[gu-l] (02/19/03) Respectfully requesting your help to our Amazon Project
Takeshi Utsumi
utsumi@columbia.edu
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<<February 19, 2003>>
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Professor Doctor Alexandre Almir Ferreira Rivas <alex_mau@argo.com.br>
Teruaki Yamagishi <yamagishi@internext.com.br>
Hiroaki Toba <Htoba@Shimizu.com>
Mr. Sekigawa <sekigawa@netium.com.br>
Mr. Tomohiro KOBAYASHI <japao3@yawl.com.br>
Mrs. Yoko Takagi <yoko@jearn.jp>
Dear Alex:
(1) Pls visit Mr. Yamagishi to describe your Amazon Project at your earlies=
t
convenience.
I recently received his address from Mr. Toba whom I met at the alumni mtg
of my alma mater, Tokyo Institute of Technology, in Manhattan a few weeks
ago. According to his msg, Mr. Toba knows Mr. Yamagishi. Mr. Otaki of HOS=
S
in Manaus (which is an affiliated company of Mr. Toba=B9s company) also knows
Mr. Yamagishi.
Mr. Yamagishi lives in Manaus for long and you may be able to speak with hi=
m
in Portuguese.
> Dear Mr. Toba:
>=20
> Many thanks for your introduction to Mr. Yamagishi.
Dear Mr. Yamagishi:
(2) Referring to our phone conversation made with your associate a few
minutes ago, I would like to introduce Prof. Alex Rivas to you.
He can, of course, speak Portuguese, and also English. I can speak Japanes=
e
and English. Subsequently, I am writing this msg in English.
(3) Alex and I have been working on our Amazon project for the past several
years which consists of;
* CampusNet Amazonia which will interconnect Multimedia Resource Centers
(MRCs) at the main campuses of all six Federal Public Universities and at
their branch campuses in the localities of their states in Amazon areas via
broadband satellite Internet, and
* Community Development Networks (CDNs) which will connect the universities
with secondary and elementary schools, libraries, hospitals, local
government offices and NGOs, etc., firstly in the City of Manaus and later
in the cities of main campuses of the CampusNet affiliated universities by
broadband wireless Internet.
(4) Manaus Community Development Network:
We will start from the City of Manaus, and we have submitted our applicatio=
n
(about US$80,000) for the Grass Root Fund (GRF) to the Japanese Consulate i=
n
Manaus. This project (Manaus Community Development Network [*]) will connec=
t
about a half dozen high schools (including the ones in poverty stricken
areas of Manaus) with the University of Amazonas by fixed wireless spread
spectrum Internet and Wi-Fi Internet units. One of them is a Japanese schoo=
l
for children of employees at many Japanese companies in Manaus (see its lis=
t
in ATTACHMENT II below). We plan to have them connected with their
counterparts in Japan through e-mail, videoconferencing and Japanese web
accessing free of charge. We then hope to lure the Japanese and other
companies to subscribe the wireless broadband Internet to subsidize high
cost of satellite transponder of CampusNet, so that secondary and primary
schools in Amazon region can have the so-called E-Rate access to broadband
Internet. Their deployment will utilize a community development approach
with the involvements of all non- and profit-organizations to have global
E-Rate. This is to follow the model of St. Thomas Island in the Caribbean.
> [*] Pls visit;
> http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Manaus%20Workshop/Grass_Root_Fund/=
Appli
> cation_Form/Appl_for_GRF_7-18-02.html
>=20
> We are also now working to raise funds to distribute wireless laptops to =
those
> high schools.
(5) Planned Manaus Workshop for Deployment of CampusNet:
A planned international workshop at the University of Amazonas in Manaus is
to brainstorm on and to form a committee for the deployment of broadband
Internet in Amazon, Brazil. We will outline the preparatory works that will
be conducted by the committee for about a half year after the workshop, and
identify roles of the committee members. The works will plan necessary
telecommunication configurations, their systems design, feasibility study,
market survey and action plan of implementing the infrastructures, and the
construction of their cost estimates for dish antenna, transceivers and
satellite segments, design of organizational structures for technical
support and administration, etc. The resultant comprehensive document is fo=
r
applying for the ODA fund of the Japanese government =AD see below.
