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- From: jfraser@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Jane Fraser)
- Subject: Infoport - call for input
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 21:16:34 GMT
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- In August 1992, Columbus accepted the invitation of the United Nations
- to establish a Trade Point Center (or ``infoport") as part of a global
- UN project called the Trade Efficiency Initiative. Columbus will be
- one of 16 sites around the world and the only site in North America.
- Each Center will feature the use of video teleconferencing,
- interactive information networks (offering bulletin boards, market
- data, and trade information) and the use of electronic data
- interchange (EDI), and related technologies. The goals are to make
- available and showcase paperless trading and to overcome many of the
- traditional obstacles created by geographic, language, regulatory, and
- commercial barriers.
-
- In the next item, I'll post a summary of information on on the
- Columbus Trade Point Center. In this item, I'm asking for your help.
-
- Columbus Mayor Lashutka appointed a task force to prepare a
- preliminary design. Our plan so far is that the initial stages of
- infoport will include (1) on-line access to trade information, (2) a
- commercial and cargo transaction system, and (3) education, training,
- and facilitation. In later stages we might want to include other
- services such as: a working group to share information on
- international standards, telework centers to support telecommuting,
- multimedia applications, and satellite connections.
-
- I am a member of the task force and I've been asked to solicit input
- on (1) ideas on specific services that could be part of infoport and
- (2) resources to support infoport services.
-
- If you want to help with ideas or resources, please respond by sending
- me one page describing (1) your idea for a service that infoport might
- provide, and/or (2) resources you can offer to make infoport happen.
- You may send brochures, etc., on your organization, but the one page
- will probably get more attention.
-
- You can respond to this request (1) by sending me a printed one page,
- (2) by sending electronic mail via CompuServe to 75300,2251, (3) by
- sending electronic mail via Internet to fraser-j@eng.ohio-state.edu,
- or (4) by using your personal computer and modem to call the local
- bulletin board Strictly Business! (614-583-9250, 8/N/1); upload your
- response (in the new uploads file section) or leave a message (in the
- Infoport message section) addressed to Jane Fraser.
-
- We anticipate receiving many exciting ideas for infoport; therefore,
- we may not be able to include your idea in initial infoport stages,
- but we also plan to establish working groups that could proceed to
- design later stages of infoport. Thanks for you help.
-
- Please distribute this message to others who might be interested.
-
- Jane Fraser, Co-Director, Center for Advanced Study in
- Telecommunications, The Ohio State University, 210 Baker Systems, 1971
- Neil Avenue, Columubs, OH 43210. 614-459-7209 (voice), 614-292-7852
- (fax), fraser-j@eng.ohio-state.edu.
-