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1997
News, Events and Activities
The
following contains a brief summary of PEACESAT and OTIRA News, Events,
and Activities. The information is not complete and dependent in
part on information provided by PEACESAT Sites.
September
15-19, 1997 - PACIFIC ISLANDS HEALTH OFFICERS ASSOCIATION - will
be holding their annual meeting on Guam. |
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August
8, 1997 -- PACIFIC MU-SPIN AND PEACESAT NETWORK - PEACESAT, the
University of Guam, the College of the Marshall Islands, the College
of Micronesia, and the Yap, Kosrae, and Chuuk Departments of Education
submit a proposal to NASA for a Pacific "MU-SPIN and PEACESAT Network." The
purposes of the proposal are to enable the Other Minority Universities
in the Pacific Islands Region to develop Internet and Intranet
capabilities; provide technical education, training, and support;
enhance science curriculum; and, enable access to NASA Mission
To Planet Earth data and information resources. |
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July
1997 -- ELECTRONIC POST OFFICE in MAJURO - The U.S. Public Health
Service, Pacific Islands Health Officers Association, Emergency
Operation Centers for the Pacific, Pacific Basin Development Council,
and PEACESAT initiate implementation of the Electronic Post Office
systems for the Western Pacific Region. The Republic of the Marshall
Islands is the first site that is implemented. The implementation
in Majuro, RMI did not have any problems. Lists of e-mail users
will be made available upon request. Mr. Thomas Okamura and Mr.
Ryan Araki travel in the Pacific to install systems and provide
additional training for EOC satellite operations. |
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May
17, 1997 -- PEACESAT HUB SITE AWARD FOR UNIVERSITY OF GUAM - The
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
announced that the University of Guam has been awarded a Public
Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP) grant for a Hub Site.
The proposal was prepared through a collaborative effort between
the University of Guam and the University of Hawaii. The Principal
Investigator is Carmen Fernandez-Dias and the Co-Investigator is
Mr. Bruce Best. |
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March
7, 1997 -- CONSTANCE C. ARVIS, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE -- Constance
Arvis, Regional Environmental and Coordinator and Country Officer
for Palau and Micronesia, U.S. Department of State, discussed PEACESAT
issues in the Pacific. Christina Higa and Dr. Andy Kuniyuki of
the College of the Marshall Islands gave the briefing and demonstration
of the system, including compressed video teleconferences. |
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March
6, 1997 -- OTIRA and PEACESAT BRIEF MAUI COUNTY COUNCIL -- Clyde
Sakamoto (Provost of Maui Community College), Norman Okamura (SSRI-OTIRA),
Christina Higa (PEACESAT), and Mark Andrews (University of Hawaii
Office of Technology Transfer and Economic Development) briefed
the Committee on Economic Development and Environment of the Maui
County Council on the SkyBridge, Hawaii Telecommunications and
Information Resource Center, and PEACESAT collaboration to provide
internetworking among systems. |
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March
5, 1997 -- ARMA JANE KARAER, AMBASSADOR TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA VISITS
PEACESAT -- Christina Higa and Norman Okamura provided a briefing
on the PEACESAT network and earth stations in Lae and Port Moresby
and discussed general developments in telecommunications in the
region. |
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February
11, 1997 -- U.S. AND PACIFIC ISLANDS JOINT COMMERCIAL COMMISSION
WORKING GROUP MEETING -- Sitavine Finau (Tonga) and Norman Okamura
gave presentations to the Working Group on telecommunications and
Internet development in the Pacific Islands Region. Sitavene presented
a paper calling for the development of a Pacific Islands Information
Infrastructure. Norman Okamura reviewed the developments in telecommunications
and Internet in the region. |
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February
4, 1997 -- ST. FRANCIS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM VISITS PEACESAT AND OTIRA
-- Christina Higa and Norman Okamura gave a presentation on health
related telecommunications projects, including PEACESAT, the Distance
Education Learning Technologies and Applications (DELTA), Hawaii
Telecommunications and Information Resource Center, and the Electronic
Mail systems for hospitals and health care organizations in the
Pacific Islands Region. Alan Ito (Chief Information Officer), Gordon
