Jim, Elisa, Edo and all....

I'm in! Let's have fun and do good by doing well !!!

Paul

Edo:

The following is an e-mail I received from Elisa Hopper of Oakland Schools GTM Project. I have contacted her and discussed the various opportunities your participation may represent in both Anogla (Enviromental & Water Quality) and the Republic Democratic of Congo (Art & Cultural Exchange). They are very excited about the possibilities. She will be sending (e-mailing) me materials about the project and the role (responsibilities) you would play in their program if you choose to participate. I will forward (e-mail) you the information as soon as I recieve it so that we are prepared for our meeting on Sunday. I have also forwarded this information to Rick Williams, Oakland County Minority Affairs Office and co-developer of the GTM Project to make him aware of these possibilities.

Let me know what your thoughts might be.

Talk to you soon my friend.

Best,

Jim

James,

Hello! I am a colleague of Paul Briercheck on the GTM project. He recently
informed me that you know of a possible contact for our Cultural Exchange
panel, a one Edo Mansaluca. I would be thrilled to speak with Mr. Mansaluca
about participating, or I can provide you the details of our project if you
are indeed meeting with him on Sunday.

Can you contact me at your earliest convenience to discuss this? We are
really pleased to hear of your interest, and are looking forward to possible
collaboration.


We're going global...want to come along?

Elisa Hopper, Coordinator
Oakland County Global Trade Mission
(248)577-0437

Hi Edo:

Let's plan on getting together on Sunday morning at 11:00AM or so. We can work on the letterhead and business card (corporate identity) elements at that time. You could attempt to re-contact the Detroit Institute for the Arts and the City of Detroit's Arts & Cultural Affairs Office today or tomorrow prior to our meeting.

As we discussed on the phone yesterday, Paul Briercheck from Oakland Schools Technology Center / Southeast inquired of me about you becoming involved with the Oakland Schools Global Trade Mission (GTM) Project. GTM is a program for Oakalnd Schools and Automation Alley for K-12 education that links the students involved with foreign countries and mutual trade efforts. Although they have some diverse representatives acting as "Cultural Emmisarry's" they have none connected to Africa. He wonderered if you would be interested in participating as such. I said I would contact you and inquire. I'm not sure what your role and responsibilities would be but I think it would "add value" to your current efforts as well as serve as a bridge to Oakland Schools GTM mission. I will attempt to get more information from Rick Williams the Oakland County Minority Affairs Office which is a co-partner of the program. Let me know what your thoughts might be.

I will be looking forward to our meeting.

Best,

Jim

Hi Edo and Norbert:

Congratulations on making a "connection" with the Republic Democratic of Congo. The letter of demand to the Ministery of Art & Culture should be easy to draft and I would be glad to help you. I would suggest that we also attempt to contact the Detroit Institute of Arts (if we haven't attemtpted this already) to inquire about developing a relationship. This would perhaps allow them to write a "Support Letter" also. We might also consider contacting the City of Detroit Arts & Cultural Affairs Office to see if they would also like to support your initative and/or submit a letter of support. I can also assist you in developing a World Wide Hope letterhead for your demand letter.

Let me know what your thoughts might be.

Much continued success.

Best,

Jim