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John L. German
Director
Non-Profit Computing, Inc. (a nonprofit organization)
125 East 63rd Street
New York NY 10021-7310
212-759-2368
german63@hotmail.com
References:
(a) (20090707)
Similarity between Al Gore's "Mission to Planet Earth" project and
Our GUS/GCEPG projects
http://tinyurl.com/kpxpm5
(b) Utsumi, T., (2008), "Development History of Peace Gaming and Global
University System" for the book "Tranformative Learning and Online
Education: Aesthetics, Dimensions and Concepts," IGI Global (September 7,
2008)
http://tinyurl.com/bdcjha
Dear John:
(1) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT I) in response to Reference (a) above.
(2) Your questions #1: ÒList = email distribution list?Ó
YES, it is, as what this list distribution is now doing.
(3) Your questions #2: ÒStart date?Ó
Almost immediately after I received the following letter from the US Department
of Commerce on April 6, 1982;
This de-regulation was emulated in other countries
since then, to have more than 1.5 billion email users around the world
nowadays.
My saga of coming to this point was described in the Sections 1.2 to 1.5 of the
Reference (b) above.
(4) Around that time of April 1982, there was the world first e-learning course
held by the Western Behavioral Science Institute in La Joya, CA, as using the
Electronic Information Exchange System (EIES) of the New Jersey Institute of
Technology. I was fortunate to take the course with a scholarship.
The students gathered in La Joya for one week. A half day session was assigned
to each lecturer who described the outline of his course. After that
gathering, we scattered around the US, and started conversing each other on the
lecturerÕs subjects. One of the lecturers was the President of the
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Bolder, CO, (Walter
Roberts), who was the former President of the American Association for
Advancement of Science (AAAS). We had very active dialogues, e.g., my question
to him why the air circulates counter-clock-wise around low pressure and
otherwise for the high pressure in northern hemisphere, and the other way in
southern hemisphere (*), and my invention of a very complicated equation of the
relation of the latitude of New York City with the timing of sun set at
spring/autumnal equinox, etc.
(*) Walter could not
answer in few phrases — if anyone knows any answer to this question, pls
reply to me.
After lively sessions for one month with him, next lecturer started his course
on global economics. However, alas, none of students dared to raise any
questions nor dialogue. This was because the lecturer was from the Royal Dutch
Shell Oil Company in London, and could not attend the one week gathering in La
Joya because of his business trip elsewhere, and students were hesitant to
speak out without seeing him face-to-face at the gathering in La Joya.
(5) This may related to a famous cartoon appeared in New Yorker around the time
when Internet was opened to public in early 1990s. In it, a daddy dog was
sending an email msg at the front of computer, and said to puppy dog who was
standing nearby him, ÒIn Internet, no body knows you are a DOG!!Ó
(6) The lessons learned from these are;
(a) Face-to-face mtg
is still very important — particularly to have a workshop to start any
serious project;
(b) Need to indicate authenticity of msgs — as I always include full
addresses in my list distributions.
(7) The above are my thoughts about the use of email.
Keep in touch.
Best, Tak
ATTACHMENT I
From: "John L. German" <german63@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 08:58:33
-0400
To: Tak Utsumi <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Subject: Tak Utsumi: Your list
as the world longest running list
Tak
Utsumi:
Your list as
the world's longest running list
> a World Bank officer once said that our list is the world longest running
list
That distinction would be something that could be turned to advantage in
attracting and engaging people, organizations, advocacy, activism, and I'd be
happy to check around with other potential candidates for that distinction --
questions that come quickly to mind include:
List = email distribution list?
Start date?
Looking forward
If you need anything
else, about the above or anything else, let me know.
If this email message leads to any useful or interesting results, I'd be
interested in hearing about it.
John L. German (a pro bono volunteer)
Director
Non-Profit Computing, Inc. (a nonprofit organization) -- since 1984, an
all-volunteer organization best known for arranging computer donations,
procurement, and logistics worldwide
Main Representative to the United Nations
Member of the Board of Trustees
People to People International (founded by President Eisenhower) -- includes
Committee on Disability
Co-Chair, International Service Division
The Rotary Club of New York
Non-governmental organization (NGO) representative
Technical Subgroup of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended W! orking Group on Informatics
(informally, the Working Group on Informatics)
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
United Nations
Senior Advisor
United Nations Public-Private Alliance for Rural Development
212-759-2368
Non-Profit Computing is a member of the United Nations Global Compact
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