<<October 12, 2000>>
Archived distributions can be retrieved
by clicking on the top lines of our home page at <http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/>.
Joseph N. Pelton <ecjpelton@aol.com>
Peter T. Knight <ptknight@attglobal.net>
Francis J. Method <fmethod@erols.com>
David A. Johnson <daj@utk.edu>
P. Tapio Varis <tapio.varis@uta.fi>
Marco Antonio R. Dias <mardias@club-internet.fr>
Matti Packalen <matti.packalen@almamedia.fi>
John M. Eger <jeger@mail.sdsu.edu>
JP Huang Ph.D. <jphuang@jpi.com.cn>
Dear Colleagues:
================
(1) During the Hoso-Bunka Foundation mtg held just prior to
the annual
conference of the International Institute of Communications
(IIC) in
Tampa, FL last month, John Eger and I presented our Global
Service Trust
Fund (GSTF) project -- about 5 minutes each. The attendees
were mostly Japanese.
I then had a privilege of doing the same during the session
on distance
learning -- only for one minute.
(2) I then distributed the materials on this GSTF to about 50 attendees.
As you might have noticed in my previous list distributions,
I am
getting a very good and enthusiastic response to our projects.
(3) Because of time constraints, John and I could not form
an Invitation
Committee to select/solicit world leaders for the proposed
Global Summit
to be held by Joe's [Arthur C.] Clarke Institute for Telecommunication
and Information (CITI) in Washington, D.C. in the middle
of next year.
However, I was very delighted to hear of the willingness
of Mr Matti
Packalen, President & CEO of Alma Media Corporation in
Finland and the
President of the IIC to become a member of the Invitation
Committee --
particularly for selecting/soliciting the delegates from
European countries.
He is a good friend of Tapio Varis and his firm kindly
supported our
highly successful Tampere event last year.
He will also help Tapio on the incorporation of our
Global
University system in Finland.
(4) JP Huang also indicated his willingness to serve as a
member --
particularly for selecting/soliciting Chinese echelons.
He is attending our 10/19th TechNet Seminar on GSTF at the InfoDev.
(5) Marco Antonio visited Federico Mayor, former Director
General of UNESCO,
in Madrid, Spain on 9/24th.
Marco met Tapio during the Newropean Congress on 10/5th to 7th in Paris.
Tapio subsequently requested me to draft up a letter to Federico on;
(a) Inviting him to be a Trustee member of Global University System (GUS),
(b) Indicating him to be invited to the Global Summit.
I will draft up this letter -- hopefully prior to my trip to Manila on 10/23rd.
BTW, Marco is now working to get a license of NGO
status for our
GUS under auspices of UNESCO.
(6) David Johnson also requested me to draft a letter to George Soros.
(7) ATTACHMENT II below is the list Joe suggested recently.
ATTACHMENT III is the list Joe's previous suggestion.
ATTACHMENT IV is my previous suggestion.
(8) During my stay in Tokyo from 11/6th to 11/11th, I will
visit Japanese
echelons for briefing the current status of our GSTF project
and
possible invitation to their attendance at the Global Summit.
(9) Since Joe will allocate only 90 minutes for the summit,
and if we assume
10 minutes each for the invitees' talk (including moderator's
introduction, etc.), we cannot have many to invite.
Subsequently, I would propose;
a. 2 from USA,
b. 1 from Canada,
c. 2 from Europe,
d. 2 from Japan,
e. 1 from Brazil/Latin America,
f. 1 from China.
With this limitation, I would say that the selection would
be the first
and foremost importance now.
(10) Our immediate next steps would then be;
(a) To conduct a highly successful presentation at the
InfoDev on
10/19th so that its subsequent action would be the submission
of
our grant application to them for creating the GSTF,
(b) To have a brainstorming session to narrow the targeted invitees.
(c) To start preparing the summit in DC.
