<<July 14, 2000>>
Kimberly K. Obbink <kobbink@montana.edu>
Rafael Bozeman Rodriguez <rbrsat@pworld.net.ph>
Felix (Lex) Librero <lex@laguna.net>
Herman D. Tolentino <hermant@I-manila.com.ph>
Dr. Teresita I. Barcelo <tbarcelo@iconn.com.ph>
P. Tapio Varis <tapio.varis@uta.fi>
Ninfa Saturnino Springer <ninfa@umich.edu>
Dear Ralph:
===========
(1) I presume that you are now on your way home over the Pacific.
I hope
you had wonderful time with your children and grandchildren
in the past
month, since you saw them 8 years ago.
(2) ATTACHMENT I is a copy of the msg from Kim which proposes
to postpone
your workshop to next January or February. I strongly suggest
that you
follow her proposition because;
(a) without this travel grant, no American can attend,
hence no sense
of the workshop, i.e., getting the grant is the highest
priority,
(b) Kim has an excellent track record of receiving various
grants from
the NSF and others, so that she knows what she is talking
about,
(c) since getting this grant is her job and responsibility,
we better
follow her suggestion so that she would feel comfortable
to succeed.
Incidentally, Myron about whom Kim mentioned
works at
Senator Burns' office; he is Vice Chairman of the
Appropriations
Committee which provides the billion dollar budget
to the NSF.
(3) Meanwhile, on your side in the Philippines, you may take
advantage
of this time period for the following;
(a) As Kim's application (*) says, this workshop is not
a one-time
experience. Therefore, you can strengthen your team
members so
that your project can continue and grow further after
the workshop
ends. The team members can be from your Trinity College,
St. Luke's
College of Medicine and UPOU, etc.
(*) See;
"Travel Grant Application to the NSF for Mini-workshop
at
St. Luke College of Medicine and The University
of
Philippines/Open University, Manila, Philippines,
October
29-31, 2000 (Revised on 7/14/00)" at <http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Manila%20Workshop/NSF_appl_for_Manila.html>.
Herman has already agreed to construct a web
site for the
workshop in the UPOU's server which can grow to
be a portal (or
database) of available distance learning courses
-- by
linking to already available ones or installing
new ones, etc.
(b) Teresita's previous msg said that, due to budget
constraints,
the UPOU cannot have more than one international
conference/workshop a year. Therefore, Kim's postponement
may relieve
their condition.
Lex and Herman:
===============
Teresita's email addresses do not work any longer.
Should you and your team wish, you may apply for
a grant to the
InfoDev of the World Bank jointly with us (GUS) for
not only this
workshop but also for your subsequent activities.
Thanks to the success of our Tampere event last
year, the
InfoDev manager encouraged Tapio Varis to submit
grant
applications for our follow-up projects. Pls discuss
this
matter with Lex and others in Manila to decide
who should be
the submitter of the application.
We can work out the application jointly, as
I did for Tapio
for our Tampere event and for Kim for her NSF grant
applications, etc. We have enough info on this
in our web
sites. It is just doing cut-and-paste and patching
them
together into the InfoDev format <http://www.infodev.org/projects/apply.htm>.
If you decide to do this, you need to start working
on this
application ASAP. Pls let me know your decision.
(c) If I succeed to obtain a travel grant from the InfoDev
of the
World Bank (*), I plan to attend The 14th Annual Conference
of The
Asian Association of Open Universities at The University
of
Philippines/Open University, Manila, Philippines, on
10/25/00 - 10/27/00.
(*) See
"InfoDev Conference Scholarship Fund and support
messages - July 13, 2000" at
<http://www.friends-partners.org/~utsumi/gu-l/mid-2000/7-13-a.html>
During my stay for this conference, I can discuss
with you and
your team for further planning, including the availability
of
PictureTel, ISDN, Internet line at 56 Kbps (or higher),
etc.
Lex, Kim, Ralph, Tapio:
=======================
As requested in this distribution, pls send
your brief
support email to my inquiry of $15,000 to Ms. Laure
Charvin
<lcharvin@worldbank.org> of the InfoDev of
the World Bank -- cc to me, pls.
Ralph, Kim and Lex:
===================
(4) As mentioned in the above distribution, I have a series
of workshops to
attend so that I would prefer the Manila workshop is to be
held in the
middle of next January -- the University of Guelph people
have already
submitted their grant application for their workshop in February
to the InfoDev.
Ralph and Lex:
==============
I hope this change is permissible with your people
in Manila. Pls
let me know the results of your discussions and specific
convenient dates of your workshop in January.
Kim:
====
You may then submit your application to the NSF with
tentative
date in January at your earliest convenience -- the
NSF requires
the submission as early as possible. I think that we
can change
it later according to the discussion results of Manila
team.
Dear Ninfa:
===========
(5) I hope you can revive your trip to the Holy Land in November.
Best, Tak
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ATTACHMENT I
From: "Obbink, Kim" <kobbink@montana.edu>
To: "'Takeshi Utsumi'" <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Subject: RE: Warning: could not send message for past 4 hours
(fwd)
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 10:45:42 -0600
Dear Tak,
I don't understand the bounce back...it seems like I have been
receiving all
of your messages.
I hope to finish the NSF proposal early next week to send off.
I am
wondering if you want to consider proposing a later date for the
meeting? I
know that you have already secured dates with the people in the
Philipines,
however, I'm worried about the timing with NSF. Even with Myron's
help, I
don't think they will be receptive. Last year we were able to
get funding
since we were asking for money near the end of their fiscal year
and they
had some leftover money in their budget that needed to be spent.
This time
we will be asking for money at the beginning of their fiscal year
so they
have no incentive to try and distribute leftover money.
If we proposed a date in January or February, I think that
we would have a
much greater chance of getting this funded.
I wish I was doing more fishing...too busy. Also it is supposed
to be 98
degrees here today...too hot for Montana!
Best Wishes,
Kim
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List of Distribution
Kimberly K. Obbink, Ph.D.
Director
Burns Telecommunications Center and Extended Studies
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
Rafael Bozeman Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Former President of Trinity College of Quezon City
Trustee member of the St. Luke College of Medicine
#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
paeling@doctor.com -- while in the US frm 5/28/00 to 7/15/00.
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
Herman D. Tolentino, MD
Associate Professor
Medical Informatics Unit
University of the Philippines College of Medicine
Anesthesiology / Medical Informatics
ICQ No.: 52662721
Email: hermant@I-manila.com.ph
http://cm1.upm.edu.ph/miu/
Web: http://www.veranda.com.ph/hermant
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<<June 5, 2000>>Did not work.
sdemla@mozcom.com<<June 8, 2000>>Did not work.
fhs-upou@mozcom.com
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
Ninfa Saturnino Springer, PhD, RD, FADA
Associate Professor Emerita
School of Nursing
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, 48104 USA
Home Address: 8234 Woods Trail
WhitmoreLake, MI 48189
734.449.8663
Fax (707) 897-2949
ninfa@umich.edu
http://www.umich.edu/~ninfa/
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~ninfa
http://www.umich.edu/~ninfa/vcon/htn/
http://www.umich.edu/~ninfa/vcondemo/
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