[P2P-F] ICTs and Community Relief in the Japanese Emergency, call for technical assistance

Thu Mar 17 10:54:40 CET 2011

Dear Michael,

this info came too late and I unsubbed already, but I'm really overwhelmed,

an alternative is to send your request at least once to our p2p-f list, and
to 'next net' to see who can help there, so I cc both list for this request,

if anyone on these lists want to join your efforts and call, they can let
you know,

Michel

On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Michael Gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com>wrote:

> Colleagues,
>
> A close Japanese colleague and friend -- Izumi Azu -- is currently in Japan
> and is working to help identify and coordinate ICT resources for community
> relief.
>
> He has a lot of skills and contacts with ICTs but more on the governance
> and
> policy side.  He has asked me to introduce him (and the group he is working
> with) to resources that might be useful in supporting community self-help
> (including through civic governments) in Japan.
>
> I'm setting up an e-list "Japan-emergency" but that may take a couple of
> days for approvals to I've repurposed this disused e-list for the moment to
> enable our discussions--I'll transfer subscriptions and relevant e-mails to
> the new list once it is up and running.
>
> I've taken the liberty, based on my past knowledge with you folks to
> subscribe you to this list. If you wish not to be included for whatever
> reason please send me a private email and I'll remove you immediately.
>
> For the moment the list is closed but the archives will be open and I'll
> circulate that info in due course.
>
> (Preliminarily I've included folks with contacts in Ushaidi (Don Cameron),
> the Stanford Liberation Tech group (Yosem Companys), a group that developed
> software resoources out of Katrina (Tara Friedrichs), folks with access to
> the community networking movements in the US and beyond (Michael Maranda
> and
> Steve Clift), someone with access to the range of peer to peer resources
> (Michel Bauwens), Katrin Verclas who is in touch with the very wide range
> of
> wireless/mobile activistis, Ravi Palepu who has good private sector and UN
> linkages, and a Japanese Canadian friend (Joy Kogawa) who has access to the
> range of Japanese Canadian organizations and individuals.
>
> Since we are looking to extend the range of contacts and thus access to
> possible resources etc. please send along other contacts/emails etc. after
> having cleared it with the individuals and I'll add them manually to this
> list.
>
> Perhaps Izumi might give a brief intro to the current situation and
> particularly how we as concerned outsiders might be of some assistance.
>
> (I'm currently in North Eastern Brazil with sometimes difficult e-access to
> my responses may be somewhat slower than usual.)
>
> Best to all,
>
> Mike
>
>

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