[gu-l] (03/03/02) Meaning of GLOSAS/USA logo, and Amazon and Cuba
projects
Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D.
utsumi@columbia.edu
Sun, 03 Mar 2002 09:51:00 -0500
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<<March 3, 2002>>
Archived distributions can be retrieved by clicking =B3Correspondence=B2 in our
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Denise Shomaly K <dshomaly@intermedia.cl>
Dorit Novak <dnovak@netvision.net.il>
Fabio S. LEITE <fabio.leite@itu.int>
Miguel Garay Garcell <garay@ceis.ispjae.edu.cu>
Dear Denise:
(1) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT I) with very kind words.
I am very delighted to hear that you enjoyed my talk at the UNESCO
conference in Havana, Cuba on 2/21st.
I took the liberty of admitting you into our list.
Pls inform me of the name of your affiliation, snail mail address,
phone/fax, etc., in your next msg so that we can include you at an
appropriate location in our main mailing list.
About the meaning of GLOSAS logo:
(2) Pls visit my book draft/Chapter 3/Section 2/=B2Acceptance Speech of Lord
Perry Award for Excellence in Distance Education=B2 at
http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Bookwriting/Contents_of_Book.html
> Dear Dorit:
>=20
> After my talk, you also asked me the same question. Hope the above URL w=
ill
> describe it fully.
> Dear Fabio:
>=20
> BTW, you may find how I struggled with Mr. Yoshio Utsumi, your
> Director-General in Chapter 1/Sections 2 and 3 of this book draft, when h=
e was
> the manager of telecom at the Japanese Ministry of Posts and Telecom almo=
st 2
> decades ago.
>=20
> You may also find his regrettable confession in Chapter III/Section E of =
my
> paper "Quest for Global Peace: (A Personal Recollection)" -- Paper presen=
ted
> at Global Peace Assembly, Taipei, Taiwan, August 12 to 19, 2001 at
> http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/GPA-Taipei_8-15-01/Quest_for_GP.ht=
ml
>=20
>> BTW, Claudio and I look forward to receiving your msg on how to apply fo=
r the
>> new fund at your ITU =8B see ATTACHMENT II below.
>>=20
About our Amazon projects:
(3) Pls retrieve my following previous list distributions at
http://www.friends-partners.org/pipermail/gu-l/2002q1/date.html
> 1. (02/25/02) Mexican contact
> 2. (02/27/02) UNESCO conference in Havana and possible GUS/Cuba project
> 3. (03/02/02) Inquiry on the use of English for Grass Root Fund applicati=
on
You can also find the full InfoDev grant application of this project and th=
e
PowerPoint slide of my presentation at the UNESCO conference in Havana, Cub=
a
in the Section of GUS/BRAZIL/AMAZON at
http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/GLOSAS_USA/Page/List_of_Activities.h=
t
ml
About our GLOSAS projects:
(4) Pls visit =B3Current Reference Websites=B2 (which hard copy I distributed a=
t
the UNESCO conference) at
http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Global_University/Global%20Universit=
y
%20System/Reference_web_sites.html
PowerPoint slides in the Section GLOSAS/USA may be of some interest to you.
Dear Miguel:
(5) Many thanks for your msg (ATTCHMENT III).
(6) Pls visit following web sites;
> 1. Lucent/Orinoco <http://wavelan.com/>
> 2. KarlNet <http://www.karlnet.com/>
> 3. Western Multiplex <http://www.WMUX.COM/NEWWIRE/>
They are suppliers of broadband wireless Internet units which we may use.
(7) Pls find out if your country allow the use of those units without
license.
(8) Looking forward to meeting with you again soon,
Best, Tak
ATTCHMENT I=20
On 3/2/02 7:37 PM, "Denise Shomaly K" <dshomaly@intermedia.cl> wrote:
> Dear Dr. Utsumi. I attended your conference in La Habana and was absolute=
ly
> mesmerized! Congratulations and I hope everything goes well with your fab=
ulous
> projects.
