Digest for 94-11-21
Dear Friends,
Natasha and I send best wishes from Pushchino -- along with our apologies
for our week-long silence on this list. Since my arrival here last week
from Prague, we have maintained a very hectic schedule (including 3 trips
to Moscow) and are only now settling down to some long neglected work. We
are at the moment without a network connection but this will hopefully be
remedied soon and we can begin to catch up on the email which has come in
during the past 10 days.
We will write more later about our work -- just begun -- on a complete
reorganization of Friends and Partners which we hope to 'unveil' in 2
weeks.
We want to send a special note of thanks to everyone who participated in the
recent Internet Relay Chat (IRC) sessions held for the benefit of the
participants in our Central/East European Internet conference. I wish all
who participated could have seen the excitement and amazement generated by
this global interactive communications session for people from 8 C/E
European countries -- many of whom had only heard of the Internet
before. It was a wonderful opportunity to 'spread the word' about the
exciting potential of global information infrastructure -- and, by all
accounts and in large part due to your help, a great success.
But I also want to express our most sincere regrets that we had to cut so
short the time spent in the IRC conference. During the morning of the 8
hour session, we had 2 very unexpected power outages which forced us to cut
short all elements of our presentation in order to give each scheduled
speaker time to talk. We had really hoped to spend 15 minutes or so in the
IRC conference but had to cut this in order to give other speakers their time.
Regardless of the network and electrical problems, the 3 Internet sessions
held in Prague were a great success. We met a lot of folks who are now
excited about adding or upgrading Internet connections to their
Universities and who are planning their own applications in communications
and information exchange.
And I think we all learned about the potential of the IRC utility in the
context of this 'friends and partners' project. We'll be using this more
and more as a way of encouraging discussion and dialog about issues of
common interest.
Well, back to work! Thanks for your patience with us during this time --
we should be back on a more regular schedule now.
Table of Contents
RECENT EMAIL . . .
#01-21 November 94 Sender: Norman Campbell (normcamp@OREGON.UOREGON.EDU)
Subject: status of "Schliemann/Trojan Treasure"@ Pushkin
#02-21 November 94 Sender: Petrus Palms (palbank@eskimo.com)
Subject: Re: Internet Conference in Central/Eastern Europe
#03-21 November 94 Sender: John C. K. Daly (BOKCU%KSUVM@solar.rtd.utk.edu)
Subject: Travel to Russia, January 1995
#04-21 November 94 Sender: JLWEAVER@itt.com (Hello from Joe!)
Subject: Greetings From Indiana
#05-21 November 94 Sender: SSA95ISD14@mecn.mass.edu
Subject: searching for friends
#06-21 November 94 Sender: Andrew Mich (a.mich@trl.oz.au)
Subject: Airport X-ray machines in the CIS
#07-21 November 94 Sender: "Heather J. Hurlbert" (hjh@dana.ucc.nau.edu)
Subject: Language tapes or CD's
#08-21 November 94 From: isargeo@glas.apc.org
Subject: Media Services interested in the Republic of
Georgia
#09-21 November 94 Sender: DavidN5512@aol.com
Subject: Kulab
#10-21 November 94 Sender: DMAYO@aol.com
Subject: Attempt to locate
#11-21 November 94 Sender: echristi@usgs.gov (Eliot Christian)
Subject: Administration to Announce GILS
APPENDIX: LISTSERV address & basic procedures
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Sender: Norman Campbell (normcamp@OREGON.UOREGON.EDU)
Subject: status of "Schliemann/Trojan Treasure"@ Pushkin
Do any of our Moscow friends have info on the progress of plans to exhibit the
Schliemann Gold now in possession of Pushkin Museum? Plans were originally to
have world premiere in Athens, Istanbul, Berlin, Moscow. I have promised to be
there where-ever,whenever!--Norm Campbell,Univ. of Oregon USA
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Sender: Petrus Palms (palbank@eskimo.com)
Subject: Re: Internet Conference in Central/Eastern Europe
)From Dr. Piotr Johannes van de Waal-Palms
Russian Venture Capital Fund of America
Palms & Company, Investment Bankers
palbank@eskimo.com (or) Palmbank@pnw.net
On Sat, 5 Nov 1994, Greg Cole wrote:
) Dear Friends,
)
) "Friends & Partners" has been invited by the Alliance of Universities for
