<<June 13, 2000>>
John Senyo C. Afele, Ph.D <jafele@plant.uoguelph.ca>
Roger Lee Boston <rboston@tenet.edu>
Dear John:
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(1) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT I and II).
(2) I thank you again for your cordial invitation. This sounds
very
exciting and promising initiative.
I shall wait to receive soon the identification number of the
electronic airticket from your secretary.
(3) I would greatly appreciate it if you can kindly prepare
following
equipment for my presentation from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm of June
15;
(a) Overhead projector,
(b) PC to access web via high (better than 56 Kbps) speed Internet
and
a projector,
(If this PC has NetMeeting videoconferencing software, it will
be
superb. If not, you can download it from <www.microsoft.com>
free
of charge. To use it, we would also need a camera.)
(c) Flip chart,
(d) VCR and TV monitor,
(e) Ordinary analog telephone line.
(4) I would also like to suggest that we would have a NetMeeting
videoconferencing with Roger Boston from 3:00 pm of June 15 for
about 30
minutes. He can describe;
(a) his use of the NetMeeting with his distance learning from around the world,
(b) his use of inexpensive Internet telephony, etc.
Pls let me know if this is permissible with your faculty.
Dear Roger:
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Pls let me know your availability.
(5) During my presentation, I would like to access URLs listed in ATTACHMENT III and others.
Looking forward to meeting with you soon,
Best, Tak
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ATTACHMENT I
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 09:55:45 -0400
From: John Afele <jafele@uoguelph.ca>
To: utsumi@columbia.edu
Subject: Itinerary
Dear Prof. Utsumi-san:
I returned from Rome yesterday, having attended the First Consultation
on Agricultural Information Management, organized by the United
Nations
Food and Agricultural Organization at its headquarters in Rome,
Italy.
The meeting brought together government representatives and other
stakeholders. I was an alternate delegate from Canada and my
participation was because Dr. Anton Mangstl, Director of the Library
&
Documentations Division of the FAO, and convenor of the meeting,
has
been in touch with my work for about one year now.
Regarding your visit. I am trying to finalize your itinerary
this
morning. I have some sketch in the message below, which I had
sent to my
Dean from Rome. I am follwing up this morning and will send you
the
final version later today.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 10:05:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: John C Afele <jafele@uoguelph.ca>
To: mmcglone@oac.uoguelph.ca
Subject: Hello
Hi Marie:
..
Would you please pass this message to the Dean for me.
I have quite a few faculty lined up for Prof. Takeshi Utsumi's
visit
(June 15 and 16). He will arrive on the 14 afternoon. For the
15, I am
thinking of a schedule in your office say at 1030 am to noon.
I am
thinking of a general session at 2pm (probably till 4pm). I have
reserved room
307 in crop science building and the list of faculty includes
Rick Yada, Mark
Waldron, Bill Culp, Jana, Doug Pletsch, Duane Falk, Glen Filson,
Philip
Truman; Nora Cerbotarev and Clarence (Swanton) would join on 16
beacuse
of travels. I have informed Jim Shute and John Fitz-Gobons as
well, and many others.
I intend the June 15, 2-4pm session to be when he briefs those
present
about the Global University System, and if you would be available,
if
you can chair that session? As for the discussions about the possibility
that
Guelph hosts the African Component of the Global University System,
I
would prefer that it remains a small group, held during the morning
session at your office (10.30-12, June 15).
I have spoken with Bill Culp to have a tour of his facility
(Independent
Studies & Distributed Learning), probably prior to Prof. Utsumi
meeting you.
(I will also include stops at the Computing and Communications Services).
...
Thanking you.
John Afele
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ATTACHMENT II
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 16:48:12 -0400
From: John Afele <jafele@uoguelph.ca>
To: utsumi@columbia.edu
Subject: Re: Itinerary
Dear Prof. Utsumi-san:
The travel agent was going to email you about your travel arrangements.
She
will issue you an e-ticket and I have verified from her that she
has you
booked in Ramada very close to the university.
I will meet you at the airport, Pearson International Airport
in Toronto,
Terminal 2. Your flight will be on Air Canada AC 715, arriving
in Toronto at
3.40pm on June 14. Your departure is scheduled for Friday, June
16, at 6pm
>From the same airport.