We are now working to raise fund for this workshop. Pls visit;
>=20
> (a) Concept Paper on Amazon Project of Global University System (GUS)
> Submitted to Global Development Alliance of the United States Agency for
> International Development (USAID) at;
> http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Global_University/Global%20Univers=
ity%2
> 0System/USAID_GDA/Web_folders/Concept_Amazon3.htm
>=20
> (b) Grant Application to Tinker Foundaation at;
> http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Manaus%20Workshop/Tinker%20Foundat=
ion/A
> pplication%20Form/Tinker_Proposal_Web/Application_to_Tinker.html
This is also to follow the models made by Uruguay people and our colleague
in Ukraine who have already received about US$750,000 each from the Japanes=
e
government=B9s fund for their preparatory works to subsequently receive
multimillion dollars for the implementations of their broadband Internet.
The former received through the IADB and the latter the World Bank.
(6) Financing with Japanese ODA Fund:
We plan to deploy the CampusNet and the Community Development Networks
(which total estimated amount could be in the range of US$15 to 20 million)
with the Japanese government=B9s ODA funds; e.g., Japan Trust Fund for
Consultancy Services (JCF) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), o=
r
=B3Non-tied cultural aid grant=B2 out of the ODA fund of the Japanese Ministry
of Foreign Affairs (MOFA).
This is to follow the model of the University of South Pacific in Fiji whic=
h
connected nearby islands with narrow-band Internet satellite with US$13
million (and additional $3 million later) from the Japanese, $1 million eac=
h
from the New Zealand and Australian governments, respectively. Incidentally=
,
the Brazilian government has already pledged US$2.8 million for the total
estimated cost of US$10 million of the MRCs of the CampusNet. Brazilian Air
Force=B9s SIPAM (former SIVAM) Program has already started implementing a par=
t
of the CampusNet in Benjamin Constant (border with Colombia), Eirunepe
(border with Bolivia), Parintins (Easter Amazonas State) and Coari (Central
Amazonas State). The university hospital in Manaus is also heavily involved
in this project.
I helped the Japanese government pledge US$15 billion to close the digital
divide in developing countries during the Okinawa Summit in July of 2000,
through Dr. Taro Nakayama, former Minister of Foreign Affaris. Mr. Koizumi,
Prime Minister of Japan, made another pledge of US$2 billion to aid
education and healthcare in developing countries during the G8 Summit in
Canada in June of 2002, and at the Environment Summit in Johannesburg, Sout=
h
Africa in September of 2002, respectively, for which I helped through Ms.
Atsuko Toyama, Minister of Education and Science, my long-standing
acquaintance.
Our projects will combine (1) the Japanese government's ODA funds and (2)
Japanese electronic equipment (computers, transceivers, dish antennas, etc.=
)
with (a) the Internet technology and (b) content development of North
America, to help underserved people in rural and remote areas of developing
countries by closing the digital divide.
Our Global University System (GUS) will emulate the above mentioned project
schemes in other developing countries around the world (e.g., Cuba and the
Caribbean region, Malawi in Africa, -- both are already on-going =AD and
Venezuela, South Asian and Eastern European countries, etc. in the near
future) -- pls visit =B3Creating Global University System=B2 at;
> http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Global_University/Global%20Univers=
ity%2
> 0System/UNESCO_Chair_Book/Manuscripts/Part_II_Intercultur/Utsumi%20Creati=
ng%20
> GUS/Creating_GUS/GUS_web_upload/Creating%20GUS-D5.htm
(7) Respectfully requesting your help:
During our workshop mentioned above, we plan to have a videoconference with
Japanese children in Manaus and in Japan with a help of Ms. Yoko Takagi who
is the most expert on it in Japan =8B see ATTACHMENT I below.
> Radio TV do Amazonas has already pledged their technical support of this =
event
> =8B even with their broadcasting it through their AMAZONSAT satellite throu=
ghout
> South America, as they kindly did for our events in 1998 (with a professo=
r at
> the University of Tokyo and our Ukrainian colleague) and in 2000 (with th=
e
> University of Michigan, Houston Community College, etc.).
>> Dear Yoko:
>>=20
>> My wholehearted congratulations to your successful organization of iEARN
>> event in Japan. I wish you a very good luck to its success!!