Best, Tak
****************************************
ATTACHMENT I
Proposed Members of Invitation Committee for Global Summit
Chairman
========
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. Clarke 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/
Co-chairman for Coordination
============================
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
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)
utsumi@columbia.edu
http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/
Members
=======
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, 7th Floor
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)
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
Francis J. Method
Director, UNESCO-Washington
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
1775 K St. N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: (1) 202-331-3755
Fax: (1) 202-331-9121
fmethod@erols.com
Dr. David A. Johnson, AICP
Board member of GLOSAS/USA
Former President of Fulbright Association
Professor Emeritus, School of Planning
College of Arts and Sciences
University of Tennessee
108-I Hoskins Library
Knoxville, TN 37996-4015
USA
Tel: +1-865-974 5227
Fax: +1-865-974 5229
daj@utk.edu
davidj@buncombe.main.nc.us
http://web.utk.edu/~djohnutk/
P. Tapio Varis, Ph.D, Professor
Acting President, Global University System
Chairman, GLOSAS/Finland
Professor and Chair
Media Culture and Communication Education
Hypermedia laboratory
University of Tampere
P.O.Box 607
FIN-33101 Tampere
FINLAND
Tel: +358-3-215 6110
Tel: +358-3-614-5247--office in Hameenlinna
Tel: +358-3-215 6243--mass media lab in Tampere
GSM: +358-50-567-9833
Fax: +358-3-215 7503
tapio.varis@uta.fi
http://www.uta.fi/~titava
Dr. Marco Antonio R. Dias
Vice President, Global University System
Consultant of United Nations University
Former Director, Division of Higher Education of UNESCO
36, Rue Ernest Renan
92.190 Meudon
FRANCE
Tel: +33-1-45 34 3509
+33-1-45-68-3009 (UNU office in Paris)
Fax: +33-1-45 34 3509
mardias@club-internet.fr
m.dias@unesco.org
Mr Matti Packalen
President & CEO
Alma Media Corporation
Etelaesplanadi 14
PO Box 14
Helsinki 00101
FINLAND
Tel No. +358 9 507 8715
Fax No. +358 9 507 8715
E-Mail: matti.packalen@almamedia.fi
John M. Eger
Executive Director
International Center for Communications
College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA 92182-4522
619-594-6933
619-594-6910
Fax: 619-594-4488
jeger@mail.sdsu.edu
http://www.smartcommunities.org/
JP Huang Ph.D.
Chairman & CEO
JPI Group of Companies
East Gate Plaza 5/F Tower-B
29 Dongzhong Street
Beijing 100027 China
86-10-6418-1888 (36 Lines)
Mobile 86-1390-11-88-400
Fax 6418-2248
jphuang@jpi.com.cn
www.jpi.com.cn
www.cubu.edu -- about education program
www.esdinstitute.org
www.cveu.com
www.joyoo.com -- about education program
www.e-environmentchina.com
****************************************
ATTACHMENT II
Candidates for Attending Summit on GSTF
Dr. Norm Abramson, President and Chief Technical Officer of Alohanet/PEACESAT
Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the UN
David Bell, President, Care International of the United States,
Atlanta, Georgia
G. Berretta, President and Director General, EUTELSAT, Paris,
France
Jimmy Carter, The Carter Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia
Dr. Kodai, President, National Aeronautical and Space Development
Agency, Japan
Conny Kullman, Director General, INTELSAT
Fredrico Mayor, former Secretary Genera of UNESCO
Rupert Murdoch, The News Corporation, New York, New York
Noah Samara, Chairman, Worldspace, Washington, D.C.