) Democracy (AUDEM) to sponsor a conference this week in Prague, Czech
) Republic on telecommunications and information infrastructure in Central
) and Eastern Europe. This is an exciting opportunity for us to demonstrate
) how the Internet can be used for global communication and information
) sharing with participants from Albania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary,
) Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovak Republic, Ukraine, and the
) United States.=20
)
) We will be giving short sessions on Monday and Tuesday (November 7th and=20
) November 8th) and a full day's session on Thursday (November 10th) (this=20
) session will include approximately 50 higher education officials from=20
) throughout Central and Eastern Europe). Your moderator, Greg, will be=20
) participating from Prague and Natasha, from Pushchino. We will also have=
) =20
) presenters from the University of Tennessee and from Gdansk Technical=20
) University, Poland and from Czech Tech University, Czech Republic.
)
) Among other things, we will be demonstrating "Friends & Partners" and
) talking about how such efforts can be used to build global community. For
) this reason, we would so appreciate help from members of this list in
) several ways:=20
)
) 1. We would very much welcome any general or specific information=20
) that you feel would be helpful to share with the members of this=20
) conference.
It is very important to develop an Email directory of Banks,
instrumentalities of government, newspapers, industry etc to ave a means
of communication. Fax doesn't cut it. mail is prehistoric.
More than $22 billion in capital for economic redvelopment is going
begging due to lack of communications media. Every investment requires
thousands of pages of data to be exchanged. Without internet it will not
happen. The government organizations in the West are communicating only
with the large multinationals. The are millions of individual
entrepreneurs left out in the West and in Russia who cannot even
communicate to each other the existence of these economic development
programs.
)
) 2. We invite your own stories of how you have used the Internet in=20
) your personal and professional life -- and, in particular, about your=
) =20
) own use of the F&P service. We are putting together a document of=20
) =D2quotes=D3 to share with the conference participants. =20
Through F&P we have accessed Who is Who and are developing system
operator Email adresses through which we are securing subscriber lists
and communicating with banks, newspapers, government officials, defense
industries, teaching and explaining economic development programs and
means of accessing these programs. We are providing free articles to
newspapers and conducting reader question and answer colums, about
the economy, inflation, business management, monetary policy,
business management, international trade, rule of
law, taxation, licensing laws, etc. to create an informed electroate that
can chose officials wisely, and understand the effect of government
policy upon their lives.
We are teaching banking to banks and explaining risks and loan processing
and collateral, loan portfolio monitoring, bankruptcy, ROI, profit
margins, depreciation, marketing, etc.
We are explaining the financial strategies of defense conversion to
defense plant managers, reverse dilution, non-convertible/ convertible,
stock/bonds/debentures, cumulative/non-cumulative,
particpatory/non-participatory, voting/non-voting, common/preferred,
minutues, By-Laws, articles of incorporation, officer, directors,
shareholders, dividends, interest, GAAP accounting, capital syndication,
transfer agent, stock registry, stock certificates, etc etc.
We are reaching officials and ministers and exlplaining economic policy
an dbudgeting and answering questions aboutthe effect of proposaed
legislation.
)
) 3. On Thursday, November 10th we will be demonstrating the use of a=20
) facility called Internet Relay Chat which permits online, interactive=
) =20
) "conferencing" and in which we can have people from all over the world=
) =20
) carrying on a discussion. We would like to demonstrate this as an=20
) illustration of the immediate and global nature of Internet-based=20
) communication. =20
)
We would be please to participate from palbank@eskimo.com in any way you
see fit
) We would so appreciate people from many different countries help us by=20
) participating in one of two short sessions.