Goldsmith (Network Manager), and others participated in the discussion. |
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January
29, 1997 -- PARTNERSHIP MEETING: MAUI COMMUNITY CARE HUI -- Christina
Higa and Norman Okamura participated in a Partnership Meeting for
the Maui Community Care Hui hosted by Maui Community College. Norman
Okamura participated in a panel chaired by Provost Clyde Sakamoto
and discussed "Human Services and Telecommunications." Alan Ito,
Chief Information Officer for St. Francis Medical Center and Larry
Ipolito of Cerner Corporation also participated in the panel and
discussed information sharing and computer networking. Alan Ito
also discussed the "GENESIS" Project of St. Francis. |
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January
27, 1997 -- COLLEGE OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS (CMI) VISITS PEACESAT
-- CMI President Alfred Capelle and Andy Kuniyuki, Land Grant Director,
visited OTIRA and PEACESAT to discuss plans for digital PEACESAT
experiments. CMI received approval from the Land Grant program
of the College of Micronesia, Palau Community College, and the
CMI to purchase and install digital modems, data router, and video
conferencing system. |
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January
23, 1997 -- QUEENS MEDICAL CENTER TELEMEDICINE TASK FORCE VISITS
OTIRA -- Queens Medical Center is a health care provider based
in Hawaii. The Telemedicine Task Force visited OTIRA/SSRI to discuss
PEACESAT, the Distance Education Learning Technologies and Applications
(DELTA-HAWAII), and the Hawaii Telecommunications and Information
Resource Center Projects. |
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January
19 to 22, 1997 -- PTC 97 -- The Pacific Telecommunications Council
held its annual conference. Over 1400 people will attended this
conference. Viewers should see the PTC Home Page. Viewers with
narrowband links should be aware that there are many graphics pages.
A development of interest to the Pacific Island region is that
a regional organization called the Pacific Islands Telecommunications
Association was formed, led mainly by the telecommunication carriers
in the region. |
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January
18, 1997 -- PTC '97 -- PAN-PACIFIC DISTANCE LEARNING ASSOCIATION
-- Christina Higa, Program Manager and Acting Director of PEACESAT,
gave a presentation on recent developments at the meeting of the
PPDLA. There was a very lively discussion of distance learning
programs in the Pacific region. |
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January
17, 1997 -- Dr. WILLIAM G. DAVIS and ROSALIE L. DAVIS -- visited
PEACESAT to discuss the program and health related issues in the
Pacific Islands Region. Dr. and Nurse Davis have visited the Pacific
Islands Region 22 times over the past 10 years to provide lower
body care at no charge to Pacific Islanders. Christina Higa and
Norman Okamura provided the overview. Mr. Glenn Nochi of the Pacific
Islands Health Officers Association dropped by to greet the Bill
and Rosalie. January 16, 1997 -- U.S. COAST GUARD -- Lt. Mark Young
(Desk Officer), Lt. Ben Cooper, and Lt. John Cameron of the Coast
Guard Search and Rescue Operation visited PEACESAT to discuss issues
of mutual issues in emergency communications. |
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January
14, 1997 -- FEMA VISIT -- David Kennard (Mitigation Specialist,
Pacific Area Office); Michael Hornick (Senior Mitigation Specialist,
Region IX); Susan Murray (Mitigation Specialist, Region IX); and
Terrie Zuiderhoek (Human Services) visited PEACESAT and provided
an update on subjects in the Pacific Islands Region. They reported
that the YAP EOC terminal has a problem. |
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January
11, 1997 -- TOKELAU -- Ms. Lakulu Viliamu, Assistant to the Director
of Education, Tokelau; Fatali Aleni, Nurse; and, Eyland Washington,
former Peace Corp Volunteer for Cook Islands and Tokelau requested
and received a briefing on the PEACESAT Program from Tom Okamura. |
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January
7-8, 1997 -- TELEMEDICINE WORKSHOP -- Norman Okamura, Christina
Higa, and James White participated in the Telemedicine Workshop
sponsored by the Hawaii Department of Health in collaboration with
the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. |
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December
29, 1996 to January 15, 1997 -- UNIVERSITY OF GUAM MULTIMEDIA WORKSHOP
-- Bruce Best, Manager, PEACESAT/Telecommunications and Distance
Education Option, University of Guam, sponsored a multimedia distance
learning workshop to improve the technical skills of participants
in video production. |
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