> I didn=B4t have the chance to talk to you later, but wanted to express this
> feeling.
> Aside, and please apologize, I was very intrigued by a different issue, r=
ather
> a detail and would like to ask you about GLOSAS=B4s LOGO. The six-pointed s=
tar
> with a dot in the center caught my attention. =BFwhat does it mean?
> I would love to know, Thank you. Denise. (journalist from Chile, Master i=
n
> Communications)
ATTCHMENT II=20
Subject: Re: [gu-l] (02/27/02) UNESCO conference in Havana and possible
GUS/Cubaproject
Date: Thursday, February 28, 2002 7:47 AM
From: Cl=E1udio Menezes <cmenezes@unesco.org.uy>
To: <utsumi@columbia.edu>, gu-lists <utsumi@columbia.edu>, <juan@mic.cu>,
<fabio.leite@itu.int>
Dear Tak,=20
Many thanks for your message. I'm happy to learn that some spin off
activities will be generated, after your participacion in SimpLAC, last
week. We are now arranging to put all working papers on UNESCO, Cuba and
mirror websites in the LAC countries.
WSIS stands for "World Summit on Information Society" (Geneva, 10-12
December 2002,http://www.wsis.itu.int).
Dear Fabio,=20
It was a pleasure to meet you during INFORMATICA2002. Could you please:
- send copy to me of the procedures to apply for ITU fund mentioned by Tak
Utsumi;=20
- keep me in the loop related to "World Summit on the Information Society"
issues (I am responsible for promoting it in MERCOSUR + Bolivia and Chile,
areas under the responsibility of our Office).
Dear Juan,=20
Could you please copy to my your powerpoint slides presented in Tampa, FL. =
I
am very much interested in participating in UN ICT Task Force and its
networks in LAC Region. I will mention this to Mr. Khan.
Regards, Cl=E1udio Menezes.
ATTACHMENT III=20
Subject: To: Prof, Dr. Takeshi Utsumi
Date: Thursday, February 28, 2002 3:50 PM
From: garay@ceis.ispjae.edu.cu
To: <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Cc: <garay@ceis.ispjae.edu.cu>, <garcellmig@yahoo.com>,
<garay_miguel@yahoo.com>
Priority: normal
Dear Prof. Dr. Takeshi Utsumi
Chairman, GLOSAS/USA
GLObal Systems Analysis and
Simulation Association
U.S.A.
utsumi@columbia.edu
With great pleasure I am writing you. I am
very impressed for your visit. I just came
back from Informatic Conference in Havana in
which we interchanged the main ideas on
project. For us your presence and councils
were very important. Now, I am studying your
materials and your paper at SIMPLAC 2002. I
think we can work intensively in the next
weeks. I talked my colleagues on project and
they are very interested in it. I am working
in order to invite you very soon. With great
pleasure I hope to meet you and your wife
here. Sincerely yours, Miguel
List of Distributions
Denise Shomaly K
dshomaly@intermedia.cl
Dorit Novak
WBE Expert
Empowerment Through Electronics Ltd. (E.T.E.)