>>=20
>> Dear E-Colleagues:
>>=20
>> Pls visit her web, and feel free to contact her should you be interested=
in
>> attending her event.
We would greatly appreciate it if you can kindly solicit the interest, help=
,
cooperation and participation of Japanese school and companies in Manaus =8B
pls see their list in ATTACHMENT II which Alex received from Mr. Sekigawa a=
t
the Japanese Consulate in Manaus =8B who was introduced by Mr. Kobayashi at
the Japanese Embassy in Brazilia.
I would also be very happy if you can kindly let me know the name and
address of the executive officer of the Rotarian Club in Manaus.
Looking forward to hearing your favorable response after your meeting with
Prof. Alex Rivas.
Sincerely yours,
Tak Utsumi=20
ATTACHMENT I=20
Subject: iEARN Conference in Japan this summer
Date: Sunday, February 9, 2003 11:23 AM
From: Yoko Takagi <yoko@jearn.jp>
To: <utsumi@columbia.edu>
Cc: <members383@www2.jearn.jp>
Hi Tak,
This is just an information of the 10th iEARN Conference held in Japan
this summer and we have started registration.
Please visit the site at:
http://2003japan.jp
http://2003japan.jp/eng/index.html
I will appreciate if you tell this "teachers gathering and youth summit" to
your worldwide network. I hope you too join from NY. Yoko
2003 iEARN Conference in Japan
http://2003japan.jp
=C5=F4 At the Crossroads: Finding Future Milestones =C5=F4
Yoko Takagi yoko@jearn.jp
ATTACHMENT II=20
List of Japanese companies in Manaus
(Received from Japanese Consulate in Manaus)
o BRASCITI IND. E COM. DE REL=B2GIOS DA AMAZ=80NIA S/A
o CASA ROMA IND. DE ALIMENTOS LTDA
o DDA ELETR=80NICA LTDA
o DENSO INDUSTRIAL DA AMAZ=80NIA LTDA
o DOUGLAS MITSUMI ELETR=80NICA LTDA
o EVADIN INDUSTRIAS AMAZ=80NIA S/A
o FCC DO BRASIL LTDA
o FGL DA AMAZ=80NIA ELETR=80NICA IND STRIA E COM=C4RCIO LTDA
o FUJI PHOTO FILM DA AMAZ=80NIA LTDA
o FUJITSU DA AMAZ=80NIA LTDA
o HISAMITSU FARMACEUTICA DE MANAUS LTDA
o HONDA COMPONENTES DA AMAZ=80NIA LTDA
o HTA IND STRIA E COM=C4RCIO LTDA
o METALFINO DA AMAZ=80NIA LTDA
o MINOLTA COPIADORA DO AMAZONAS LTDA
o MOTO HONDA DA AMAZ=80NIA LTDA
o MURATA AMAZ=80NIA IND. E COM. LTDA
o NISSIN BRAKE DO BRASIL LTDA
o NORITSU DA AMAZ=80NIA IND STRIA E COM=C4RCIO LTDA
o OMRON COMPONENTES ELETRO ELETRONICOS DA AMAZ=80NIA
o ORIENT REL=B2GIOS DA AMAZ=80NIA LTDA
o PANASONIC DA AMAZ=80NIA S.A.
o SANYO DA AMAZ=80NIA S.A.
o SEIKO INDUSTRIAL DA AMAZ=80NIA S.A.
o SEMP TOSHIBA AMAZONAS S/A
o SEMP TOSHIBA COMPONENTES S.A.
