[chapter-delegates] ISOC Response to Tsunami Crisis in Asia

Wed Jan 5 06:49:30 PST 2005

Dear Ramon Morales,

Please ask Eduardo Diaz to call me at +661-621-4526 or send an email, of
course. If he travels to Bangkok, I shall be delighted to meet him.

Best regards,
Srisakdi

On Wed, 5 Jan 2005, Ramon Morales wrote:

> Dear Professor Charmonman,
> We wish to express our deepest sympathies to you aand your countrymen who
> have suffered greatly as a consequence of the tsunami and its aftermath. I
> have Chapter Delegate, Eduardo Diaz visiting Thailand at this moment in the
> North whom I will direct to communicate with you so that we can mobilize
> concrete support on your behalf. We are an emerging chapter but with the
> creativity and will to serve in the best way that we can.
>
> We are very happy to hear from you and know that you are safe. I will
> distribute this letter to our Executive Board locally and coordinate with
> you specific actions that we will take. It is our hope that the global ISOC
> through its HQ and chapters will guide our work in this endeavor. We will do
> all that is within our means to help you in this moment of great need.
>
> Warmest regards,
> Ramón Morales
> Chairman & President
> Internet Society of Puerto Rico
> www.isocpr.org
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Prof.Dr. Srisakdi Charmonman [mailto:charm at ksc.au.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 1:19 AM
> To: Ramon Morales
> Cc: 'Rosa Delgado '; chapter-delegates at lists.isoc.org; Lynn St. Amour;
> 'James M Galvin'; 'Ed Schultheiss'; adesignpr at adesignpr.com; 'Eduardo Diaz'
> Subject: RE: [chapter-delegates] ISOC Response to Tsunami Crisis in Asia
>
> Dear All,
>
> On behalf of Thailand, we are grateful for your concern. A lot of the
> medical and computer personnels are working very hard to identify the
> bodies. There are many ways you can help, e.g.
>
> 1. Make donation. As an example, Assumption University of Thailand which
>    is the seat of ISOC Thailand will donate one million baht (US$25,000)
>    this afternoon.
> 2. Travel to the affected area in Thailand.  We need the tourists'
>    spending to support the families of those effected. About 40% of
>    the beaches were damaged. The other 60% are still very beautiful.
> 3. There are over 200 kids who lost their parents. They need support. Any
>    ISOC member wishing to support any one, e.g. send your adopted kid say
>    50 US$ a month will help a lot.
> 4. Many schools have been completely damaged. Would anyone like to build
>    one and name it after yourself or your organization? About 100,000 US$
>    will cover the cost of the construction of one school.
>
> Best regards,
> Srisakdi
>
> On Tue, 4 Jan 2005, Ramon Morales wrote:
>
> > Hola Rosa,
> > I have not heard anything from those chapters in the countries affected. I
> > thought that a message in ISOC's homepage perhaps a banner the way Apple
> and
> > Yahoo have done would be a good start. We can be directing people to give
> > money via the different agencies that have the infrastructure in place to
> do
> > so. As ISOC, we can show our solidarity by carrying this unified message
> on
> > our chapter sites and supporting existing efforts as a start until we get
> > feedback and guidance from the chapters in those countries most affected.
> >
> > My web design team prepared a banner and we met this morning to coordinate
> > efforts with others in Puerto Rico.
> >
> > Warmest regards
> > Ramón
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rosa Delgado [mailto:rosa at delgado.aero]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 6:55 AM
> > To: chapter-delegates at lists.isoc.org
> > Cc: 'Ramon Morales'
> > Subject: RE: [chapter-delegates] ISOC Response to Tsunami Crisis in Asia
> >
> > Hola Ramon,
> >
> > Thanks for your proposal. I wish we can do something to help in this
> > devastation but I suppose we need to co-ordinate with local chapters
> > (Thailand, Indonesia and India-New Delhi).
> >
> > Btw, the UN Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs UNOCHA which is the
> > international entity for co-ordination in case of natural disasters.
> > Perhaps we can get some info from their website
> > (http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocusRel.asp?infocusID=102&Body=tsunami&B
> > ody1=)
> >
> > In the past I worked with UN, managing the UN Emergency Newtork for
> > natural disasters I know how important is the establishment of
> > communications with zones where all the infrastructure has been
> > devastated like in some parts of Indonesia or India or others. Sometimes
> > e-mail via satellite links were the only link to communicate with these
> > areas.
> >
> > Can we could support local chapters in this area? Or somethingelse which
> > is most need it?
> >
> > Regs/Rosa
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ramon Morales [mailto:ramon at inspireglobal.com]
> > Sent: Monday, 3 January 2005 03:59
> > To: chapter-delegates at lists.isoc.org
> > Subject: [chapter-delegates] ISOC Response to Tsunami Crisis in Asia
> >
> >
> > [Ramón Morales had difficulty sending this to the chapter-delegates
> > list, so I am forwarding for him -Gene Gaines]
> >
> > Message sent at 5:11am  January 1 Atlantic time:
> >
> > Chapter Delegates and Officers:
> >
> > The tragic events in Asia have inspired a worldwide effort to help the
> > people of that region. What can we do at ISOC to support these efforts?
> >
> > Are the chapters in this region operational? Can we get guidance from
> > them as to how we can help? Can we mobilize an organized effort through
> > our websites?  Perhaps have ISOC’s home page contain a headline
> > statement from Lynn and/or the Board.
> >
> > We in Puerto Rico sent a message via the Digital Divide Network.  We
> > would want to link up to a coordinated effort from ISOC through its
> > chapters.
> >
> > Veni, Pat and Rosa what do you think?
> >
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> > Internet Society of Puerto Rico
> > Ramón Morales
> > President
> > ramon at isocpr.org
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