39 Reading St.,
Tel Aviv 69028
Israel
Mobile: +972-64-473174
Fax: +972-3-5304228
dnovak@netvision.net.il
Fabio S. LEITE
Project Manager, IMT-2000
Office of the Secretary-General
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Place des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland
Tel.: +41 22 730 59 40
Mobile: +41 79 249 48 11
Fax: +41 22 730 65 00
fabio.leite@itu.int
www.itu.int
Miguel Garay Garcell
Instituto Superior Polit=E9cnico Jose Antonio Echeverria (ISPJAE)
Calle 127 s/n CUJAE
Marianao, Cuba
garay@ceis.ispjae.edu.cu
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* Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D., P.E., Chairman, GLOSAS/USA *
* (GLObal Systems Analysis and Simulation Association in the U.S.A.) *
* Laureate of Lord Perry Award for Excellence in Distance Education *
* Founder of CAADE *
* (Consortium for Affordable and Accessible Distance Education) *
* President Emeritus and V.P. for Technology and Coordination of *
* Global University System (GUS) *
* 43-23 Colden Street, Flushing, NY 11355-3998, U.S.A. *
* Tel: 718-939-0928; Fax: 718-939-0656 (day time only--prefer email) *
* Email: utsumi@columbia.edu; Tax Exempt ID: 11-2999676 *
* http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/ *
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Denise Shomaly K <dshomaly@intermedia.cl><BR>
<BR>
Dorit Novak <dnovak@netvision.net.il><BR>
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Fabio S. LEITE <fabio.leite@itu.int><BR>
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Miguel Garay Garcell <garay@ceis.ispjae.edu.cu><BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<B><U>Dear Denise:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
(1) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT I) with very kind words.<BR>
<BR>
I am very delighted to hear that you enjoyed my talk at the UNESCO conferen=
ce in Havana, Cuba on 2/21st.<BR>
<BR>
I took the liberty of admitting you into our list.<BR>
<BR>
Pls inform me of the name of your affiliation, snail mail address, phone/fa=
x, etc., in your next msg so that we can include you at an appropriate locat=
ion in our main mailing list.<BR>
<BR>
<B><U>About the meaning of GLOSAS logo:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
(2) Pls visit my book draft/Chapter 3/Section 2/”Acceptance Speech of=
Lord Perry Award for Excellence in Distance Education” at<BR>
http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Bookwriting/Contents_of_Book.html<BR=
>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><B><U>Dear Dorit:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
After my talk, you also asked me the same question. Hope the above UR=
L will describe it fully.<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><B><U>Dear Fabio:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
BTW, you may find how I struggled with Mr. Yoshio Utsumi, your Director-Gen=
eral in Chapter 1/Sections 2 and 3 of this book draft, when he was the manag=
er of telecom at the Japanese Ministry of Posts and Telecom almost 2 decades=
ago.<BR>
<BR>
You may also find his regrettable confession in Chapter III/Section E of my=
paper "<U>Quest for Global Peace: (A Personal Recollection)</U>" =
-- Paper presented at Global Peace Assembly, Taipei, Taiwan, August 12 to 19=
, 2001 at<BR>
http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/GPA-Taipei_8-15-01/Quest_for_GP.html=
<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Courier">BTW, Claudio and I look forward to =
receiving your msg on how to apply for the new fund at your ITU — see =
ATTACHMENT II below.<BR>
<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><B><U>About our Amazo=
n projects:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
(3) Pls retrieve my following previous list distributions at<BR>
http://www.friends-partners.org/pipermail/gu-l/2002q1/date.html<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><OL><OL><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><U>(02/25/02) Mexican contact</U><I=
