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Dr. Bernd R. Hornung <hornung@med.uni-marburg.de>

Prof. Stuart A. Umpleby <umpleby@gwu.edu>


Dear Bernd:

(1) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT I) -- sorry for my belated reply due to my trip to the WSIS in Tunis in November and subsequent reports about it and other matters.

I am very delighted to be introduced by Stuart to you and to your prestigious Research Committee 51 (RC51) of the International Sociological Association (ISA).

I am taking the liberty of attaching here your following materials for our list members (total about 3,000);

(a) International Sociological Association (ISA) <http://www.ucm.es/info/isa/>

http://makeashorterlink.com/?V1952546C
<Filename: isa_id.rtf>,


(b) Research Committee 51 (RC51) <http://www.unizar.es/sociocybernetics>

http://makeashorterlink.com/?U1A53246C
<Filename: rc51_id.rtf>,


(c) 2nd Call for Paper of the XVIth World Congress of Sociology
The Quality of Social Existence in a Globalising World
Durban, South Africa, July 23-29, 2006
<http://www.ucm.es/info/isa/congress2006/rc/rc51_durban.htm>

http://makeashorterlink.com/?P6B55246C
<Filename: d2ndcall.rtf>


(2) I am also very glad to hear of your strong interest and willingness to participate in our Globally Collaborative Environmental Peace Gaming (GCEPG) Project.

Upon your request, I composed a synopsis of your Global University System (GUS) and the GCEPG projects, which MS/WORD file is attached to this msg;

Synopsis of GUS+GCEPG
http://makeashorterlink.com/?K3852146C
<Filename: Synopsis of GUS+GCEPG_v4.doc>


I hope this is satisfactory for your newsletter.

(3) The Millennium Institute <http://www.millenniuminstitute.net/> in Arlington, VA has also indicated their willingness to participate in this project with their national system dynamics models of Bangladesh, China, Ghana, Guyana, Italy, Malawi, Somaliland, Tunisia, and the United States.

They also indicated me that their institute would be willing to be the global center of our GCEPG project, as firstly organizing a planning workshop — we may seek fund for this from the European Commission/National Science Foundation joint program along with the European Learning GRID Infrastructure (ELeGI) Project for which I am one of the Scientific Advisory Board members.  The ELeGI hopes to make this GCEPG a powerful demonstration of their project, too.  Incidentally, the Club of Rome people also indicated their interest in this GCEPG project during the WSIS in Tunis.

When this workshop is confirmed, I will inform to you so that you or your RC51 members may participate in it, particularly for the construction of socio-economic-environmental simulation models with System Dynamic methodology, which is based on the feedback theory of cybernetics.

Keep in touch.

Pls have a very Happy and Healthy New Year!!

Best, Tak

ATTACHMENT I


------ Forwarded Message
> From: "Bernd R. Hornung" <hornung@med.uni-marburg.de>
> Reply-To: <hornung@med.uni-marburg.de>
> Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 22:30:50 + 010
> To: <utsumi@columbia.edu>
> Cc: <umpleby@gmail.com>
> Subject: RC51 on Sociocybernetics
>
>
> Dear Tak:
>
> First of all I have to excuse myself for not having written to
> you much earlier, but the last half year I have been extremely
> busy.
>
> I have received Stuart Umpleby«s introductory letter and your
> first e-mail time ago and many more of your e-mails since. Your
> project sounds very fascinating and I think it would be highly
> useful to exchange ideas between your group and RC51 on
> Sociocybernetics and to find some way to cooperate.
>
> If you have any specific suggestions how this could be achieved,
> I«d appreciate any proposals.
>
> As you have looked at our website you will have realized that we
> work basically through our own yearly conferences and have two
> journals and an electronic Newsletter. A first step might be to
> inform our membership about your project and activities by means
> of a 1-2 page short article in the Newsletter. If you have a
> suitable text, please send it to me by e-mail. Unfortunately I
> have barely the time to consult all the very interesting texts
> you reference in your mailings.
>
> For some more details about RC51 I attach a short text to this
> mail and also a short info about our parent organization, the
> International Sociological Association (ISA).
>
> Next year we«ll participate in the ISA World Congress of
> Sociology to be held in Durban and we are currently receiving
> paper proposals. In case you or some of your colleagues are
> interested in participating there is still time to do so. Just in
> case I attach our Call for Papers, the deadlines of which will be
> somewhat extended.
>
> Looking forward to hear from you,
> with best greetings
>
> Bernd
>
> ============================================================
>
> REPLY TO: Hornung@med.uni-marburg.de
>
>         Dr. Bernd R. Hornung
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Dr. Bernd R. Hornung
Data Protection Officer (BDSB)
University Hospital Giessen and Marburg
Hospital Marburg
University of Marburg
Robert-Koch-Str. 5 D-35037
Marburg, Germany
+6421-28-6-63-95 (direct)
+6421-28-6-63-99
Fax  : +6421-28-6-65-72
hornung@med.uni-marburg.de
http://www.unizar.es/sociocybernetics/

Prof. Stuart A. Umpleby
Research Program in Social and Organizational Learning
School of Business
Monroe Hall 403
The George Washington University
2101 F Street NW, Suite 201
Washington, DC 20052, USA
Tel: (202) 994-1642
Fax: (202) 994-4930
fax 202-994-3081
umpleby@gwu.edu
http://www.gwu.edu/~umpleby
http://www.asc-cybernetics.org/2005/index.htm 

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