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["Li Yahong" <yali AT hku.hk>]

Hi Jon,

How about July 15?

Yahong

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Phillips" <jon AT creativecommons.org>
To: "Mr. Pindar Wong" <pindar AT pacific.net.hk>
Cc: <cc-hk AT lists.ibiblio.org>; "Li Yahong" <yali AT hku.hk>; "Matthew MF Yuen" 
<meymf AT ust.hk>; "uta lam" <utalam AT gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 8:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Cc-hk] Notes from Last Friday's Informal Lunch - May 11th


> 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
> > >
> --
> Jon Phillips
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>
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