patth@dasys1.UUCP (Patt Haring) (06/22/87)
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#13824 S1/General 31-May-87 10:43:18
Sb: USSR COMPUTER TRAVEL
Fm: Eric Fenster 71450,1223
...NOTE: This message posted in several places. As I'm accessing from Paris,
please consolidate replies direct to my mailbox 71450,1223.
I'm beginning to organize several microcomputer-related exchanges with the
Soviet Union and seeking input for these proposals:.
1) "Computer-literate" North American young people (to age 16) could
attend computer camps (on the Black Sea or in Estonia) with their
Soviet counterparts beginning next summer. Detailed announcement to
be made later, but if you know individuals or computer clubs from which
candidates could come, please ask them to establish contact at my
mailbox (71450,1223).
2) A bilateral seminar to be held in Moscow. Topics could include the
pedagogy of teaching adults to use computers and economic/health issues
surrounding computer use (VDUs). Am seeking names of North American
specialists in these areas. Also ideas for forms of future cooperation
we might propose and discuss at the seminar. Financial basis of seminar:
our side would pay way to Moscow, receive accommodations and in-country
travel as guests, would later reciprocate in some way.
3) Your ideas for other exchanges (training teachers and others, software
writing, etc.) are welcome, and I will present them to Soviet
counterparts.
NOTE: I've been taking US adult groups on study trips to the USSR for 7 yrs.
The next one, for trade union activists only, is planned for 7 Nov-8 Dec.
If interested, please give mailing address for info.
Thank you, Eric
Or call UNITEX BBS (212) 764-5912 (300/1200, 24 hrs) for information on
United Nations personnel working on this project.