o SHARP DO BRASIL S/A IND. DE EQUIPAMENTOS ELETR=80NICOS
o SHOWA DO BRASIL LTDA
o SHOWPLA BRASIL LTDA
o SNK DA AMAZ=80NIA INDUSTRIA LTDA
o SONY COMPONENTES LTDA
o SONY DA AMAZ=80NIA LTDA
o SONY MUSIC MANAUS IND STRIA E COM=C4RCIO LTDA
o SONY PL STICOS DA AMAZ=80NIA LTDA
o VIDEOK DA AMAZ=80NIA LTDA
> o YAMAHA MOTOR DA AMAZ=80NIA LTDA
List of Distribution
Professor Doctor Alexandre Almir Ferreira Rivas
General Director of the Center of Sciences of the Environment
Center for Environmental Sciences (CCA)
Universidade Federal do Amazonas / FundacaoUNI-SOL
Campus Universitario
3000 Manaus, AM
Brazil 69000
Tel: +55-92-647-4063
Cel: +55-92- 9984-9323 (from 7:30am to 7:00pm, Monday to Friday)
Fax: +55-92-647-4066
alex_mau@argo.com.br
http://www.fua.br/
Teruaki Yamagishi
Executive Director
Manaus Chamber of Commerce
Rua Guilherme Paraense 215
Sala-7, Adrianopolis
Manaus, CEP-69060-000
BRAZIL
Tel: +55-92-236-6719
Cel: +55-92-9988-0293
Fax: +55-92-646-0365
yamagishi@internext.com.br
Hiroaki Toba
Executive Vice President
General Manager of New York Operations
Shimizu America Corporation
New York Office
950 Third Avenue 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10022
Tel: (212) 223-7757
Fax: (212) 223-1930
Htoba@Shimizu.com
Mr. Sekigawa
Consulate-General of Japan,
Rua Fortaleza, 416-Bairro Adrianopolis,
CEP: 69057-080, Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil
(Caixa Postal 4188)
Tel:(55-92)232-2000
Fax:(55-92)232-6073
sekigawa@netium.com.br
Mr. Tomohiro KOBAYASHI
Economic affairs section
Embassy of Japan,
Avenida das Na=E7=F5es, Lote 39,
70425, Braz=EDiia, D. Federal, Brasil.
(Caixa Postal 07-391)
Tel: (55)61-242-6866
Fax: (55)61-443-9685
japao3@yawl.com.br
http://www.japao.org.br/portugues/form.htm -- Grass Root Fund application
Mrs. Yoko Takagi
Japan Representative
Teleclass International Japan
I*EARN JAPAN
1-11-25 Tsukawaki
Takatsuki, Osaka 569-1036
JAPAN
+81-726-88-3415
Fax: +81-726-80-2115
yoko@jearn.jp
http://www.jearn.jp/Teleclass
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<BR>
Professor Doctor Alexandre Almir Ferreira Rivas <alex_mau@argo.com.br>=
;<BR>
<BR>
Teruaki Yamagishi <yamagishi@internext.com.br><BR>
<BR>
Hiroaki Toba <Htoba@Shimizu.com><BR>
</FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Geneva"><BR>
</FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">Mr. Sekigawa <sekigawa@netium.com.br><BR>
<BR>
Mr. Tomohiro KOBAYASHI <japao3@yawl.com.br><BR>
<BR>
Mrs. Yoko Takagi <yoko@jearn.jp><BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<B><U>Dear Alex:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
(1) Pls visit Mr. Yamagishi to describe your Amazon Project at your earlies=
t convenience.<BR>
<BR>
I recently received his address from Mr. Toba whom I met at the alumni mtg =
of my alma mater, Tokyo Institute of Technology, in Manhattan a few weeks ag=
o. According to his msg, Mr. Toba knows Mr. Yamagishi. Mr. Otaki=
of HOSS in Manaus (which is an affiliated company of Mr. Toba’s compa=
ny) also knows Mr. Yamagishi.<BR>
<BR>
Mr. Yamagishi lives in Manaus for long and you may be able to speak with hi=
m in Portuguese.<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><B><U>Dear Mr. Toba:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
Many thanks for your introduction to Mr. Yamagishi.<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
<B><U>Dear Mr. Yamagishi:<BR>
</U></B><BR>
(2) Referring to our phone conversation made with your associate a few minu=
tes ago, I would like to introduce Prof. Alex Rivas to you.<BR>
<BR>
He can, of course, speak Portuguese, and also English. I can speak Ja=
panese and English. Subsequently, I am writing this msg in English.<BR=
>
<BR>
(3) Alex and I have been working on our Amazon project for the past several=
years which consists of;<BR>
</FONT><FONT SIZE=3D"4"><FONT FACE=3D"Lucida Grande"><BR>