)
) One will occur at 3:30 pm GMT (10:30 am, Eastern Standard Time) on=20
) Tuesday, November 8. This will be a brief 5-10 minute session. =20
)
) One will occur at 7:30 am GMT (2:30 am, Eastern Standard Time) on=20
) Thursday, November 10. This will be an approximately 15 minute session.
Participant
Palms & Company, Inc. Investment Bankers
Seattle, Washington, U)S)A
Thursday session
2:30 A.M. EST (Seattle time 11:30 P.M. Wednesday)
)
) Participation is very simple. Participants can telnet to=20
) solar.rtd.utk.edu and enter "irc" (without quotes and in all lowercase=20
) letters) at the login prompt. You will then be automatically placed=20
) into an =D2Internet Relay Chat=D3 session where you can talk in real time=
) =20
) with other participants. (our thanks to John Gerber for making this=20
) possible)
)
) At the point in our presentation where I switch to the IRC session,=20
) Natasha and I will log in, say a few words of general greetings and ask=20
) each participant to introduce themselves (name, location, occupation,=20
) etc.). =20
)
) We will conduct a trial session of this on Monday at 6:00 pm GMT (12:00=20
) pm EST (noon)) to ensure that everything is working technically. (but plea=
) se=20
) feel free to login and use the irc session at any time)
)
) As we would like to create a world map showing the location of all=20
) participants in these sessions, we would greatly appreciate if you could=20
) send an email message to natasha@ibpm.serpukhov.su or=20
) gcole@solar.rtd.utk.edu giving your name and location=20
) (city/state/country) -- as well as an indication of which of the two=20
) sessions you would like to participate. We will send more instructions=20
) to everyone who writes us. =20
)
) The time required for participating in these online conferences will be=20
) very short (perhaps 10 or 15 minutes) -- really, just long enough to=20
) demonstrate to the higher education folks the global nature of the=20
) Internet. =20
)
) We will greatly appreciate any ideas, comments, suggestions and your=20
) active participation in this event.
This is our first experience with on line. If you can check us out ahead
of time it might be useful
I invite questions from the floor which we could answer about any
business or economic or monetary subject
Through this conference, we believe=20
) we will be able to show the importance and the relevance of global=20
) information infrastructure to decision makers from throughout Central=20
) and Eastern Europe. =20
)
) Thanks for your help!=20
)
) Greg
)
)
)
)
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Sender: John C. K. Daly (BOKCU%KSUVM@solar.rtd.utk.edu)
Subject: Travel to Russia, January 1995
Friends and colleagues,
I will be taking a group of Kansas State University students, faculty and
alumni to St. Petersburg and Moscow 2-9 January 1995. In St. Petersburg we
will be staying in the Oktiabrskaia hotel on the Nevskii Prospekt, in
Moscow our hotel will be the Intourist, a modern facility three minutes walk
from Red Square.
We will be flying FINNAIR out of JFK, New York. The travel has been arranged
by ITS, and the cost will be (depending on when one applies) $1220-$1330.
This fare is all-inclusive, and covers flights to and from Russia, hotels
(double occupancy), meals, city tours, cultural events, and intercity
travel.
I still have several spaces available on the trip; if anyone should be
interested in further details, I can FAX them applications and details.
You can reach me either by BITMAIL at the above address, tel. (913) 532-6730,
or FAX at (913) 532-7004.
In addition to myself, Professor Patrick Rollins of Old Dominion University
will also be on this trip. Needless to say, there will be a great deal of
additional "commentary."
I look forward to hearing from interested parties soon. Thanks for reading this
far.
Sincerely,
John C. K. Daly,
Associate Professor,
Russian History
Kansas State University
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Sender: JLWEAVER@itt.com (Hello from Joe!)
Subject: Greetings From Indiana
Dear Friends Across The Internet:
Greetings from Fort Wayne, Indiana. My thanks to Ms.
