<<February 1, 2001>>
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Kimberly Alexandra Richards-Govere <mearsk@ucs.orst.edu>
John Senyo C. Afele, Ph.D <jafele@plant.uoguelph.ca>
Jonathan Giesen <jonathan@gng.org>
Roger Lee Boston <rboston@tenet.edu>
Jonathan Peizer <jpeizer@sorosny.org>
Mr. Jim Miller <jimmsl@aol.com>
Peter T. Knight, Ph.D. <ptknight@attglobal.net>
Francis J. Method <fmethod@erols.com>
Dr. Joseph N. Pelton <ecjpelton@aol.com>
H. Dean Sutphin <hds2@cornell.edu>
Dear Kimberly:
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(1) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT I) with excellent CV.
(2) I took the liberty of admitting you into our list so that
you will be
kept updated with the daily progress of our activities.
(3) Pls click "Correspondence: Early-2001" at the
home page of our web site
which is listed at the top of this msg.
Then, click "Contacts for establishing GUS/Nigeria - January 27, 2001".
This tells about our Nigeria contacts and operation for
your
reference, albeit still initial stage.
I visited your web with great interest. Pls watch our
list
distributions for the development of the above activity with
Nigeria
(Ghana operation may come soon with John Afele's effort),
so that your
excellent work may find the place of involvement.
Dear Jonathan Giesen:
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(4) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT II). I am very glad
to know your
substantial progress since our last correspondence in late
1998.
I re-installed you into our list.
I visited your websites with great interest -- the one of oxygen did not work.
(5) You may contact Jim Miller (ATTACHMENT III) -- he is in
Jordan from
today to 2/11th, and doing some work with their telecom firm
under the
auspices of its King's family, if I recall correctly.
(6) I wonder if you can arrange our (*) visit to Jonathan
Peizer (and if
possible, George Soros) with Kamal and Tamara in the late
afternoon
(say, 3:00 pm on) of 2/12th (Monday) -- is Jonathan Peizer
back from
his sabbatical leave?
(*) They are Peter Knight, Frank Method, and possibly Joe Pelton, etc.
We can describe our Global Service Trust Fund (GSTF) project.
(7) Keep up with your good and valuable work!!
Dear Dean:
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(8) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT IV).
It was my great pleasure to have attended with you the
ICDE/ABED
conferences in Sao Paulo last August.
We would be very delighted to be of any help to your project.
Pls let
me know when you will be in NYC area next time for our mtg.
Best, Tak
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ATTACHMENT I
From: mearsk@ucs.orst.edu
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 09:45:25 -0800 (PST)
To: jafele@plant.uoguelph.ca
cc: tapio.varis@uta.fi, utsumi@columbia.edu
Dear Professors,
I came across the GLOSAS website and I thought I would e-mail
you. I am very
interested in distance education and the development of teaching
through the
internet. I have been thinking about a way that I could teach
a class on
multicultural counselling in which counsellor educators and students
from
around the world could participate in. I would want any interested
counselling student/educator from developing countries to be able
to access
the course without paying fees. I know how important that could
be for
counsellor students/educators in Africa.
I came from Zimbabwe to do a PhD in Counsellor Education. I
hope to have my
thesis finished by June 2001. I have been working towards the
development of
counselling/psychology in Africa. I believe counselling has some
tools/ideas
that could be developed to help bring about or maintain peace.
I have built a
website for the African Counselling Network (ACN) at:
http://www.geocities.com/kim1122a
I would like to see ACN get involved with the Organization of
African Unity
in an effort to help solve some of the social problems besetting
Africa.
Though some questionable counsellor training programs in Africa
that are
cranking out thousands of 'counsellors' particularly in Eastern
and Southern
Africa in their 2-4 week training courses, there are very few
professional
counsellors all over Africa or from Africa, but together they
could organize
appropriate distance education degree courses in counselling.
Though I came from Zimbabwe for studies, I was born in USA.
Because my father
was an American-Zimbabwean, I have spent a good deal of my life
in Zimbabwe.
I would be very interested in knowing how to get involved with
GLOSAS. From
the website it appears that GLOSAS is a network of organizations/individuals.
I will send my vita in a minute, so you can see the kinds of activities
I
have been involved in.
Thank you,
Kimberly Richards-Govere, PhD (cand.)
Oregon State University
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ATTACHMENT II
From: "Jonathan Giesen" <jonathan@gng.org>
To: <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Subject: Global Nomads Group
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 16:35:32 -0600
Dear Mr. Utsumi,
On behalf of the Global Nomads Group, I wanted to drop you
an email and ask
you if you could provide us assistance within the realm of fundraising
and
partnering. I know it has been quite a while since we have contacted
you. If
I remember correctly, it was a little over a year ago when Roger
Boston sent
you a short summary of our activities and our organization.