</FONT></FONT><UL><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><U>CampusNet Amazonia</U> which =
will interconnect Multimedia Resource Centers (MRCs) at the main campuses of=
all six Federal Public Universities and at their branch campuses in the loc=
alities of their states in Amazon areas via broadband satellite Internet, an=
d<BR>
</FONT></UL><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
</FONT><UL><LI><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><U>Community Development Networks (CDNs=
)</U> which will connect the universities with secondary and elementary scho=
ols, libraries, hospitals, local government offices and NGOs, etc., firstly =
in the City of Manaus and later in the cities of main campuses of the Campus=
Net affiliated universities by broadband wireless Internet.<BR>
</FONT></UL><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
(4) <U>Manaus Community Development Network:<BR>
</U><BR>
We will start from the City of Manaus, and we have submitted our applicatio=
n (about US$80,000) for the Grass Root Fund (GRF) to the Japanese Consulate =
in Manaus. This project (Manaus Community Development Network [*]) will conn=
ect about a half dozen high schools (including the ones in poverty stricken =
areas of Manaus) with the University of Amazonas by fixed wireless spread sp=
ectrum Internet and Wi-Fi Internet units. One of them is a Japanese school f=
or children of employees at many Japanese companies in Manaus (see its list =
in <B><U>ATTACHMENT II</U></B> below). We plan to have them connected with t=
heir counterparts in Japan through e-mail, videoconferencing and Japanese we=
b accessing free of charge. We then hope to lure the Japanese and other comp=
anies to subscribe the wireless broadband Internet to subsidize high cost of=
satellite transponder of CampusNet, so that secondary and primary schools i=
n Amazon region can have the so-called E-Rate access to broadband Internet. =
Their deployment will utilize a community development approach with the invo=
lvements of all non- and profit-organizations to have global E-Rate. This is=
to follow the model of St. Thomas Island in the Caribbean.<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">[*] Pls visit;<BR>
http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Manaus%20Workshop/Grass_Root_Fund/Ap=
plication_Form/Appl_for_GRF_7-18-02.html<BR>
<BR>
We are also now working to raise funds to distribute wireless laptops to th=
ose high schools.<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
(5) <U>Planned Manaus Workshop for Deployment of CampusNet:<BR>
</U><BR>
A planned international workshop at the University of Amazonas in Manaus is=
to brainstorm on and to form a committee for the deployment of broadband In=
ternet in Amazon, Brazil. We will outline the preparatory works that will be=
conducted by the committee for about a half year after the workshop, and id=
entify roles of the committee members. The works will plan necessary telecom=
munication configurations, their systems design, feasibility study, market s=
urvey and action plan of implementing the infrastructures, and the construct=
ion of their cost estimates for dish antenna, transceivers and satellite seg=
ments, design of organizational structures for technical support and adminis=
tration, etc. The resultant comprehensive document is for applying for the O=
DA fund of the Japanese government – see below.<BR>
<BR>
We are now working to raise fund for this workshop. Pls visit;<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
(a) Concept Paper on Amazon Project of Global University System (GUS)<BR>
Submitted to Global Development Alliance of the United States Agency for In=
ternational Development (USAID) at;<BR>
http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Global_University/Global%20Universit=
