<<July 5, 2000>>
Mr. Bruce R. Best <bbest@uog9.uog.edu>
Kimberly K. Obbink, Ph.D. <kobbink@montana.edu>
Dear Bruce:
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(1) Many thanks for your phone call over the week-end. I
greatly enjoyed
our conversation.
(2) I am also very happy to hear of your strong interest in
participating in
the project of establishing a Global University System in
your western
Pacific area as deploying broadband wireless and satellite
broadband Internet.
Dear Kim:
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(3) ATTACHMENT I is the bio of Bruce Best.
Pls include it in your travel grant application to the
NSF for our
Manila workshop on 10/29th-31st. This is the last info necessary
for
the application so that pls submit it at your earliest convenience.
Thanks in advance.
Best, Tak
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ATTACHMENT
Bruce R. Best
(4) Address:
Mr. Bruce R. Best
PEACESAT/TADEO
Research Associate
Station Manager
Telecommunication and Distance Education Operation
Center for Continuing Education & Outreach Programs
University of Guam
Box 5278 UOG Station
Mangilao, Guam 96923
011-671-735-2621/0
011-671-632-5310 4PM-8PM
011-671-734-8826 (Car)
Fax: 011-671-734-8377
Fax: 011-671-734-8377<<04/22/1994>>for short msg
bbest@uog9.uog.edu
(5) Reason for selection:
The University of Guam (UOG) is now launching a new distance
education
initiative which will involve a regional effort directed towards
increasing
the availability of educational services to the people in remote
areas of the
Western Pacific. For this initiative, he is now holding a workshop
"Charting
the Future Course of Distance Education in the Western Pacific"
on August 1st
to 3rd, 2000.
On the other hand, Montana State University plans to extend
their distance
learning courses and medical services to Guam and the Pacific
Islands.
During the Manila workshop, both parties can discuss their
cooperation and the
future of deploying broadband wireless and satellite Internet
in the Western
Pacific region, in addition to Mr. Best's effort of extending
his distance
learning program to the Philippines.
(6) Expected tasks after the conference:
The Telecommunications and Distance Education Operation (TADEO)
at the
University of Guam's Center for Continuing Education and Outreach
Program's
PeaceSat staff and management are excited to be part of the regional
broadband
internet initiative of the Global University System (GUS).
The mission of UOG includes post-secondary educational services
to the 3
million square miles area of Micronesia and our Asian neighbors
(currently 50%
of Guam's population is Filipino descent). Since the majority
of the
populated islands of the American affiliated Federated States
of Micronesia
and the Republic of the Marshall Islands do not even have POTS,
VSAT based
internet access would greatly enhance the educational and medical
facilities
across the region.
The Micronesia region has fully grasped the digital age Mr.
Best has
assisted in the development and installation of numerous remote
island
school's computer labs, all powered by photovoltaic systems burning
their own
cd's even though the remote islands have no fuel-fired generator
or phone
system. Currently, they are experimenting with 300 baud HF-email
systems
because of the high recurring cost of commercial satellite service.
They are ready and willing to step in to the wide band internet
age and look
forward to being a part of the proposed GUS project.
(7) Bio:
Mr. Best's major research interest is the developing communication
networks
for the tropical pacific and now manages telecommunication &
distance
education operation and earth station facilities at the UOG.
He hold B.A. degree (1977) from the University of California/Santa
Babara and
M.S. (Marine Lab, 1981) from the University of Guam, after served
in the US
Navy for five years.
In addition to his successful private organization in telecommunication
and
computer fields since 1984, he has held various seminars, workshops,
training
and installation for medical and educational personnel on solar
powered
communication networks for tropical applications throughout Micronesia
in the
past two decades.
Selected Reports and Publications:
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Best, Bruce, 1999, The Last 100 Miles: In: Pacific News.Net
Vol. 4 N.9,
Hawaii Internet & Telecom Publishing, Inc.
Best, B., Woodard, J., 1999, Integrating FM Broadcast Stations
in VSAT
Networks for Distance Education in Pacific Islands: In: PTC Proceedings
1999
Best, B., Okamura, T., 1996, Creating an Inexpensive, Narrow
Band, Multi-function S/L Band Earth Station for the Remote Pacific
Islands: In: PTC
Proceedings 1996
McConnell, J., Best, Bruce, 1992, Remote Telemetry Applications
in Micronesia.
Presented: PTC January.
Cohen, A., Best, Bruce, Camacho-Dungca, B., 1992, An Electronic
Mail Network
Linking Libraries in Remote Micronesian Islands. In: PTC 454-456
pp.
Workman, Randall L., Iyechad, Theodore M., Camacho-Dungca,
B., Best, Bruce,
1990, Telecommunications and Distance Education: among the Pacific
Island
Land Grant Schools, a paper presented at the University of Guam's
Research
Conference.
Best, Bruce, Boughton, G.J., Karolle, B., Martinez, V. and
Camacho-Dungca, B.,
1990, The University of Guam's Experience in Delivering Distance
Education in
Micronesia. In: Educational and Training Technology International.
V. 27,
N.3, 258-259 pp.
Best, Bruce, Boughton, G.J., Karolle, B., Martinez, V., and
Camacho-Dungca,
B., 1990, Developing and Delivering Cost Effective Distance Education
in
Micronesia: the University of Guam's experience in Bridging the
"Low and High
Tech Gap" (Honolulu In: Proceedings PTC). 559-560, 561-562
pp.
Best, Bruce and G.J. Boughton, 1990, UOG Board of Regents,
Inina, Fina'Na'Gue
Yan Setbisio: The Mission of the University of Guam (Mangilao:
University of
Guam 1990) 1pp.
Dungca, B., Karolle, B., Martinez, A.S., Best, Bruce R., 1989
- 1990,
Developing and Delivering Training opportunities in Micronesia:
A look
ahead. In: Proceedings, 1990 Pacific Telecommunications Conference,
Honolulu, Hawaii.
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List of Distribution
Mr. Bruce R. Best
PEACESAT/TADEO
Research Associate
Station Manager
Telecommunication and Distance Education Operation
Center for Continuing Education & Outreach Programs
University of Guam
Box 5278 UOG Station
Mangilao, Guam 96923
011-671-735-2621/0
011-671-632-5310 4PM-8PM
011-671-734-8826 (Car)
Fax: 011-671-734-8377
Fax: 011-671-734-8377<<04/22/1994>>for short msg
bbest@uog9.uog.edu
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
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