[gu-new] (05/26/06) Support for World Island Project

Fri May 26 16:55:50 EDT 2006

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Gerald (Jerry) Greenberg <ig at wdef.org>

Dr. David A. Johnson, AICP, FAICP <daj at utk.edu>

John M. Eger <jeger at mail.sdsu.edu>

Dear Jerry:

(1) Many thanks for your msg (ATTACHMENT I).

It was my great pleasure to have met with you at your office yesterday
afternoon.

I would like to wholeheartedly congratulate your outstanding accomplishment
of your wonderful World Island project so far.

Upon your request, I am now taking the liberty of disseminating its
information to our list members as you see below.

Dear E-Colleagues:

(2) Attached to this msg are the followings;

> (a) The Future of the New York Harbor: Governors Island as a World Resource
> Center 
> <gov_island.pdf> <http://makeashorterlink.com/?I2A142C2D>
> and <http://www.wdef.org/>
> 
> (b) Letter of Support
> <Letter of Support_v1.pdf>
> <http://makeashorterlink.com/?H4C132C2D>
> 
> (c) Synopsis of ³Global University System with Globally Collaborative
> Environmental Peace Gaming²
> <Synopsis of GUS+GCEPG.doc>
> <http://makeashorterlink.com/?I1A322C2D>

(3) This is a project to make the Governors Island in the New York Harbor as
the World Center of Culture, as a  counterpart to the centers of
international finance and politics of New York, and is certainly an epoch
making as similar to the creation of the Central Park in Manhattan almost a
century and a half ago.

This island was purchased by the City of New York and the State of New York
from the US Federal Government as each paying 50 cents ($0.50).  The
mandates of this purchase are to use it as educational, recreational and
cultural purposes.

This will be a multi-billion dollar project which would be financed by
issuing bonds, and to be completed in the coming decade or so, when approved
by the City of New York.

The project proposal has been submitted by Jerry to the City of New York on
May 10th.

(4) Our Global University System (GUS) was selected to play a major role in
the education field here.

We envision to have our Global Operation Center as mentioned in the Item
(2)-(b) above.

> The center would act for the coordination and brokerage of services available
> from higher learning, healthcare and cultural institutions not only in the
> tri-state around the New York City, but also from similar ones in north
> America to various countries around the world.  BTW, NYC is the world treasure
> trove of those services.  We now start contemplating how to form a coalition
> of those institutions in the tri-state areas.

The University of Tampere in Finland would be our Administrative Center.

(5) There is now a few Japanese colleagues who started considering to create
a similar operation center in Japan (GUS/Japan) for Asia and the Pacific
regions.

The main purpose is to have Japanese youngsters get familiar with serving
impoverished people in developing countries around the world by delivering
the contents of those services available not only from Japan but also from
any other countries through broadband Internet.  This may then lead to the
creation of globally collaborative innovation network for experiential
e-learning as well as for creation of new knowledge as mentioned in the Item
(2)-(c) above.

Dear Dave:

(6) You may be interested in this project from your previous involvement in
the New York City Planning Committee.

Dear John:

(7) You may also be interested in this from your experiences on the creation
of Smart (creative) Communities in California.

> John M. Eger, "The Creative Community: Forging the links between art culture
> commerce & community"
> http://makeashorterlink.com/?B600128DC

Best, Tak

ATTACHMENT I 

> From: <jg at wdef.org>
> Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 13:17:38 -0700
> To: Takeshi Utsumi <utsumi at columbia.edu>
> Cc: Bill Benzon <bbenzon at mindspring.com>
> Subject: Letter of Support for World Island
> 
> Dear Tak,
>  
> We are now hard at work on the Governors Island RFP, which is due May 10. As
> you know, we are featuring GUS in our education section.
>  
> I would like you to write a letter of support (on letterhead) that we can
> include in the RFP. The following URL links to a page that has examples of
> letters people have already provided:
>  
> http://www.wdef.org/support_letters.html
>  
> Also, it would be useful if you could provide a 1-page statement about GUS
> that we can include along with your letter. We will, of course, mention GUS in
> the main narrative, but it is important to have this statement from you as
> well.
>  
> Thank you for your support.
>  
> With appreciation,
>  
> Jerry Greenberg
> 646.526.6653

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Gerald (Jerry) Greenberg
Chairman/Co-Founder
World Development Endowment Foundation
126 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3D
New York, NY 10011
212-465-8600
Cel: 646-526-6653
Fax: 212-328-30993
ig at wdef.org

Dr. David A. Johnson, AICP, FAICP
Board member of GLOSAS/USA
Former President of Fulbright Association
Lead Faculty Member,
International Honors Program on Globalization, 2002
Professor Emeritus
Department of Urban and Rgional Planning
University of Tennessee
108-I Hoskins Library
Knoxville, TN 37996-4015
USA
Tel: +1-865-974 5227
Fax: +1-865-974 5229
daj at utk.edu
djohnson12 at mac.com
davidj at buncombe.main.nc.us
http://web.utk.edu/~djohnutk/

John M. Eger
Van Deerlin Chair of Communication and Public Policy
Executive Director, International Center for Communications
College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive, PFSA 160
San Diego, CA 92182-4522
619-594-6933
619-594-6910
Fax: 619-594-4488
jeger at mail.sdsu.edu
http://www.smartcommunities.org/
http://www.smartcommunities.org/guidebook.html

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