02-12-2007, 08:19 PM
Jakob is going to visit the US. He can be contacted at
Jakob DOT DeRoover AT UGent DOT be
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheHeathenIn...ss/message/3207
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Dear friends,
Beginning this week Friday, Jakob will be in the United States for about a
year. During the first six months of his stay, he will be based in NY at the
Columbia University. Apart from continuing his research, he has two basic
organizational tasks:
(a) to build the beginnings of a network of the interested NRI's in the
US;
(b) to build the beginnings of a network between us and some of the
academic institutions in the US.
In the course of doing both, one of the first things he will try to
accomplish is to meet those from this board who live in the US. So, may I
request those of you who live in the US to get in touch with him
(Jakob.deroover@...) so that he might plan the most fruitful way of
meeting you? Furthermore, if you know of other people (either as individuals
or as groups), who might be interested in such a meeting, please get them in
touch with Jakob as well. Depending on the success of his efforts, I will
make a trip or two to the US during the course of this year. Where possible,
see if you can organize a talk by Jakob: you need not worry about his travel
fare or remunerating him for the talks. Where possible, if you can put him
up, that would suffice.
Ideally speaking, the end-goal is this: he sets up some kind of an initial
circuit that I can traverse when I come to the US next time. For the time
being, the purpose of this circuit is merely to create a (receptive) public
for the results of our research. Consequently, it does not matter to us what
the initial composition and the nature of the public is: they could be
groups loosely tied to some or another organization, a temple, or whatever.
But it does matter whether or not such a loose network comes into being.
Currently, we have entered the phase of differential expansion in Europe and
the US. In Europe, we are beginning to build towards a European Masters
programme, involving several universities from the European Union (something
to be achieved in the course of the next three years), and in the US we want
to build towards the emergence of a network. Our activities in India are
going better than planned and, if things happen the way we anticipate, we
will have firmly rooted ourselves there by the end of 2008. When Jakob meets
you, he will provide you with an outline of our plan and its current phase
of execution. Because of this, meeting you and the contacts you are likely
to provide is crucial to our endeavour. Such meetings are far from being
mere social gatherings or getting to know the e-members of this board out of
curiosity.
It is my sincere hope that you can be of some assistance in our venture.
Friendly greetings
Balu<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Jakob DOT DeRoover AT UGent DOT be
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheHeathenIn...ss/message/3207
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Dear friends,
Beginning this week Friday, Jakob will be in the United States for about a
year. During the first six months of his stay, he will be based in NY at the
Columbia University. Apart from continuing his research, he has two basic
organizational tasks:
(a) to build the beginnings of a network of the interested NRI's in the
US;
(b) to build the beginnings of a network between us and some of the
academic institutions in the US.
In the course of doing both, one of the first things he will try to
accomplish is to meet those from this board who live in the US. So, may I
request those of you who live in the US to get in touch with him
(Jakob.deroover@...) so that he might plan the most fruitful way of
meeting you? Furthermore, if you know of other people (either as individuals
or as groups), who might be interested in such a meeting, please get them in
touch with Jakob as well. Depending on the success of his efforts, I will
make a trip or two to the US during the course of this year. Where possible,
see if you can organize a talk by Jakob: you need not worry about his travel
fare or remunerating him for the talks. Where possible, if you can put him
up, that would suffice.
Ideally speaking, the end-goal is this: he sets up some kind of an initial
circuit that I can traverse when I come to the US next time. For the time
being, the purpose of this circuit is merely to create a (receptive) public
for the results of our research. Consequently, it does not matter to us what
the initial composition and the nature of the public is: they could be
groups loosely tied to some or another organization, a temple, or whatever.
But it does matter whether or not such a loose network comes into being.
Currently, we have entered the phase of differential expansion in Europe and
the US. In Europe, we are beginning to build towards a European Masters
programme, involving several universities from the European Union (something
to be achieved in the course of the next three years), and in the US we want
to build towards the emergence of a network. Our activities in India are
going better than planned and, if things happen the way we anticipate, we
will have firmly rooted ourselves there by the end of 2008. When Jakob meets
you, he will provide you with an outline of our plan and its current phase
of execution. Because of this, meeting you and the contacts you are likely
to provide is crucial to our endeavour. Such meetings are far from being
mere social gatherings or getting to know the e-members of this board out of
curiosity.
It is my sincere hope that you can be of some assistance in our venture.
Friendly greetings
Balu<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->