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<DIV><SPAN class=516220210-17032011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>That's
great Michel, thanks. I was expecting that you would be an appropriate
person to help make that link...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=516220210-17032011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>Best,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=516220210-17032011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>Mike</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr lang=en-us class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left><FONT size=2
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Michel Bauwens
[mailto:michelsub2004@gmail.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 17, 2011
6:55 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Michael Gurstein<BR><B>Cc:</B> p2p-foundation; The Next
Net<BR><B>Subject:</B> ICTs and Community Relief in the Japanese Emergency,
call for technical assistance<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Dear Michael,<BR><BR>this
info came too late and I unsubbed already, but I'm really
overwhelmed,<BR><BR>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,<BR><BR>if anyone on these lists want to join your efforts
and call, they can let you know,<BR><BR>Michel<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Michael Gurstein <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:gurstein@gmail.com">gurstein@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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class=gmail_quote>Colleagues,<BR><BR>A close Japanese colleague and friend
-- Izumi Azu -- is currently in Japan<BR>and is working to help identify and
coordinate ICT resources for community<BR>relief.<BR><BR>He has a lot of
skills and contacts with ICTs but more on the governance and<BR>policy side.
He has asked me to introduce him (and the group he is working<BR>with)
to resources that might be useful in supporting community
self-help<BR>(including through civic governments) in Japan.<BR><BR>I'm
setting up an e-list "Japan-emergency" but that may take a couple of<BR>days
for approvals to I've repurposed this disused e-list for the moment
to<BR>enable our discussions--I'll transfer subscriptions and relevant
e-mails to<BR>the new list once it is up and running.<BR><BR>I've taken the
liberty, based on my past knowledge with you folks to<BR>subscribe you to
this list. If you wish not to be included for whatever<BR>reason please send
me a private email and I'll remove you immediately.<BR><BR>For the moment
the list is closed but the archives will be open and I'll<BR>circulate that
info in due course.<BR><BR>(Preliminarily I've included folks with contacts
in Ushaidi (Don Cameron),<BR>the Stanford Liberation Tech group (Yosem
Companys), a group that developed<BR>software resoources out of Katrina
(Tara Friedrichs), folks with access to<BR>the community networking
movements in the US and beyond (Michael Maranda and<BR>Steve Clift), someone
with access to the range of peer to peer resources<BR>(Michel Bauwens),
Katrin Verclas who is in touch with the very wide range
of<BR>wireless/mobile activistis, Ravi Palepu who has good private sector
and UN<BR>linkages, and a Japanese Canadian friend (Joy Kogawa) who has
access to the<BR>range of Japanese Canadian organizations and
individuals.<BR><BR>Since we are looking to extend the range of contacts and
thus access to<BR>possible resources etc. please send along other
contacts/emails etc. after<BR>having cleared it with the individuals and
I'll add them manually to this<BR>list.<BR><BR>Perhaps Izumi might give a
brief intro to the current situation and<BR>particularly how we as concerned
outsiders might be of some assistance.<BR><BR>(I'm currently in North
Eastern Brazil with sometimes difficult e-access to<BR>my responses may be
somewhat slower than usual.)<BR><BR>Best to
all,<BR><BR>Mike<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>P2P
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