>=20
</I></FONT><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><U>(02/27/02) UNESCO conference in Hava=
na and possible GUS/Cuba project</U><I>=20
</I></FONT><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><U>(03/02/02) Inquiry on the use of Eng=
lish for Grass Root Fund application</U><I> <BR>
</I></FONT></OL></OL><FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><BR>
You can also find the full InfoDev grant application of this project and th=
e PowerPoint slide of my presentation at the UNESCO conference in Havana, Cu=
ba in the Section of GUS/BRAZIL/AMAZON at<BR>
http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/GLOSAS_USA/Page/List_of_Activities.h=
tml<BR>
<BR>
<B><U>About our GLOSAS projects:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
(4) Pls visit “Current Reference Websites” (which hard copy I d=
istributed at the UNESCO conference) at<BR>
http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Global_University/Global%20Universit=
y%20System/Reference_web_sites.html<BR>
<BR>
PowerPoint slides in the Section GLOSAS/USA may be of some interest to you.=
<BR>
<BR>
<B><U>Dear Miguel:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
(5) Many thanks for your msg (<B><U>ATTCHMENT III</U></B>).<BR>
<BR>
(6) Pls visit following web sites;<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><OL><OL><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Courier">Lucent/Orinoco <http://wavelan.c=
om/>=20
</FONT><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Courier">KarlNet <http://www.karlnet.com/>=20
</FONT><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Courier">Western Multiplex <http://www.WMUX.COM/N=
EWWIRE/><BR>
</FONT></OL></OL><FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><BR>
They are suppliers of broadband wireless Internet units which we may use.<B=
R>
<BR>
(7) Pls find out if your country allow the use of those units without licen=
se.<BR>
<BR>
(8) Looking forward to meeting with you again soon,<BR>
<BR>
Best, Tak<BR>
</FONT>
<P ALIGN=3DCENTER>
<FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><HR ALIGN=3DCENTER SIZE=3D"3" WIDTH=3D"95%"><B><U>ATTCHMENT =
I
</U></B></FONT>
<P>
<FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><BR>
On 3/2/02 7:37 PM, "Denise Shomaly K" <dshomaly@intermedia.cl&=
gt; wrote:<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Courier">Dear Dr. Utsumi. I attended your co=
nference in La Habana and was absolutely mesmerized! Congratulations and I h=
ope everything goes well with your fabulous projects.<BR>
I didn´t have the chance to talk to you later, but wanted to express =
this feeling.<BR>
Aside, and please apologize, I was very intrigued by a different issue, rat=
her a detail and would like to ask you about GLOSAS´s LOGO. The six-po=
inted star with a dot in the center caught my attention. ¿what does i=
t mean?<BR>
I would love to know, Thank you. Denise. (journalist from Chile, Master in =
Communications)<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><HR ALIGN=3DCENTER SIZE=3D"3" WIDTH=3D"9=
5%"></FONT>
<P ALIGN=3DCENTER>
<FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><B><U>ATTCHMENT II
</U></B></FONT>
<P>
<FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><BR>
<B>Subject: </B>Re: [gu-l] (02/27/02) UNESCO conference in Havana and possi=
ble GUS/Cubaproject<BR>
<B>Date: </B>Thursday, February 28, 2002 7:47 AM<BR>
<B>From: </B>Cláudio Menezes <cmenezes@unesco.org.uy><BR>
<B>To: </B><utsumi@columbia.edu>, gu-lists <utsumi@columbia.edu>=
;, <juan@mic.cu>, <fabio.leite@itu.int><BR>
<BR>
<B>Dear Tak,</B> <BR>
Many thanks for your message. I'm happy to learn that some spin off activit=
ies will be generated, after your participacion in SimpLAC, last week. We ar=
e now arranging to put all working papers on UNESCO, Cuba and mirror website=
s in the LAC countries. <BR>
