[-empyre-] the PRNMS and its relation to Funding and the APEC

[Jose-Carlos Mariategui <jcm@ata.org.pe>]

Dear Empire and PRNMS's

I am part of the PRNMS, chairing the "LAANMI" - Latin American - Asian New
Media Initiatives Group.  I am going to send some of the information in
relation to the discussions of our specific Group.

Now I want to address a key point which I believe are actually "common"
important issues in relation to all the work that is done and needs to be
done.  

This has to do with Funding and Visibility, and I am not only speaking about
'basic funding' of air tickets and accommodation (which was actually one of
the problems in the PRNMS) but also Funding long-term initiatives.  I do not
know if they are some initiatives of exchange in the Pacific Rim cultural
practice, but I believe that before discussing in specific topics, which are
all quite important, it is important to see how the topics we are discussing
could be part of a mayor trans-regional initiative.

There were many initiatives around the Pacific Rim, but perhaps the it could
be wise to contact the APEC ( http://www.apec.org/ ) and propose them to
start a Working Group on New Media and Cultural Practices what will sum all
the efforts that were deployed during the PRNMS.  There are some working
groups there suchs as the Telecommunications and Information Working Group
(TEL)  (http://www.apectelwg.org/) which I think has some of relation to the
things we had been discussing.

I hope to hear comments on these,

Jose-Carlos


on 8/20/06 8:43 PM, Fatima Lasay at digiteer@ispx.com.ph wrote:

> Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 03:09:27 +0800
> To: empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au
> From: Fatima Lasay <digiteer@ispx.com.ph>
> Subject: Fwd: Fatima Lasay has forwarded a page to you from Korakora -
> Proyekto
> 
> Christina,
> 
> I'm think this did not make it to the list. I will forward it.
> 
> Regards,
> Fatima
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> To: empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au
> Subject: Fatima Lasay has forwarded a page to you from Korakora - Proyekto
> From: digiteer@ispx.com.ph
> Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 03:02:37 +0800
> 
> Fatima Lasay (digiteer@ispx.com.ph) thought you would like to see this page
> from the Korakora - Proyekto web site.
> 
> Message from Sender:
> 
> Hi Christina, and colleagues o the list, Unfortunately, I was not at
> PRNMS/ISEA06 so I cannot really say much about the event itself, although I
> was chair of the Educ WG (then consisting of Danny Butt (NZ), Roberto
> Verzola (Ph), Chu Chuyuan (Malaysia/Myanmar) and Eugenio Tisselli (Mx). We
> worked together have been able to meet on several ocassions prior to PRNMS
> (I have met Eugenio, 2004 in Aarhus, Chuchuyuan in Myanmar, 2004, and in
> 2005 Danny Butt, Roberto Verzola and myself met in Amsterdam). Eugenio
> programmed the system for Catalan artist Antoni Abad's xexe.net, and I was
> able to meet Antoni here in Manila where he stayed for the project with
> Manila call centers. Chuyuan is now busy organizing forum in Korea on Asian
> residency programs and we communicate very little only by email. But work
> continues. Danny heads PRNMS Place, Ground, Practice WG and he co-organized
> a very successful meeting Cultural Futures in Auckland where I was able to
> participate and have a feel for the conditions there only even for very
> short time. Roberto is very busy with a mobile/SMS program for clean and
> honest elections and we have met recently, tested his program and he is
> continuing research and work on improving the system. Now I try to help
> with F/OSS advocates here in the Philippines, especially with proposed
> National Strategic ICT Roadmap 2006-2010. While our work in the old WG
> continues, it was impossible to pursue through PRNMS in San Jose as
> prospects of my going to US became more difficult (for various reasons).
> Working together beyond PRNMS/ISEA is our thrust, as is what has been
> happening. Discussing experiences, failures and successes in our individual
> efforts is especially important because it gives insights on problems not
> yet enountered, or gives new perspectives to old problems not yet solved.
> Below is message I sent to PRNMS shortly before the event, Roger Malina was
> kind enough to ask committees discuss to see how each working group would
> like to respond. I will send other previous post shortly. Regards, Fatima
> 
> An open letter to PRNMS/ISEA06
> by admin
> 
> Dear colleagues,
> 
> While it is unfortunate that I cannot be with you in San Jose, I would like
> to put forward a request for your solidarity.
> 
> Recent years have seen an extraordinary number of extra-judicial killings
> in the Philippines. Reports indicate that approximately 290 persons have
> been killed since 2004: peasants, workers, church people, journalists,
> lawyers, activists, over 70 of them are women. According to the Asian Human
> Rights Commission, these killings are preventable, "but will only stop if
> the local and international community publicly condemn and pressure the
> government of the Philippines into taking action."
> 
> Click http://korakora.org/projects/?q=node/75 to read more on our site
> 
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