Felix (Lex) Librero, Ph.D. <lex@laguna.net>
Arturo M. Pesigan, M.D. <artpesigan@yahoo.com>
Herman D. Tolentino, MD <hermant@I-manila.com.ph>
Kimberly K. Obbink <kobbink@montana.edu>
Dr. Teresita I. Barcelo <tbarcelo@iconn.com.ph>
Rafael Bozeman Rodriguez, Ph.D. <rbrsat@pworld.net.ph>
Victor T. Ching <vicching@compass.com.ph>
Shin Takuma, M.D. <st245@columbia.edu>
Clarito Dimayuga <cd301@columbia.edu>
Dear Lex:
=========
(1) Many thanks for your msgs (ATTACHMENT I and II).
(2) I am very glad to know
that you fixed the date of your mini-workshop to
be held
in March, 2000, in Manila.
Dear Teresita:
==============
(3) Pls coordinate this mini-workshop
with us. Pls have a mtg with Art,
Herman,
Ralph and Victor.
(4) This mini-workshop (for 2 to 3 days) is;
(a) to introduce our GUS project to your people,
(b)
to discuss about the pilot project proposal -- see
<http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Tampere_Conference/Final_Report/Pilot_Project_Proposals/Asia_Pacific/infoDev_Proposal_Form.html>,
which was prepared by Kim Obbink,
(c) to learn from your people about,
1. current status of distance learning and telemedicine
(including the delivery infrastructure),
2. their need in the future, particularly when a broadband
Internet will be available,
(d) to present what can be (or will be) available from North America,
1. via narrow-band Internet and ISDN, etc., i.e., through
currently available telecom infrastructure,
2. via broad-band Internet when it is available,
(e)
to discuss and plan the theme and program of the larger
workshop/conference (as to the follow-up to our Tampere event --
for 3 to 4 or 5 days) to be held in Tokyo where ASEAN country
people will jointly work;
1. to formalize the draft of the pilot project proposal at
<http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Tampere_Conference/Final_Report/Pilot_Project_Proposals/Asia_Pacific/infoDev_Proposal_Form.html>,
2. to make the feasibility study, action plan, etc. to realize
the project of establishing domestic and international
distance learning and telemedicine,
a. firstly, via the currently available narrow-band Internet,
b. in the near future, via the proposed broad-band Internet,
3. to configure administrative and business schemes,
4. to construct joint funding proposals,
(f) to plan joint fund raising for the larger workshop/conference in Tokyo.
If this much can be done at your mini-workshop, it would be splendid.
(5) Referring to Item (4)-(d)
above, we plan to bring appropriate people
from North
America (US and Canada) in order to meet with your need which
your people
will present in Item (4)-(c)-2. This means that we have to
select
those North American people before-hand, according to the
information
of your need.
Kim Obbink
is willing to submit her travel grant application for those
selected
people to the US/NSF which has already indicated their
intention
to receive Kim's application. (If there is Canadian interest
in this
project, Kim may do the similar to Canadian governmental agencies.)
Since those
grant application takes time, we would greatly appreciate it
if you
can kindly inform me your preliminary need to aid my selection of
those
North American people to attend your mini-workshop, at your
earliest
convenience.
Dear Kim:
=========
Pls start to contemplate on your composing the travel grant
application to the NSF. Do you think this time frame is feasible
from your previous experience with NSF? Pls let me know if not.
Dear Shin and Clarito:
======================
(6) I hope March will be convenient
for your telemedicine (with
echocardiograph)
demo between Manila and your hospital.
Dear Teresita:
==============
(7) Pls inform me the current
capabilities of your infrastructure,
particularly
on the speeds of your Internet access and of ISDN line.
Dear Art and Herman:
====================
(8) Pls let me know if you
have Hewlette-Packard made echocardiograph
machine
-- if so, we may be able to get a videoconferencing bridge from
HP free
of charge.
I would appreciate it very much
if everybody of this mini-workshop take their
action promptly, since there is
not much time left.
Looking forward to hearing from you soon,
Best, Tak
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ATTACHMENT I
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 02:33:05
-0500 (EST)
From: Felix Librero <lex@laguna.net>
To: utsumi@www.friends-partners.org
Subject: Re: Respectfully requesting
the dates of mini-workshop in
Dear Tak,
I'm sorry I haven't been able to
get in touch earlier. The final schedule
for the 5th Meeting of the Regional
Working Group on Satellite
Communication Applications, UNESCAP
is 24-26 May 2000. This means that the
mini-workshop may have to be held
earlier, say March 2000.
I'm asking Dean Teresita Barcelo,
Faculty of Health Sciences, UP Open
University, to coordinate this
mini-workshop with you. i have been unable
to closely coordinate this given
the other activities I have to attend to.
However, i shall involve myself
as much as I can in this undertaking. I
shall also participate in the workshop.
To the extent possible, my office
shall provide the necessary assistance
to Dean Barcelo.
I have earlier sopught a meeting
with our colleagues at U.P. Manila, but we
have so far been unable to get
together due to difficulty in schedules.