y%20System/USAID_GDA/Web_folders/Concept_Amazon3.htm<BR>
<BR>
(b) Grant Application to Tinker Foundaation at;<BR>
http://www.friends-partners.org/GLOSAS/Manaus%20Workshop/Tinker%20Foundatio=
n/Application%20Form/Tinker_Proposal_Web/Application_to_Tinker.html<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
This is also to follow the models made by Uruguay people and our colleague =
in Ukraine who have already received about US$750,000 each from the Japanese=
government’s fund for their preparatory works to subsequently receive=
multimillion dollars for the implementations of their broadband Internet. T=
he former received through the IADB and the latter the World Bank.<BR>
<BR>
(6) <U>Financing with Japanese ODA Fund:<BR>
</U><BR>
We plan to deploy the CampusNet and the Community Development Networks (whi=
ch total estimated amount could be in the range of US$15 to 20 million) with=
the Japanese government’s ODA funds; e.g., Japan Trust Fund for Consu=
ltancy Services (JCF) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), or R=
20;Non-tied cultural aid grant” out of the ODA fund of the Japanese Mi=
nistry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA).<BR>
<BR>
This is to follow the model of the University of South Pacific in Fiji whic=
h connected nearby islands with narrow-band Internet satellite with US$13 mi=
llion (and additional $3 million later) from the Japanese, $1 million each f=
rom the New Zealand and Australian governments, respectively. Incidentally, =
the Brazilian government has already pledged US$2.8 million for the total es=
timated cost of US$10 million of the MRCs of the CampusNet. Brazilian Air Fo=
rce’s SIPAM (former SIVAM) Program has already started implementing a =
part of the CampusNet in Benjamin Constant (border with Colombia), Eirunepe =
(border with Bolivia), Parintins (Easter Amazonas State) and Coari (Central =
Amazonas State). The university hospital in Manaus is also heavily involved =
in this project.<BR>
<BR>
I helped the Japanese government pledge US$15 billion to close the digital =
divide in developing countries during the Okinawa Summit in July of 2000, th=
rough Dr. Taro Nakayama, former Minister of Foreign Affaris. Mr. Koizumi, Pr=
ime Minister of Japan, made another pledge of US$2 billion to aid education =
and healthcare in developing countries during the G8 Summit in Canada in Jun=
e of 2002, and at the Environment Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa in Se=
ptember of 2002, respectively, for which I helped through Ms. Atsuko Toyama,=
Minister of Education and Science, my long-standing acquaintance.<BR>
<BR>
Our projects will combine (1) the Japanese government's ODA funds and (2) J=
apanese electronic equipment (computers, transceivers, dish antennas, etc.) =
with (a) the Internet technology and (b) content development of North Americ=
a, to help underserved people in rural and remote areas of developing countr=
ies by closing the digital divide.<BR>
<BR>
Our Global University System (GUS) will emulate the above mentioned project=
schemes in other developing countries around the world (e.g., Cuba and the =
Caribbean region, Malawi in Africa, -- both are already on-going – and=
Venezuela, South Asian and Eastern European countries, etc. in the near fut=
ure) -- pls visit “Creating Global University System” at;<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">http://www.friends-partners.org/GLO=
SAS/Global_University/Global%20University%20System/UNESCO_Chair_Book/Manuscr=
ipts/Part_II_Intercultur/Utsumi%20Creating%20GUS/Creating_GUS/GUS_web_upload=
/Creating%20GUS-D5.htm<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
(7) <U>Respectfully requesting your help:<BR>
<BR>
</U>During our workshop mentioned above, we plan to have a </FONT><FONT SIZ=
