[chapter-delegates] FW: ISOCPR's Response to Tsunami Crisis in Asia

[Ramon Morales]

Dear Dr. Charmonman,

The Executive Council of the Internet Society of Puerto Rico met on Monday
and took a position to proceed to do what is within our means to support
your recovery efforts in Thailand. We have picked the school project because
we believe that after the big relief efforts are over the Thai people will
be most benefited by the types of support you indicated in your letter. 

At the present time, Puerto Rico's foremost music celebrity, Ricky Martin,
is visiting your country and his foundation is working to generate funding
for specific relief efforts through his generosity and commitment. His
activities have been widely covered in the local and world media. His
presence in your country is a source of great pride for he is showing a
trait that is characteristic of the Puerto Rican people. We are known for
"giving the shirt off of our backs", for our deep sense that to give to
others in times of great difficulty is when we rise above the circumstances
ourselves. We too recall all of the aid and support we received when we have
faced the destructive forces of hurricanes Hugo and George in 1989 and in
1998. 

We are in contact with a reporter who is part of the media group covering
his trip to the areas affected in Thailand and in the region. We will do all
that is possible to reach this reporter so that perhaps you may be able to
contact Mr. Martin and request support for the school projects  with which
you are working. We have already communicated the presence of our EC members
in your country to the reporter, who is the wife of an ISOCPR founding
member to see if there is an opportunity to bring attention to these
efforts and direct gift giving and technology support for a school in your
country as a direct result of the action taken by the Internet Society of
Puerto Rico and those individuals and chapters that choose to join it in
this endeavor.

With deepest respect,
Ramon Morales
ISOCPR



-----Original Message-----
From: Prof.Dr. Srisakdi Charmonman [mailto:charm at ksc.au.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 7:52 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 Ramon Morales,

Just to keep you informed, there have been several development in
Thailand since my email of January 5.  Examples are given below:

1. HM the King of Thailand has donated 750,000 US$ to expand a school to
   take 300 kids or so who have lost their parents.
2. Thai International Airlines and several international companies have
   each donated 750,000 US$ to HM project.
3. The Thai government has authorized 250,000 US$ to establish a new
   school with computers and Internet connection. This school will serve
   as a model for more to come.
4. The 300 schools (with about 300,000 students) in the same system with
   Assumption University have agreed to provide 350 full scholarships to
   kids in the 6 provinces affected by Tsunami.
   Tomorrow, Assumption University will send 11 computer staff members
   (most are members of ISOC Thailand) to the 6 provinces
   to accept applications and establish computer database
   to be used for selecting the 350 who will be given scholarship. (By the
   way, at any time, about half of the Ministers in the Cabinet graduated
   from our school systems. For example, the Prime Minister graduated from
   De Montfort School, three Deputy Prime Ministers and several Ministers
   graduated from Assumption Schools in various provinces, the Minister of
   Health graduated from St.Joseph School, other Ministers graduated from
   St.Louis School, St.Gabriel School, St.Dominic School, etc.)

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
>
>
>
> -----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?
> >
> >
> > Internet Society of Puerto Rico
> > Ramón Morales
> > President
> > ramon at isocpr.org
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