As you might remember, the Global Nomads Group is an educational
non-profit
organization that catalyzes cross cultural education and global
dialogue
among youth through the platforms of live Internet and broadcast
conferencing. GNG provides classroom connections and satellite
broadcasts
from around the world into the classroom from different sites
of cultural,
environmental or humanitarian value.
Global Nomads Group implemented another very successful educational
program
this fall in the Middle East. Upon the invitation of Prince Hassan
bin Talal
of Jordan, last October we conducted a series of remote broadcasts
at 64kbps
and 128kbps over ISDN between schools in Texas, Florida and Amman.
These
students spoke face to face regarding life in their respective
countries.
The students had an abundance of questions: "Why do women
in the Middle East
wear veils?" "Is there as much violence in America
as they show on TV?"
"Who is to blame for the conflict in the Middle East?"
Coincidentally,
Global Nomads Group was in Jordan during beginning of the present
outbreak of
violence in the region. As an organization, we watched with
amazement as
the students in Jordan began speaking and engaging their peers
in the United
States about the conflict that was unfolding in neighboring Palestine.
The
students on both sides spoke sincerely, passionately and diplomatically
about
their feelings on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and America's
involvement.
When it was all said and done walls of the digital divide were
torn down and
students learned from each other, face-to-face, about what life
is really
like on the other side of our world. The following link takes
you to a
QuickTime movie from our website which shares the closing statements
of two
students who participated:
http://www.gng.org/archive/Jordan.mov
Besides uniting students in Jordan, Global Nomads Group partnered
with the
Smithsonian affiliated Women's Museum: An Institute for the Future
(Dallas)
and Oxygen Media for several conferences on women. Girls from
an inner city
school in Dallas were connected at the Women's Museum with girls
in Amman for
conferences on the challenges facing young women at the dawn of
the 21st
century. In addition, mothers of these children and women activists
from
Dallas and Jordan sat down for a discussion on parenting and the
challenges
faced by single mothers and the roles men play in rearing children.
It was
simply fascinating to watch these mothers communicate from two
extremely
different cultures. Yet, what unfolded during the dialogue was
the common
ground they both shared. Here is an article from a mother/reporter
at Oxygen
who participated in the mothers conference:
http://momsonline.oxygen.com/momtomom/connect/article.asp?key=3Dba001008
In 2000, we broadened our educational programs and welcomed
a new Director of
Operations and a Director of Technology. Jonathan Peizer, CTO
of George
Soros' OSI Foundation, introduced Kamal El-Wattar, our new Director
of
Operations, to us. Kamal has been a social enterprise consultant
to OSI and
other prominent foundations. Tamara Curtin, our new Director of
Technology
comes to us with extensive international coordination from Improv
Technologies.
As we enter into 2001, we look forward to expanding our commitment
to
bridging youth around the world and breaking down the digital
divide.
Presently, we are seeking funding for 2001-02 and I am brought
back to your
current initiatives with GUS/GSTF and the possibility that you
might provide
us assistance with contacts or funding partners who share similar
inspirations and goals. I have attached our 2001 Executive Summary
for your review.
I am writing this email from Dallas; however, our Directors
for
Operations,Communications and Technology are currently based in
New York. At
your convenience, would it be possible to set up an appointment
with you in
New York on their behalf ?
Also please visit our website at http://www.gng.org.
Thank you in advance for your time.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Giesen
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ATTACHMENT III
From: JIMMSL@aol.com
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 21:03:55 EDT
Subject: Our phone call of 9-13-00
To: utsumi@columbia.edu
Tak - thanks for taking time to have a live acall.
This Jordan project is very exciting as it is a real demonstration
opportunity for a sustainable economy.
Some websites to consider -
http://rtcent.com - the company
I am helping start for global infrastructure
development
http://getstartup.com
- the conference I just attended in London - key contacts for
your Sheffield Workshop
http://www.wri.org - a group
discussing the Digital Divide issue on a global basis -
I am attending the Oct 16-18 event in Seattle and will discuss
the need for
"basic" examples and demonstrations to show what can
be practical in
developing countries.
Regards,
Jim Miller
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ATTACHMENT IV
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 13:24:20 -0500
To: utsumi@friends-partners.org
From: Dean Sutphin <hds2@cornell.edu>
Subject: Re: Preparation of seminar in Cebu/Philippines on 4/20th
Tak,
I am the associate dean in the College of Agriculture and Life
Sciences at
Cornell and director of the Global Seminar for the environment
and
sustainable food systems. We are developing a network of universities
world
wide along with community colleges, two year colleges in agriculture
and
technology and magnet high schools. There are 29 active educational
institutions world wide.