E=3D"4"><FONT FACE=3D"Lucida Grande">videoconference with Japanese children in M=
anaus and in Japan with a help of Ms. Yoko Takagi who is the most expert on =
it in Japan — see <B><U>ATTACHMENT I</U></B> below.<BR>
<BR>
</FONT></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT SIZE=3D"4"><FONT FACE=3D"Lucida Grande">Radio T=
V do Amazonas has already pledged their technical support of this event R=
12; even with their broadcasting it through their AMAZONSAT satellite throug=
hout South America, as they kindly did for our events in 1998 (with a profes=
sor at the University of Tokyo and our Ukrainian colleague) and in 2000 (wit=
h the University of Michigan, Houston Community College, etc.).<BR>
</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT SIZE=3D"4"><FONT FACE=3D"Lucida Grande"><BR>
</FONT></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT SIZE=3D"4"><FONT FACE=3D"Lucida Gra=
nde"><B><U>Dear Yoko:<BR>
</U></B></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
My wholehearted congratulations to your successful organization of iEARN ev=
ent in Japan. I wish you a very good luck to its success!!<BR>
<BR>
<B><U>Dear E-Colleagues:<BR>
<BR>
</U></B>Pls visit her web, and feel free to contact her should you be inter=
ested in attending her event.<BR>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
We would greatly appreciate it if you can kindly solicit the interest, help=
, cooperation and participation of Japanese school and companies in Manaus &=
#8212; pls see their list in <B><U>ATTACHMENT II</U></B> which Alex received=
from Mr. Sekigawa at the Japanese Consulate in Manaus — who was intro=
duced by Mr. Kobayashi at the Japanese Embassy in Brazilia.<BR>
<BR>
I would also be very happy if you can kindly let me know the name and addre=
ss of the executive officer of the Rotarian Club in Manaus.<BR>
<BR>
Looking forward to hearing your favorable response after your meeting with =
Prof. Alex Rivas.<BR>
<BR>
Sincerely yours,<BR>
<BR>
Tak Utsumi=20
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<P ALIGN=3DCENTER>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><HR ALIGN=3DCENTER SIZE=3D"3" WIDTH=3D"95%"><B><U>ATTACHMENT=
I=20
</U></B></FONT>
<P>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><B><U><BR>
</U>Subject: </B>iEARN Conference in Japan this summer<BR>
<B>Date: </B>Sunday, February 9, 2003 11:23 AM<BR>
<B>From: </B>Yoko Takagi <yoko@jearn.jp><BR>
<B>To: </B><utsumi@columbia.edu><BR>
<B>Cc: </B><members383@www2.jearn.jp><BR>
<BR>
Hi Tak,<BR>
<BR>
This is just an information of the 10th iEARN Conference held in Japan<BR>
this summer and we have started registration.<BR>
Please visit the site at:<BR>
http://2003japan.jp<BR>
http://2003japan.jp/eng/index.html<BR>
<BR>
I will appreciate if you tell this "teachers gathering and youth summi=
t" to<BR>
your worldwide network. I hope you too join from NY. Yoko<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
&nb=
sp;2003 iEARN Conference in Japan<BR>
&nb=
sp; http://2003japan.jp<BR>
Åô At the Crossroads: Finding Future Milestones Åô<=
BR>
&nb=
sp; Yoko Takagi yoko@jearn.jp<BR>
<HR ALIGN=3DCENTER SIZE=3D"3" WIDTH=3D"95%">
</FONT>
<P ALIGN=3DCENTER>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><B><U>ATTACHMENT II <BR>
List of Japanese companies in Manaus<BR>
<BR>
(Received from Japanese Consulate in Manaus)=20
</U></B></FONT>
<P>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
o BRASCITI IND.=
E COM. DE REL”GIOS DA AMAZ=80NIA S/A<BR>
o CASA ROMA IND=
. DE ALIMENTOS LTDA<BR>
o DDA ELETR=80NIC=
A LTDA<BR>
o DENSO INDUSTR=
IAL DA AMAZ=80NIA LTDA<BR>
o DOUGLAS MITSU=
MI ELETR=80NICA LTDA<BR>
o EVADIN INDUST=
RIAS AMAZ=80NIA S/A<BR>
o FCC DO BRASIL=
LTDA<BR>
o FGL DA AMAZ=80N=
IA ELETR=80NICA IND&nbspSTRIA E COMÄRCIO LTDA<BR>
o FUJI PHOTO FI=
LM DA AMAZ=80NIA LTDA<BR>