WSIS stands for "World Summit on Information Society" (Geneva, 10=
-12 December 2002,http://www.wsis.itu.int). <BR>
<BR>
<B>Dear Fabio,</B> <BR>
It was a pleasure to meet you during INFORMATICA2002. Could you please: <BR=
>
- send copy to me of the procedures to apply for ITU fund mentioned by Tak =
Utsumi; <BR>
- keep me in the loop related to "World Summit on the Information Soci=
ety" issues (I am responsible for promoting it in MERCOSUR + Bolivia an=
d Chile, areas under the responsibility of our Office). <BR>
<BR>
<B>Dear Juan,</B> <BR>
Could you please copy to my your powerpoint slides presented in Tampa, FL. =
I am very much interested in participating in UN ICT Task Force and its netw=
orks in LAC Region. I will mention this to Mr. Khan. <BR>
<BR>
Regards, Cláudio Menezes. <BR>
<HR ALIGN=3DCENTER SIZE=3D"3" WIDTH=3D"95%"></FONT>
<P ALIGN=3DCENTER>
<FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><B><U>ATTACHMENT III
</U></B></FONT>
<P>
<FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><BR>
<BR>
<B>Subject: </B>To: Prof, Dr. Takeshi Utsumi<BR>
<B>Date: </B>Thursday, February 28, 2002 3:50 PM<BR>
<B>From: </B>garay@ceis.ispjae.edu.cu<BR>
<B>To: </B><utsumi@columbia.edu><BR>
<B>Cc: </B><garay@ceis.ispjae.edu.cu>, <garcellmig@yahoo.com>, =
<garay_miguel@yahoo.com><BR>
<B>Priority: </B>normal<BR>
<BR>
Dear Prof. Dr. Takeshi Utsumi<BR>
Chairman, GLOSAS/USA =
<BR>
GLObal Systems Analysis and <BR>
Simulation Association<BR>
U.S.A.<BR>
utsumi@columbia.edu<BR>
<BR>
With great pleasure I am writing you. I am <BR>
very impressed for your visit. I just came <BR>
back from Informatic Conference in Havana in <BR>
which we interchanged the main ideas on <BR>
project. For us your presence and councils <BR>
were very important. Now, I am studying your <BR>
materials and your paper at SIMPLAC 2002. I <BR>
think we can work intensively in the next <BR>
weeks. I talked my colleagues on project and <BR>
they are very interested in it. I am working <BR>
in order to invite you very soon. With great <BR>
pleasure I hope to meet you and your wife <BR>
here. Sincerely yours, Miguel <BR>
<HR ALIGN=3DCENTER SIZE=3D"3" WIDTH=3D"95%"></FONT>
<P ALIGN=3DCENTER>
<FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><B><U>List of Distributions
</U></B></FONT>
<P>
<FONT FACE=3D"Courier"><BR>
Denise Shomaly K<BR>
dshomaly@intermedia.cl<BR>
<BR>
Dorit Novak<BR>
WBE Expert<BR>
Empowerment Through Electronics Ltd. (E.T.E.)<BR>
39 Reading St.,<BR>
Tel Aviv 69028<BR>
Israel<BR>
Mobile: +972-64-473174<BR>
Fax: +972-3-5304228<BR>
dnovak@netvision.net.il<BR>
<BR>
Fabio S. LEITE<BR>
Project Manager, IMT-2000<BR>
Office of the Secretary-General<BR>
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)<BR>
Place des Nations<BR>
CH-1211 Geneva 20<BR>
Switzerland<BR>
Tel.: +41 22 730 59 40<BR>
Mobile: +41 79 249 48 11<BR>
Fax: +41 22 730 65 00<BR>
fabio.leite@itu.int<BR>
www.itu.int<BR>
<BR>
Miguel Garay Garcell<BR>
Instituto Superior Politécnico Jose Antonio Echeverria (ISPJAE)<BR>
Calle 127 s/n CUJAE<BR>
Marianao, Cuba<BR>
garay@ceis.ispjae.edu.cu<BR>
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* Takeshi Utsumi, Ph.D., P.E., Chairman, GLOSAS/USA  =
; &nb=
sp;*<BR>
* (GLObal Systems Analysis and Simulation Association in the U.S.A.) *<BR>
* Laureate of Lord Perry Award for Excellence in Distance Education *=
<BR>
* Founder of CAADE &n=
bsp; =
&nbs=
p; &n=
bsp; *<BR>
* (Consortium for Affordable and Accessible Distance Education)  =
; *<BR>
* President Emeritus and V.P. for Technology and Coordination of &nbs=
p; *<BR>
* Global University System (GUS) =
&nbs=
p; &n=
bsp; *<BR>
* 43-23 Colden Street, Flushing, NY 11355-3998, U.S.A. &n=
bsp; *<BR>
* Tel: 718-939-0928; Fax: 718-939-0656 (day time only--prefer email) *<BR>
* Email: utsumi@columbia.edu; Tax Exempt ID: 11-2999676 &=
nbsp; *<BR>
* http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/ &nb=
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