I have also worked in the South Pacific and lead national initiative
in
implementation of distance learning for the American Distance
Education
Consortium ADEC, and have four presentation at ICDE in Germany
this April.
We might wish to talk about the potential linkages.
Dean S
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Kimberly Alexandra Richards-Govere, PhD (cand.)
Oregon State University
or
186 NW 33rd
Corvallis, Oregon 97330
541-753-9138
mearsk@ucs.orst.edu
John Senyo C. Afele, Ph.D
Director, International Program for Africa
Department of Plant Agriculture
Johnston Hall, Room 136
OAC Dean's Office
Ontario Agricultural College
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
Tel: +1-519-824-4120 ext 6419
Fax:+1-519-824-0870
cell:+1-519-831-4862
Fax: +1-519-763-8933
Email: jafele@plant.uoguelph.ca
jafele@uoguelph.ca
http://www.uoguelph.ca/~jafele/aki-bio.htm
Jonathan Giesen
Director of Educational Relations
Global Nomads Group, Inc.
2400 South Ervay #114
Dallas, TX 75215
+1 214.426.0736
+1 214.428.7480 fax
+1 214.914.0303 mobile
jonathan@gng.org
http://www.gng.org
Roger Lee Boston
Rockwell Chair/Instructor
Distance Education/Technology Center
Houston Community College System
4310 Dunlavy Street
P.O.Box 7849
Houston, Texas 77006
USA
Tel: +1-713-718 5224
Cell: +1-713-822-7476
Fax: +1-713-718 5301
rboston@tenet.edu
boston_r@hccs.cc.tx.us (secondary)
http://www.rboston.com
http://www.teched.org/
http://www.hccs.cc.tx.us
http://www.teched.org/hist/iia.htm
Jonathan Peizer
Chief Information Officer
Open Society Institute
888 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10106
212-548-0642
Fax: 212-397-3944
jpeizer@sorosny.org
http://www.soros.org
Mr. Jim Miller
President
SYNECTICS, Ltd.
2 Nickerson Street, Suite 100
Seattle, WA 98109-1652
206-283-9420
206-283-4136
Mobile: 206-619-2144
Fax: 206-283-4538
Paging: 206-955-1036
ShareVision: 206-283-4538 (call 206-283-9420 first)
ISDN Equipped - 206-218-0027/8 (call 206-283-9420 first)
jimmsl@aol.com
jwm@synecticsltd.com
http://synecticsltd.com
http://www.rtcent.com
E-Rate SPIN - 143004591
74640.2214@compuserve.com
Peter T. Knight, Ph.D.
Board member of GLOSAS/USA
Knight, Moore - Telematics for Education and Development
Communications Development Incorporated (CDI)
Strategy, Policy, Design, Implementation, Evaluation
1808 I Street, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20006, USA
Tel: 1-202-721-0348 (dir/vmail) 202-775-2132 (sec.)
Fax: 1-202-775-2135 (office)
Cel: 1-202-255-7215
IP for CU-SeeMe: 198.77.80.46
ptknight@attglobal.net
peter@knight-moore.com
webmail: ptknight@netscape.net
http://www.knight-moore.com
http://www.cdinet.com
http://www.knight-moore.com/partners/partnerindex.htm -- bio
http://www.knight-moore.com/projects/GSTF.html
-- about GSTF
Or
Rio de Janeiro Office
Avenida Atl ntica 4022/302
22070-002 Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Brazil
Tel/Fax: 55-21-522-9167, cell 9752-5972
Francis J. Method
Former Director of UNESCO-Washington
Education Advisor to UNESCO
1775 K St. N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: (1) 202-331-3755
Fax: (1) 202-331-9121
fmethod@erols.com
Dr. Joseph N. Pelton
Board member of GLOSAS/USA
Senior Research Scientist
Institute for Applied Space Research, Rm 340
George Washington University
2033 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20052
202-994-5507
Fax: 202-994-5505
ecjpelton@aol.com
jpelton@seas.gwu.edu
Or,
Acting Executive Director of CITI
Vice-Chair of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation of the U.S. (ACCFUS)
Arthur C. Clark Institute for Telecommunication and Information
(CITI)
4025 40th Street North
Arlington, VA 22207
(703) 536-6985
ecjpelton@aol.com
http://clarkeinstitute.com/
http://www.clarkeinstitute.com/
H. Dean Sutphin
Associate Dean
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Director, Global Seminar for the environment and sustainable food
systems
Cornell University
USA
hds2@cornell.edu
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* Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D., P.E., Chairman, GLOSAS/USA
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* (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)
*
* 43-23 Colden Street, Flushing, NY 11355-3998, U.S.A.
*
* Tel: 718-939-0928; Fax: 718-939-0656 (day time only--prefer
email) *
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