Dean Barcelo, however, will find
it easier to get the people all together
to discuss the details of the workshop
since they all stay at UP Manila
campus. I shall join them
in their meetings.
Tak, please communicate with Dean
Barcelo regarding this workshop. I shall
appreciate, however, if you keep
on sharing information with me as we proceed.
Warmest regards,
Lex Librero
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ATTACHMENT II
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 08:21:50
-0800
To: Tak Utsumi <utsumi@columbia.edu>
From: Felix Librero <lex@laguna.net>
Subject: Possible schedule of mini-workshop
in Manila
Cc: Teresita Barcelo <tbarcelo@iconn.com.ph>,
<sdemla@mozcom.com>,
Arturo M Pesigan <artpesigan@yahoo.com>
Dear Tak,
Like I said in my last msg, I have
been unable to work fast on the proposed
mini-workshop in Manila.
There are too many things to attend to at the
moment.
I have requested Dean Teresita Barcelo,
Faculty of Health Sciences, UPOU,
to coordinate this activity on
my behalf. My office shall provide her all
the necessary assistance.
May I also correct the e-mail address of Dean
Barcelo, which I sent you last
time, as follows: tbarcelo@iconn.com.ph, or,
sdemla@mozcom.com.
Through this msg, I'm also requesting
Dr. Art Pesigan and Dr. Herman
Tolentino to also get in touch
with Tita Barcelo. Other individuals that
shall be involved in this activity
from the UPOU end are Drs. Roderick
Ofrin and Lolit Suplido.
I shall be participating in the preparations and
actual conduct of the workshop
to the extent that I shall be able to.
Tak, kindly correspond with Dean
Barcelo, and just let me in on the
updates. I shall contribute
whatever I can, through the UP Manila Group,
in the planning process.
Thanks a lot.
Warmest regards,
Lex Librero
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ATTACHMENT III
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 17:22:56
-0500 (EST)
From: Ralph Rodriguez <ralphrod@nsclub.net>
To: utsumi@www.friends-partners.org
Subject: RE: Respectfully requesting
the dates of mini-workshop in Manila
Dear Tak,
Thank you for sharing this information
with me regarding the coming
conference in telemedicine here
in Manila next year. I will try to get in
touch with the people here whose
email addresses you provided below. I
would like to have our St. Luke's
College of Medicine faculty be involved
in it as well. Victor must be busy
especially during this holiday season,
however, I hope that he will get
in touch with me about meeting with FSUN
members so that we can participate
in this conference here also.
Have a good Christmas and may the
New Year bring the realization to your
aspirations for Global Distance
Learning come to being. My best wishes to
you and your wife goes with this
letter. Keep well always and may the Lord
bless you in all you do.
Your friend always,
Ralph (Bozeman Rodriguez)
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Felix (Lex) Librero, Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor, Research &
Development
University of the Philippines Open
University (UPOU)
College, Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines
4031
Tel/Fax: +63-49+536-6014
Trunklines: +63-49+536-6001
to 6 local 500/501
lex@laguna.net
upou@laguna.net.ph
Arturo M. Pesigan, M.D.
Assistant to the Chancellor for
Administraiton
University of the Philippines/Manila
625 Pedro Gil Street
Ermita, Manila 1000
Philippines
Tel: 632-526-5966
524-7102
Fax: 632-523-7745
Pager: 150-354071
artpesigan@yahoo.com
http://www.upou.edu.ph
Herman D. Tolentino, MD
Associate Professor
UP College of Medicine
Anesthesiology / Medical Informatics
Email: hermant@I-manila.com.ph
Web: http://www.veranda.com.ph/hermant
Kimberly K. Obbink
Director
Burns Telecommunications Center
128 EPS Building,
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT 59717-3860
USA
Tel: +1-406-994 6550
Fax: +1-406-994 7856
kobbink@montana.edu
http://btc.montana.edu
Dr. Teresita I. Barcelo
Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Philippines/Open
University
Manila, Philippines
Tel: 526-2272
523-1633
Fax: 523-1633
Pager: 1441-17-1114
tbarcelo@iconn.com.ph
sdemla@mozcom.com
fhs-upou@mozcom.com
Rafael Bozeman Rodriguez, Ph.D.
#7 Visayas Avenue, VASRA
1128 Quezon City, Philippines
+632-524-7118
Cedllphone: 0918-880-2799
Pager: 1481-792171
Powerpage: 633-3333
rbrsat@pworld.net.ph
ralphrod@nsclub.net
paeling@mailcity.com
Victor T. Ching
Director, Philippine Office
Foundation for the Support of the
United Nations (FSUN)
Rm. 1908 Cityland 10 Tower 1
H. V. Dela Costa St., cor. Ayala
Ave.
Makati City, Philippines
867-4490 to 92
Fax: 00632-812-7733
00632-718-1814
vicching@compass.com.ph
Shin Takuma, M.D.
Cardiology Division
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Department of Medicine
College of Physicians & Surgeons
Columbia University
630 West 168th street
New York, NY 10032-10391
USA
Tel: +1-212-305-9875
Fax: +1-212-305-9049
st245@columbia.edu
Clarito Dimayuga
cd301@columbia.edu
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