San Jose CA
david@josephson.com

Stephen G. Tom
President
Teleport Consulting Group International, L.L.C.
525 Queen Street, Suite 200
Alexandria, VA 22314-2512
+1 703.548.7749, telephone
+1 703.548.2428, FAX
+1 800.206.1671, pager
stephen_tom@email.msn.com
E-mail: stephen@teleportconsulting.com
Visit our web site: www.teleportconsulting.com

Prof. and Mrs. Edward C. DeLand
DeLand Associates
254 Redlands St
Playa Del Rey, Ca 90293
(310)823-7012
Fax: (310) 823-7013
edeland@anes.ucla.edu

Bruce P. Chadwick
Winrock International
Team Leader, Knowledge Portal for Sustainable Development
bchadwick@mindspring.com
bruce@chadwick.org
www.bruce.chadwick.org
www.winrock.org

Rex Buddenberg <budden@nps.navy.mil>

Hans Kruse
Associate Professor, Director
McClure School of Communication Systems Management
Ohio University
740-593-4891 voice
740-593-4889 fax
hkruse1@ohiou.edu

Edward Dodds
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* Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D., P.E., Chairman, GLOSAS/USA                  *
* (GLObal Systems Analysis and Simulation Association in the U.S.A.) *
* Laureate of Lord Perry Award for Excellence in Distance Education *
* Founder of CAADE                                                   *
* (Consortium for Affordable and Accessible Distance Education)      *
* President Emeritus and V.P. for Technology and Coordination of     *
*   Global University System (GUS)                                   *
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* Email: utsumi@columbia.edu; Tax Exempt ID: 11-2999676             *
* http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/                            *
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