Bulshova and Mr. Cole for their efforts in establishing The
Friends service. It provides all of us with a wonderful
opportunity to get to know one another and share our
experiences.
In January 1995, I will be visiting Moscow and Minsk. I will be
in Moscow from January 14 through January 17 (noon) and then
will fly to Minsk and be there until January 21.
A small part of my time in Moscow will be spent visiting a
company with whom my company seeks to share business
opportunities. The remainder of the time I am free to
explore. I would be very happy to hear from anyone in
Moscow who might be interested in getting acquainted and
visiting some of Moscow's sites. I am very interested
in Arts and Sciences, especially music and space.
I will be visiting a friend in Minsk with whom I have been
corresponding with over the last year. It will be a
pleasure to finally meet her. If anyone here is from the
Minsk area, I would also like to hear from you.
Please send E-Mail to jlweaver@saturn.acdin.itt.com.
Sincerely,
Joseph L. Weaver
Configuration Manager, Spaceflight Programs
ITT Aerospace/Communications Division
Fort Wayne, Indiana
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Sender: SSA95ISD14@mecn.mass.edu
Subject: searching for friends
Lena from Moscow is seeking friends, who is ready to share ideas and anecdotes.
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Sender: Andrew Mich (a.mich@trl.oz.au)
Subject: Airport X-ray machines in the CIS
Dear Friends,
Does anyone have information about the
effect on photgraphic film of airport X-ray units in the CIS?
I'm interested not only in the international terminals, but the domestic
terminals as well, for internal plane travel: are the X-ray units
known to be film safe? I would not be using anything faster than 400 speed
film.
With Thanks,
Andrew Mich
a.mich@trl.oz.au
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Sender: "Heather J. Hurlbert" (hjh@dana.ucc.nau.edu)
Subject: Language tapes or CD's
I really need to learn Russian and I am not going to be able to do so in
a classroom setting and I just don't have the money to go to Russia or
anywhere else for that matter. I have decided to purchase either a set
of tapes, CD's or even a PC program (CD ROM) to get myself started on the
language. The problem is I have no idea what are good courses to
purchase. I need to learn the language, not just travel things like
"Where is the bathroom", and "What flight number is this." I need a
course that teaches me the language not just phrases. Has anyone out
there had success with or heard of a particular tape or CD course that they
could reccomend?
************************************************
Heather Hurlbert
Staff Ethnographer
Flagstaff Multicultural AIDS Prevention Project
Northern Arizona University
hjh@dana.ucc.nau.edu
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)From: isargeo@glas.apc.org
Subject: Media Services interested in the Republic of Georgia
(Xposted from FSUMedia)
PRESS RELEASE
To: Media Services interested in the Republic of Georgia
)From: Michael Clayton, Program Director, ISAR-Caucasus
Address: 89/24 David Aghmashenebeli Avenue, 10th Floor, Tbilisi
380008, Republic of Georgia. Telephone: 8832-969-130. Fax:
8832-950-855. Electronic mail: (isargeo@glas.apc.org)
Date: November 8, 1994
While grave political, criminal, and economic problems persist in
Georgia and receive most of the attention from the national and
international media, a layer of grassroots, environmental
non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has quietly blossomed in
this country in the past six months. Independent NGOs across
Georgia are currently active on the community level in topics
including alternative energy, sustainable forestry, environmental
health, ecotourism , environmental education, conservation, and
sustainable agriculture.
ISAR-Caucasus has been active in assisting these NGOs and would
like to announce the completion of the second round of the small
grants competition for NGOs working on environmental projects in
the Republic of Georgia. The Board selected ten projects --
amounting to a total of $19, 214 -- to support in this round. All
of the NGOs are registered with state authorities as non-profit,
non-governmental organizations, and, as required by the guidelines
of the competition, all submitted copies of their organization's
by-laws. The winners of the competition will be announced at a
press conference in the ISAR building on November 22 at 12:00 p.m.