Tadahiro Sekimoto, Senior Board Member, NEC, Japan
Michael Storey, President of Inmarsat
Ted Turner, Chairman, Turner Broadcasting
Yoshio Utsumi, Secretary General, ITU
J. Wolfensohn, President World Bank
Andrew Young, Atlanta Georgia
Koichiro Matsuura, Secretary General, UNESCO
Hiroshi Inose, Director General, National Center for Science Information
System (NACSIS)
Taro Nakayama, Former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan
Other possible invitees (Total participants not to exceed 25)
President, Gates Foundation
President, Markle Foundation
President, Ford Foundation
George Soros, President, The Soros Foundations
Vartan Gregorian, President, Carnegie Corporation of New York
Reinhard Keune, Frederick Ebert Foundation
Tim Wirth, the Better World Foundation
President of VITA
President of Red Cross International
President of Oxfam
President of Hughes Network Services
President of Gilat
President of Dell
President of HP
President of Alcatel Espace
President of Toshiba or Melco
President of Hitachi
President of Motorola
President of CNN
President of Reuters
Head of WHO and PAHO
Tele-education or Tele-health Organizations Making the top five
commitments to support and use of GSTF
Representative of U.S. President elect
Representative of the United Kingdom
Director, JICA (Japan)
Director, AID (US)
Director, CIDA (Canada)
Director, DHW (Germany)
Director, British Council
IBM Foundation
****************************************
ATTACHMENT III
Candidates for Attending Summit on GSTF
(Suggested by Joe Pelton)
Kofi Annan,
Secretary General of the UN
David Bell
President, Care International of the United States, Atlanta
Georgia
G. Berretta
President and Director General, EUTELSAT, Paris, France
Jimmy Carter
The Carter Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia
Dr. Kodai
President, National Aeronautical and Space Development Agency,
Japan
<<To be approached by Joe Pelton.>>
Conny Kullman
Director General, INTELSAT
<<To be approached by Joe Pelton.>>
<<Confirmed for endorsement>>
Fredrico Mayor
UNESCO
<<To be approached by Marco Antonio Dias.>>
Rupert Murdoch
The News Corporation, New York, New York
<<To be approached by Joe Pelton.>>
Noah Samara
Chairman, Worldspace, Washington, D.C.
<<To be approached by Joe Pelton.>>
<<Confirmed for endorsement>>
Tadahiro Sekimoto
Senior Board Member, NEC, Japan
<<To be approached by Joe Pelton.>>
Michael Storey
President of Inmarsat
<<To be approached by Joe Pelton.>>
Ted Turner
Chairman, Turner Broadcasting
Dr. Utsumi
Secretary, ITU
<<To be approached by Joe Pelton.>>
J. Wolfensohn
President, World Bank
<<To be approached by Peter Knight.>>
Andrew Young
Atlanta, Georgia
Other possible invitees (Total participants not to exceed 25)
President, Gates Foundation
President, Markle Foundation
Director, JICA (Japan)
<<To be approached by T. Utsumi.>>
Director, AID (US)
Director, CIDA (Canada)
Director, DHW (Germany)
President of VITA
<<To be approached by Joe Pelton.>>
President of Recovered Iridium System
President of Red Cross International
President of Oxfam
President of Hughes Network Services
<<To be approached by Joe Pelton.>>
President of Gilat
President of Dell
President of HP
President of Alcatel Espace
President of Toshiba or Melco
President of Motorola
President of CNN
President of Reuters
Head of WHO and PAHO
Tele-education or Tele-health Organizations Making the top five
commitments to
support and use of GSTF
Representative of U.S. President elect
Format for Summit Meeting
The meeting would last no more than 90 minutes. The format
would be
highly scripted. There would be a multi-media presentation on
the purpose,
goals and five years objectives of the GSTF. Organizations that
have made
commitments to support the GSTF would be highlighted in this presentation.
This would, in particular, cover satellite service providers that
had
committed to making 1% to 5% of their capacity available to support
the GSTF,
equipment suppliers that had made substantial commitments to supply
or supply
at highly discounted prices (earth stations antennas, transceivers,
satellite
radio receivers, computers, monitors, digital telephones, etc.)
and
tele-education, tele-health or aid organizations that had made
substantial
commitments to participate in and use the resources of the GSTF
(including
their own pledge of resources or in-kind participation).
There would then be presentations from the key organizations
that have
made the most important commitments. There would be a copy of
vision speeches
that address where we might go from here. These might be made
by such
individuals as Jimmy Carter, Andrew Young, the Secretary General
of the UN,
etc.
The meeting would be followed by a high profile press
conference that
would announce the formation and nature of the GSTF. Arthur C.
Clarke might be
invited to participate via satellite relay to talk about his initial
vision of
the "electronic tutor" and how the GSTF might be able
to accomplish some of
the goals he had envisioned some 2 decades ago.
