<<November 22, 2000>>
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Dr. David A. Johnson, AICP <daj@utk.edu>
P. Tapio Varis, Ph.D, Professor <tapio.varis@uta.fi>
Peter T. Knight, Ph.D. <ptknight@attglobal.net>
Dr. Joseph N. Pelton <ecjpelton@aol.com>
Dear Peter and Joe:
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(1) David Johnson is coming to DC to be one of the panelists
(with the
president of the Univ. of Maryland) at the session on International
Education of the annual conference of Fulbright Alumni Association
--
see its schedule at <http://www.fulbright.org>.
It is from 9:00 am to 10:30 am of December 3rd at Omni Shoreham Hotel.
Dear Peter:
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(2) Since you are Fulbrighter, you can attend it with $40
(member) for the
day -- I will register with the same.
Can you attend it to assist David on GSTF project, if
necessary? -- I
will supplement with our GUS project.
Dear Joe, Peter and David:
==========================
(3) Can we meet at the lobby of the hotel at 12:30 pm to have
a luncheon
discussion on the next steps of our GSTF/GUS projects?
Looking forward to hearing your response soon,
Best, Tak
P.S.:
(a) This year's J. William Fulbright Prize for International
Understanding
will go to Former President of Finland Martti Ahtisaari (ATTACHMENT
III and IV).
If he attends David's session, we may have a chance to meet with him.
Dear Tapio:
===========
My wholehearted congratulations to you and all of
Finnish.
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ATTACHMENT I
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 10:57:11 -0500
From: djohnutk <djohnutk@utkux.utcc.utk.edu>
To: utsumi@columbia.edu
Subject: Fulbright Association meeting in DC
Hello Tak:
Glad to find you are back after a good trip to Asia. From
your reports, I
gather it was a productive journey.
I want to encourage you to attend the Fulbright Association
meeting in
Washington next week. At the conference I will be responding to
a talk on Dec.
3 by the President of the University of Maryland University College.
I
believe he will speak on the subject of distance education. This
will provide
an opportunity I hope to relate the outlines of the GSTF/GUS.
The Fulbright
prize this year will go to the President of Finland (perhaps past
president by
now). He is a friend of Tapio. It might provide an opportunity
to say hello
and reinforce the Tampere connection. The prize is very prestigious
and has
gone to Nelson Mandela, Jimmy Carter, and Vaclav Havel, among
others. If you
come to DC perhaps we can spend some time together with others
there such as
Peter Knight to discuss and update us about progress and next
steps. Events
in global distance learning are moving very fast, and we need
to remain at the
cutting edge.
I had a very nice lunch and meeting with Jim Miller recently
in Seattle. His
potential project in Jordan sounds most promising.
Hope this finds you well. Regards to Hisae.
Dave Johnson
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ATTACHMENT II
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 13:53:44 -0500
From: djohnutk <djohnutk@utkux.utcc.utk.edu>
To: utsumi@columbia.edu
Subject: RE: Fulbright Association meeting in DC
Tak:
I can appreciate your reluctance to pay the high fees for the
whole
conference. Suggest you look at the Web page for the Fulbright
Association
and see if it is possible to attend selected events. I can be
available for
meeting with J. Pelton and P. Knight on afternoon, December 3
or, better,
December 4, Monday. Advise if you want to, and are able to, arrange.
Regards,
Dave Johnson
>===== Original Message From utsumi@columbia.edu =====
>Dear David:
>
>(1) I am willing to assist you during your session, if I can
attend only the
>session -- without paying high registration fee of the whole
conference.
>
>(2) I believe the conference on Sunday is only for a half
day.
>
>(3) If you need, I will ask if Peter can also attend the session
in the same
>way. Pls let me know, though I am not sure where he will
be on the date.
>
>It is a good idea to get together for our next step discussion
in the
>afternoon of 12/3rd -- if also necessary, I will ask Joe Pelton
to come for
>this gathering.
>
>(4) I am afraid if we can meet with the president of Finland
-- since the
>award ceremony is usually held in other day of the conference.
It would be
>great if he can attend your session, too.
>
>Best, Tak
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ATTACHMENT III
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 07:55:28 -0500
Sender: Fulbright Discussion <FULBRITE@LISTSERV.LOUISVILLE.EDU>
From: Fulbright Association <fulbright@fulbright.org>
Subject: 2000 J. William Fulbright Prize for International
Understanding
To: FULBRITE@LISTSERV.LOUISVILLE.EDU
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Jelita McLeod
Fulbright Association
(202) 331-1590
Trey Paris
The Coca-Cola Foundation
(404) 676-4952
FORMER PRESIDENT OF FINLAND MARTTI AHTISAARI TO RECEIVE 2000
J. WILLIAM FULBRIGHT PRIZE FOR INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING
Ahtisaari Recognized as International Peacemaker
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 13, 2000) - The Fulbright Association
announced
today that the 2000 J. William Fulbright Prize for International
Understanding will be awarded to Martti Oiva Kalvei Ahtisaari,
former
president of Finland. President Ahtisaari will be honored in
a ceremony at
the International Trade Center on December 1.
A diplomat for more than 30 years and president of Finland
from 1994 to
2000, Martti Ahtisaari has served as peacemaker in some of the
world's most
troubled areas. His commitments to strengthening civil society,
extending
democratic practices, and furthering peaceful cooperation and
coexistence
have repeatedly led foreign governments to seek his aid in resolving
difficult and violent conflicts.
