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[Jon Phillips <jon AT creativecommons.org>]

On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 07:56 +0800, Mr. Pindar Wong wrote:
> On May 16, 2007, at 3:03 AM, Jon Phillips wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 00:05 +0800, uta lam wrote:
> >> Hi Pindar,
> >>
> >> Wow, you guys really discuss a lot of issues in the meeting.
> 
> it was quite informative actually and fortunately went  beyond the  
> initial exchanging of  pleasantries ;)
> 
> I would imagine that a first formal meeting would be even more so...
> 
> >>
> >> But as I remember that the key of starting the project is to identify
> >> a legal lead first, any potential candidates nominated from the
> >> meeting?
> 
> In trying to understand the status of the project thus far, we also  
> named  Ms Yahong Li and Prof. Matthew Yuen (from Jon's first meeting  
> on this subject back in 2006)!
> 
> As far as we could tell, based on postings to this list,
> 
> 1) we've two legal scholars  Ms. Yahong Li (HKU) and Rebecca Ong  
> (City U - kindly introduced by Kenneth)
> 2) several individuals associated with 'academic'  bodies -  applied  
> research (ASTRI) and universities (HKUST, CU, HKU ... ) law faculties/ 
> media/cultural studies departments
> 
> So Uta ...  several potential candidates and institutions!  ;)
> 
> CC may have already identified both (from Jon's email below) -- which  
> is *fantastic* to move things forward! :)
> 
> Although the ligh-level process for formation was clear ( http:// 
> wiki.creativecommons.org/Worldwide_Overview ), we nevertheless had  
> several operational/logistical/strategic user-related questions as  
> well as some practical ones e.g.  whether our existing commercial  
> contacts could be used to leverage  pro-bono work from a commercial  
> law firm (Bakers, JSM, Slaughter&May etc) for the initial review  
> (given that we've a common law history and version 3.0 released )
> 
> So, with the combined experience on this list, we should have enough  
> clue to answer the 'known unknowns' !
> 
> As Jon, who was at the first meeting in 2006, mentioned both
> >> Any plan to contact those candidates?
> 
> Ah... well they're all on the list and assumed to be periodically  
> reading mail.
> 
> Based on Yahong's email of May 8th, she would not be available till  
> July (earliest) and the thought of organising a 1st meeting in July  
> was in deference to this reality.
> 
> Yahong: Would it be possible for you to propose a convenient date in  
> July per your scheduled?
> Matthew: Would it be possible for you to host this meeting in HKUST?
> Jon: Would it be possible to participate by teleconference/video  
> conference (we could rig something up)?

Sure, but Catharina, is really the ideal person to do this :)

Jon

> 
> p.
> 
> 
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Uta
> >
> > Ms Yahong Li and Prof. Matthew Yuen
> >
> > There is a chance that both Catharina and myself will be at  
> > wikimania in
> > taiwan in AUG, so depending if either of us get there, could possibly
> > swing through. Catharina is your best bet...
> >
> > I will potentially travel through though in the next 6-9 months  
> > because
> > my family lives in Guangzhou...and I'm scouting out places to live in
> > China/HK ;) (a little personal info for you all :)
> >
> > Jon
> >
> 
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Jon Phillips
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