Past winners will also be present to speak about their
organizations and the projects completed with financing from
ISAR.
For your information, please find attached a more detailed
description of ISAR's program in Georgia.
ISAR-GEORGIA PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
General Background
ISAR opened its Tbilisi office in February 1994 with the goal of
supporting the non-governmental sector and democratic initiatives
in Georgia through technical assistance, information and small
grants to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in the
environmental sphere. The objectives of the program include
increasing the understanding of and participation in democratic
decision-making process as well as strengthening the
organizational capabilities and the long-term sustainability of
NGOs.
Extensive travel across Georgia and extended discussions with NGO
representatives have demonstrated a real need for the type of
assistance ISAR has to offer because of the tight controls over
resources and information exercised by the power structures in all
parts of the country.
ISAR's Tbilisi office employs both US and indigenous staff with
the expectation that the office will be increasingly run by local
people. The current staff is comprised of one American and three
full-time local employees, each of whom is responsible for a
component of ISAR's program. The program director manages the
local staff and, in consultation with ISAR-DC, develops and
implements country-wide strategy and workplans. ISAR has
established similar offices in Almaty, Kiev, and Moscow -- and has
representatives in Nizhni Novogrod, Vladivostok, and Yerevan. The
central office is in Washington, DC.
Small Grants Program
ISAR-Georgia launched its small grants program in July 1994 and
has distributed approximately $35,000 in grants to twenty Georgian
NGOs (list of grant recipients available upon request). ISAR
expects to distribute nearly $120,000 in small grants before
February 1996. NGOs are initially eligible to apply for grants of
up to $2,000. Upon successful completion of its first grant, NGOs
will be eligible to apply for grants of up to $4,000.
ISAR's advisory board, composed of the program director and six
Georgians with a variety of backgrounds and expertise, makes
general policy decision for ISAR-Georgia, in addition to
conducting the evaluation of all proposals and the awarding of
grants. Together with the advisory board, the Tbilisi staff
conducts detailed evaluations of all grant recipients. In
addition, the Tbilisi staff trains potential applicants, both in
Tbilisi and in the outlying areas, in the process of establishing
successful organizations, of creating projects which fit into
long-term organizational goals, and of writing effective
proposals.
A more detailed description of the small grants program is
available upon request.
Technical Assistance/
Organizational Development
In addition to its grants, ISAR offers ongoing technical
assistance to NGOs in Georgia. ISAR provides advice and training
on organizational issues and financial management and helps groups
to publicize their accomplishments. In particular, ISAR strives
to assist groups to strengthen their communication links with
other local organizations as well as with groups throughout the
former Soviet Union and in the West. ISAR also plans to organize
topical workshops bringing together local NGOs interested in the
same issues since it has found that many groups have lost track of
each other in the last difficult years and are eager to learn
about each other's activities. ISAR has been working with other
international NGOs in Georgia, and will collaborate with such
groups in coordinating projects beneficial to local
organizations.
Electronic Mail In coordination with Sacred Earth Network, ISAR
offers assistance and training in e-mail. Electronic mail is an
absolutely essential part of strengthening the NGO movement here
in Georgia. Those groups able to communicate regularly and
effectively by e-mail will be able to leapfrog the rest of the
country as it waits for reliable telecommunications to be
established. ISAR has been working closely with other
international and local NGOs in Tbilisi to try to establish more
reliable and affordable e-mail connections and hopes to resolve
this question in conjunction with other groups. Once better
communication links have been established, ISAR will be able to
distribute computers and modems to more NGOs as part of its grant
programs, and to train those groups in effective e-mail usage.
ISAR's Library
With significant donations from the US EPA, Island Press, and
Resources for the Future (and free transportation donated by
Lufthansa Airlines), ISAR has an operating library with over 200
documents. Additionally, with support from the Television Trust
for the Environment and the USIA, ISAR has approximately 30
environmental films in the library. These films are currently
being translated, to be shown on Georgian television, but will be
available for use by the general public in the near future.