****************************************
ATTACHMENT IV
Additional Persons for Global Summit
(Suggested by T. Utsumi)
Mr. Koichiro Matsuura
Secretary General of UNESCO
<<To be approached by Marco Antonio Dias.>>
Dr. Hiroshi Inose
Director General
National Center for Science Information System (NACSIS)
<<To be approached by T. Utsumi.>>
He is a laureate of the Medal of Culture ( Bunka
Kunsho" in
Japanese) -- the highest honor in Japan.
When I brought my idea of GSTF to him in April of
1998, he
immediately agreed with it as saying that the development
of
broadband Internet in global scale is now on political
matter
rather than technical.
Taro Nakayama, M.D., Ph.D.
Member, House of Representatives
Chairman, Research Commission on Foreign Affairs, LDP
Former Minister for Foreign Affairs
<<To be approached by T. Utsumi.>>
He indicated his strong support to the GSTF when
I visited him in
April of 1998.
Mr. Vartan Gregorian
President
Carnegie Corporation of New York
<<To be approached by David Johnson.>>
President of Ford Foundation
Mr. George Soros
President
The Soros Foundations
<<To be approached by David Johnson.>>
Director of British Council
****************************************
List of Distribution
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/
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, 7th Floor
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)
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
Francis J. Method
Director, UNESCO-Washington
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
1775 K St. N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: (1) 202-331-3755
Fax: (1) 202-331-9121
fmethod@erols.com
Dr. David A. Johnson, AICP
Board member of GLOSAS/USA
Former President of Fulbright Association
Professor Emeritus, School of Planning
College of Arts and Sciences
University of Tennessee
108-I Hoskins Library
Knoxville, TN 37996-4015
USA
Tel: +1-865-974 5227
Fax: +1-865-974 5229
daj@utk.edu
davidj@buncombe.main.nc.us
http://web.utk.edu/~djohnutk/
P. Tapio Varis, Ph.D, Professor
Acting President, Global University System
Chairman, GLOSAS/Finland
Professor and Chair
Media Culture and Communication Education
Hypermedia laboratory
University of Tampere
P.O.Box 607
FIN-33101 Tampere
FINLAND
Tel: +358-3-215 6110
Tel: +358-3-614-5247--office in Hameenlinna
Tel: +358-3-215 6243--mass media lab in Tampere
GSM: +358-50-567-9833
Fax: +358-3-215 7503
tapio.varis@uta.fi
http://www.uta.fi/~titava
Dr. Marco Antonio R. Dias
Vice President, Global University System
Consultant of United Nations University
Former Director, Division of Higher Education of UNESCO
36, Rue Ernest Renan
92.190 Meudon
FRANCE
Tel: +33-1-45 34 3509
+33-1-45-68-3009 (UNU office in Paris)
Fax: +33-1-45 34 3509
mardias@club-internet.fr
m.dias@unesco.org
Mr Matti Packalen
President & CEO
Alma Media Corporation
Etelaesplanadi 14
PO Box 14
Helsinki 00101
FINLAND
Tel No. +358 9 507 8715
Fax No. +358 9 507 8715
E-Mail: matti.packalen@almamedia.fi
John M. Eger
Executive Director
International Center for Communications
College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA 92182-4522
619-594-6933
619-594-6910
Fax: 619-594-4488
jeger@mail.sdsu.edu
http://www.smartcommunities.org/
JP Huang Ph.D.
Chairman & CEO
JPI Group of Companies
East Gate Plaza 5/F Tower-B
29 Dongzhong Street
Beijing 100027 China
86-10-6418-1888 (36 Lines)
Mobile 86-1390-11-88-400
Fax 6418-2248
jphuang@jpi.com.cn
www.jpi.com.cn
www.cubu.edu -- about education program
www.esdinstitute.org
www.cveu.com
www.joyoo.com -- about education program
www.e-environmentchina.com
**********************************************************************
* 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)
*
* 43-23 Colden Street, Flushing, NY 11355-3998, U.S.A.
*
* Tel: 718-939-0928; Fax: 718-939-0656 (day time only--prefer
email) *
* Email: utsumi@columbia.edu; Tax Exempt ID: 11-2999676
*
* http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/
*
**********************************************************************