Here are the elements of June 15:
9 - 10 am: Meeting with the Dean, Ontario Agricultural College (and others; small group)
10-11 am: Visit to Independent Studies Program
11 am-12 noon: Visit to the Centre for International Programs *(yet to confirm time)
Noon - 2pm: Lunch
2 - 4 pm: Lecture: Global University System (or a topic of
your choice). It
will be a core group, not too large.
The director of computing and communications services will
return tomorrow
for confirmation of itinerary for June 16. I have asked that you
visit their facilitites.
The Chair of my academic program (Prof. Clarence Swanton) is
in Brazil and
will be back for June 16 meeting with you; so would Prof. Nora
Cebotarev.
I will brief you about the groups and individuals you will
be meeting when I
meet you at the airport. I don't think there is much preparation
you need to
do regarding the group here; very easy people. The group I have
is both
technical - in various disciplines, and also in distance learning.
If you would present issues relating to your background, GUS,
GSTF, etc.,
that would be more than adequate.
The meeting with the Dean of Ontario Agricultural College would
be when you
could explore the issues of affiliation. He is very dynamic and
has been my
main financier. He understands outreach programs and knows a lot
about
funding opportunities.
Below, I have excerpts of some of the comments from some of
the faculty you
will be meeting:
John,
Thanks for including me in this email. I would very much like
to
meet with Prof Utsumi when he is here. I will contact you re a
schedule, etc.
Duane
Hello John
Thank you for informing me of the visit of Prof. Utsumi. I will
be
available some of the time on the 15th and 16th so please keep
me
informed of his sessions
Cheers
Truman
Yes, I would be interested in meeting Prof. Utsumi... I will
be here
on those dates... let me know the itinerary.
MW [Mark Waldron]
Dear John: Your last message bring very interesting and impotant
information and I must congratulate your for all the different
initiatives on which you are working. This definitely, seem to
be a
very worthwhile project and I am looking forward to attending
any activities
you will have planned for June 16th. Unfortunately, I will not
be able
to be of much help to you because I have yto go to Ecuadors on
Friday
and will be back on June 15th, in the after noon. So, please,
let me
know what will be on on June 16th and I will try to attend as
much of
it as I can.
Cordially, Nora
John:
It sounds like Prof. Utsumi is doing some very interesting things.
I hope he's successful in getting JICA and USAID to fund broadband
internet transmission to Africa. Yes, I'd like to meet him when
he's here.
Best regards!
Glen
Hi John,
Thanks for informing re the visit. On the 15th I will be receiving
visitors from Egypt and hence may not be available for all the
meetings. However, keep me informed and I will try to squeeze
sometime for these meetings. I really hope the meetings turn out
to be positive for your endeavours.
Jana
John: Prof. Utsumi's visit in the morning on Thursday, the
15th of
June is herein confirmed as anticipated by Independent
Study/ACCESS. I have an appointment at 1 p.m. in London that
day so I would propose that the visit will end around 11 a.m.
I do not think I will be available for the 16th as that is
a "lab day"
re: video production. I think Mark Waldron can represent my interests
on Friday. Regards! BiLL
Thanks John for the update - Sorry for the delay in responding.
Good
luck with your initiatives. See you next week. Cheers, Rickey.
Rickey Yada
(I just spent about an hour with Jim Mahone, who is equally well-versed
in
issues of community, development, and funding etc.)
I will provide further update by tomorrow.
Sincerely yours.
John Afele
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ATTACHMENT III
1. GLOSAS/USA
2. Tampere conference (Finland, August 1999)
3. Global University System:
Paper on GUS for the Manaus, Amazon mini-workshop (May 2000)
Memorandum of Understanding for GUS Partnerships
4. Global University System Asia-Pacific Framework
5. Global broadband Internet networks
6. Global Service Trust Fund (GSTF):
GSTF as [Arthur C.] Clarke telecommunications project
7. Manaus workshop
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John Senyo C. Afele, Ph.D
Director
International Program for Africa
Department of Plant Agriculture
Johnston Hall, Room 136
Ontario Agricultural College
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
Tel: +1-519-824-4120 ext 6419
tel/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
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
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