Nearly 70 percent of the office space is dedicated to the library
so that persons, regardless of governmental, commercial or
non-governmental affiliations, can use the books. The library
includes environmental literature and data, as well as information
about organizations and foundations active in the NIS. Since the
library is primarily in English, each book has a summary in
Georgian, to facilitate effective use of the library.
ISAR has also sent library materials (such as ISAR's English and
Russian quarterly journal, Surviving Together, the Biodiversity
Conservation Center's book, Kak Prosit Dengi (How to Raise Money),
MacArthur Foundation applications, and Russian environmental
magazines provided by USIA) to groups in Dzvari, Gali, Zugdidi,
Nukalakevi, Poti, Chokhatauri, Batumi, Ninoshvili, Kutaisi,
Telavi, Lanchkhuti, Osurgeti, Sagarejo, Lagodekhi, Dedopliszkaro,
Akhmeta, and Khashuri. ISAR will continue to expand its library
and make it available to the general public. In the long-run, we
hope to pass on these materials to a local non-governmental
clearinghouse.
Contact Information: ISAR-Georgia is located at located in
Tbilisi on the 10th floor of the new building of the Department of
City Projects (89/24 David Aghmashenebeli Street). The office
phone number is 8832-969-130, and the electronic mail contact is
"isargeo@glas.apc.org".
"ISAR-Georgia Program Description", English version (14 November
1994).
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Sender: DavidN5512@aol.com
Subject: Kulab
Can you provide e-mail address(es) for Kulab, Tajikistan?
Many thanks.
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Sender: DMAYO@aol.com
Subject: Attempt to locate
I would appreciate any help in locating Tatyana Zhdanova whom I met in Moscow
in March, 1974, during preparation activities for the joint Apollo-Soyuz Test
Project. My last indirect contact (May 1994) with Tatyana indicated that she
is now living in St. Petersburg, but I have received no response to a letter
I sent to the address I have. I have also not been successful in sending a
fax message to the telephone number I was given for her. I am posting this
message hoping to locate an e-mail address for Tatyana.
Spaseeba balshoye,
Richard Mayo
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Sender: echristi@usgs.gov (Eliot Christian)
Subject: Administration to Announce GILS
Administration to Announce
Government Information Locator Service
On December 7, 1994, the Clinton Administration
will take a major step toward creating a Government
Information Locator Service (GILS) to help the public
locate and access information across the federal
government. GILS will identify public information
resources, describe the information, and help the
public get it. It will include a network of
decentralized, agency-based information locators. The
public will use GILS directly or through intermediaries
such as libraries, private information providers, and
academic institutions. It will ultimately be
accessible through various media including Internet, by
dial-up from the Commerce Department's FedWorld system,
and from the World Wide Web through the "Welcome to the
White House" server. On December 7th, at 2:00 pm:
* Commerce Deputy Secretary David J. Barram will
announce the initiative;
* Sally Katzen, Administrator of the Office of
Management and Budget's Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, will announce the issuance of
an OMB Bulletin to implement the GILS; and
* Ray Kammer, Deputy Director of the National
Institute of Standards and Technology, will
announce the promulgation of a Federal Information
Processing Standard for the GILS.
The event will also include a live demonstration of
the GILS and statements by other officials and private
sector representatives.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: The event will take place at
2:00 pm on Wednesday, December 7, in the White House
Briefing Room, Room 450, Old Executive Office Building,
17th and Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.. Access will be
through the Pennsylvania Avenue entrance at 1:30 pm.
Seating is extremely limited. Attendance will be by
reservation only, on a "first reserved" basis. To
attend, please send an e-mail to ipc@a1.eop.gov
including your full name and date of birth for
clearance into the building, by December 1, 1994.
Confirmation will be by return e-mail. Persons without
e-mail capability may fax their reservation request to
395-5167, but will not receive a confirmation.
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APPENDIX
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