Lee H. Hamilton, chairman of the international selection committee
for the
2000 J. William Fulbright Prize, said, "Martti Ahtisaari's
tremendous
contributions to international peace and understanding span many
decades and
several regions of the world. He has played a central role in
bringing
independence and peace to Namibia, helping to resolve the wars
in Bosnia and
Kosovo, and, most recently, mediating the difficult conflict in
Northern Ireland."
"Mr. Ahtisaari's career reflects a long-standing and deeply
held commitment
to international reconciliation and understanding," added
Mr. Hamilton, who
is director of The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
and a
former chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee
on
International Relations. "Mr. Ahtisaari's extraordinary
work and steady
leadership are to be commended. His many achievements - at the
United
Nations, as president of Finland, and as citizen of the world
- explain the
great esteem he enjoys in the international community."
The J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding
carries a
$50,000 award provided by The Coca-Cola Foundation. The Fulbright
Association created the Fulbright Prize in 1993 with a grant from
The
Coca-Cola Foundation to recognize individuals who have made extraordinary
contributions toward bringing peoples, cultures or nations to
greater
understanding of others. Previous recipients of the award are
former South
African President Nelson Mandela, former U.S. President Jimmy
Carter, former
Austrian Federal Chancellor Franz Vranitzky, former Philippine
President
Corazon C. Aquino, Czech Republic President Vaclav Havel, former
Chilean
President Patricio Aylwin Azscar, and United Nations High Commissioner
for
Human Rights Mary Robinson.
Frederick G. Acker, president of the Fulbright Association's
Board of
Directors, said, "President Ahtisaari is one of the great
peacemakers of the
20th century. He has spent much of his distinguished career brokering
solutions to seemingly hopeless conflicts in Namibia, Kosovo and
Northern
Ireland. Namibians so appreciated his efforts over 13 years in
achieving
their peaceful independence that they granted him honorary citizenship."
As Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General
for
Namibia, President Ahtisaari led the UN's Transition Assistance
Group in
Namibia (1989-1990). He helped to supervise Namibia's move toward
independence from South Africa and played a key role in ensuring
a smooth
transition through free and fair elections.
Beginning in the early 1990s, President Ahtisaari became involved
in the
former Yugoslavia, heading the effort to draft a plan to divide
Bosnia into
a series of autonomous provinces and allow for the return of refugees.
The
experience prepared him for his next Balkan challenge, when in
1999 he was
asked to serve as mediator in the Kosovo conflict, working with
former
Russian Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin and U.S. Deputy Secretary
of
State Strobe Talbott to negotiate with former Yugoslav President
Slobodan
Milosevic and bring an end to NATO military intervention.
During his tenure as president of Finland, Martti Ahtisaari
oversaw his
country's entry into the European Union and continued his peacemaking
efforts. His diplomatic skills were called upon once again in
May 2000,
when the British government appointed him to the team overseeing
the
inspections of IRA weapons dumps in Northern Ireland.
Serving on the international committee convened by the Fulbright
Association
to select the 2000 laureate were Dr. R. Fenton-May, Director of
Operations
Development, The Coca-Cola Company; Mr. Herman Liebaers, former
Head of the
Royal Library, Belgium; Ms. Leticia Ma Tay, Rector, Universidad
Tecnolsgica
Centroamericana, Honduras; Dr. Hassan Mekouar, Professor, Mohammed
V
University, Morocco, and former president of the Moroccan-American
Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange (the Fulbright
Commission);
and Prof. Itamar Rabinovich, president, Tel Aviv University, Israel,
and
former Israeli ambassador to the United States. Mr. Hamilton
served as the
committee's chairman.
The Fulbright Association is a private, non-profit organization
that
supports and promotes the Fulbright Program, an international
educational
and cultural exchange initiative created in 1946 by legislation
sponsored by
the late Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas. There are
now over
200,000 Fulbright alumni throughout the world.
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ATTACHMENT IV
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 13:57:16 -0500
From: djohnutk <djohnutk@utkux.utcc.utk.edu>
To: tapio.varis@uta.fi
Cc: utsumi@columbia.edu
Subject: Fulbright Prize
Dear Tapio:
I am pleased to inform you that the 2000 Fulbright Prize will
be
awarded to Former President of Finland Martti Ahtisaari. As a
past-president of the Fulbright Association and one of the creators
of the prize, I take special pleasure in noting this award. I
will
be at the ceremonies in Washington on December 1 and will be speaking
at the conference on December 3. More information on the prize
can be obtained at:
http://www.fulbright.org/prize/2000/pr-ahtisaari.htm
With best wishes,
Dave Johnson
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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
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USA
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Fax: +1-865-974 5229
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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
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GSM: +358-50-567-9833
Fax: +358-3-215 7503
tapio.varis@uta.fi
http://www.uta.fi/~titava
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
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http://www.cdinet.com
http://www.knight-moore.com/partners/partnerindex.htm -- bio
http://www.knight-moore.com/projects/GSTF.html -- about GSTF
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
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jpelton@seas.gwu.edu
Or,
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Vice-Chair of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation of the U.S. (ACCFUS)
Arthur C. Clark Institute for Telecommunication and Information
(CITI)
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Arlington, VA 22207
(703) 536-6985
ecjpelton@aol.com
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