o FUJITSU DA AM=
AZ=80NIA LTDA<BR>
o HISAMITSU FAR=
MACEUTICA DE MANAUS LTDA<BR>
o HONDA COMPONE=
NTES DA AMAZ=80NIA LTDA<BR>
o HTA IND&n=
bspSTRIA E COMÄRCIO LTDA<BR>
o METALFINO DA =
AMAZ=80NIA LTDA<BR>
o MINOLTA COPIA=
DORA DO AMAZONAS LTDA<BR>
o MOTO HONDA DA=
AMAZ=80NIA LTDA<BR>
o MURATA AMAZ=80N=
IA IND. E COM. LTDA<BR>
o NISSIN BRAKE =
DO BRASIL LTDA<BR>
o NORITSU DA AM=
AZ=80NIA IND&nbspSTRIA E COMÄRCIO LTDA<BR>
o OMRON COMPONE=
NTES ELETRO ELETRONICOS DA AMAZ=80NIA<BR>
o ORIENT REL=
221;GIOS DA AMAZ=80NIA LTDA<BR>
o PANASONIC DA =
AMAZ=80NIA S.A.<BR>
o SANYO DA AMAZ=
=80NIA S.A.<BR>
o SEIKO INDUSTR=
IAL DA AMAZ=80NIA S.A.<BR>
o SEMP TOSHIBA =
AMAZONAS S/A<BR>
o SEMP TOSHIBA =
COMPONENTES S.A.<BR>
o SHARP DO BRAS=
IL S/A IND. DE EQUIPAMENTOS ELETR=80NICOS<BR>
o SHOWA DO BRAS=
IL LTDA<BR>
o SHOWPLA BRASI=
L LTDA<BR>
o SNK DA AMAZ=80N=
IA INDUSTRIA LTDA<BR>
o SONY COMPONEN=
TES LTDA<BR>
o SONY DA AMAZ=80=
NIA LTDA<BR>
o SONY MUSIC MA=
NAUS IND&nbspSTRIA E COMÄRCIO LTDA<BR>
o SONY PL&n=
bspSTICOS DA AMAZ=80NIA LTDA<BR>
o VIDEOK =
DA AMAZ=80NIA LTDA<BR>
</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">o YAMAHA MOTOR DA AMAZ=80NIA LTDA <BR=
>
</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><HR ALIGN=3DCENTER SIZE=3D"3" WIDTH=3D"9=
5%">
</FONT>
<P ALIGN=3DCENTER>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><B><U>List of Distribution=20
</U></B></FONT>
<P>
<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><BR>
Professor Doctor Alexandre Almir Ferreira Rivas<BR>
General Director of the Center of Sciences of the Environment<BR>
Center for Environmental Sciences (CCA)<BR>
Universidade Federal do Amazonas / FundacaoUNI-SOL<BR>
Campus Universitario<BR>
3000 Manaus, AM<BR>
Brazil 69000<BR>
Tel: +55-92-647-4063<BR>
Cel: +55-92- 9984-9323 (from 7:30am to 7:00pm, Monday to Friday)<BR>
Fax: +55-92-647-4066<BR>
alex_mau@argo.com.br<BR>
http://www.fua.br/<BR>
<BR>
Teruaki Yamagishi<BR>
Executive Director<BR>
Manaus Chamber of Commerce<BR>
Rua Guilherme Paraense 215<BR>
Sala-7, Adrianopolis<BR>
Manaus, CEP-69060-000<BR>
BRAZIL<BR>
Tel: +55-92-236-6719<BR>
Cel: +55-92-9988-0293<BR>
Fax: +55-92-646-0365<BR>
yamagishi@internext.com.br<BR>
<BR>
Hiroaki Toba<BR>
Executive Vice President<BR>
General Manager of New York Operations<BR>
Shimizu America Corporation<BR>
New York Office<BR>
950 Third Avenue 3rd Floor<BR>
New York, NY 10022<BR>
Tel: (212) 223-7757<BR>
Fax: (212) 223-1930<BR>
Htoba@Shimizu.com<BR>
</FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Geneva"><BR>
</FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana">Mr. Sekigawa<BR>
Consulate-General of Japan,<BR>
Rua Fortaleza, 416-Bairro Adrianopolis,<BR>
CEP: 69057-080, Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil<BR>
(Caixa Postal 4188)<BR>
Tel:(55-92)232-2000<BR>
Fax:(55-92)232-6073<BR>
sekigawa@netium.com.br<BR>
<BR>
Mr. Tomohiro KOBAYASHI<BR>
Economic affairs section<BR>
Embassy of Japan,<BR>
Avenida das Nações, Lote 39,<BR>
70425, Brazíiia, D. Federal, Brasil.<BR>
(Caixa Postal 07-391) <BR>
Tel: (55)61-242-6866<BR>
Fax: (55)61-443-9685<BR>
japao3@yawl.com.br<BR>
<U>http://www.japao.org.br/portugues/form.htm</U> -- Grass Root Fund applic=
ation<BR>
<BR>
Mrs. Yoko Takagi<BR>
Japan Representative<BR>
Teleclass International Japan<BR>
I*EARN JAPAN<BR>
1-11-25 Tsukawaki<BR>
Takatsuki, Osaka 569-1036<BR>
JAPAN<BR>
+81-726-88-3415<BR>
Fax: +81-726-80-2115<BR>
yoko@jearn.jp<BR>
http://www.jearn.jp/Teleclass<BR>
<BR>
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* (GLObal Systems Analysis and Simulation Association in the U.S.A.) *<BR>
* Laureate of Lord Perry Award for Excellence in Distance Education *=
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* 43-23 Colden Street, Flushing, NY 11355-3998, U.S.A. &n=
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