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mercredi, juin 28, 2006

Oakland Auditions For Record Label [BP Records]

http://forums.craigslist.org/?ID=45354834

Harvard owned record label startup in Oakland is looking for talent next month. Respond at the above URL if you know of hot bands or individuals that should be contacted.

lundi, juin 26, 2006

harvardsf.org Donations Drive For SF, LA, China, Europe & The Harvard Technology Forum

I founded and started connecting Harvard grads all ages, all programs, these networks in October of 2004. It has been one heck of a ride. I won't give you a song and dance that I need help else the network might falter. Nothing could be further from the truth. The experience has been revitalizing and oodles of fun. It has been a privilege to get to know many of you. Hopefully you have found the experience useful.

That said, we are at a pivot point. (1) I have a vision of on-line tools that could be developed to deepen and better allow us to collaborate peer-to-peer. I need to put my engineering management skills to the test. The work will be done by grads (and their firms) around the world. I can't ask them to do it for free. And (2) I could use admin help occasionally; instead of winging it alone (as I have done so far) as this association between us grows to over 2000 verified alums worldwide.

harvardsf.org is on its own and not connected to the University "club" system. To grow I want us to depend on donations. To make a one time contribution on-line in any of 14 currencies go to the donations page http://harvardsf.com . Consider it.

Perry

P.S. To review what was accomplished since conception check the log at http://harvardsf.org .

dimanche, juin 25, 2006

Ken Seymens, Individual Bio Kellogg Grad

[Contact Ken at 'kseymens2004@kellogg.northwestern.edu']

Ken is approaching a transition period at Duff & Phelps. His desire is to take advantage of this time to explore opportunities in the Private Equity community, preferably those residing in Northern California or on the East Coast. Ken is interested in leveraging his operational experience and deep domain expertise in healthcare and technology; this should make him a viable asset to private equity firms interested in or focused on investing in Healthcare/IT and Biotech. Ken is a Managing Director at Duff & Phelps national investment banking and financial advisory firm focused on providing merger & acquisition, private placement, valuation, financial opinion and restructuring services. Ken heads the firm's healthcare and technology practice. Ken has comprehensive experience in senior-level business development, strategic planning, risk analysis, business process re-engineering, product innovation, and contract negotiation and budget administration with full P&L responsibility. He is well versed in the creation and development of new partnerships, market research processes, including competitive analysis, and development of new products. Prior, Ken was Senior Vice President of Strategic Technology & Business Development, and the first Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the American Hospital Association (AHA). As Chief Technologist he had executive level responsibility to lead and manage Internet and off-line technology-based business development for the AHA, its subsidiary the Health Forum and fourteen personal membership groups (PMGs). A key member of the American Hospital Association’s senior executive team, Ken provided overall information technology leadership and vision developing an enterprise-wide information technology and eBusiness infrastructure strategy. Ken and his team were chartered with the development of key strategic business relationships, and partnership negotiations.

Ken spent the previous seven years at Apple Computer, Inc. In his most recent Apple role, Ken directed the Apple Medical Informatics Group forging strategic alliances with the nation's medical schools and academic medical centers and medical standards organizations. Ken has assisted in the design and implementation of numerous academic medical center technology assessments and initiatives. Ken was responsible for fostering strategic business relationships with healthcare information systems (HCIS) developers who design and deliver products using Apple's handheld and other core desktop technologies. Ken’s other works includes: The Medical Informatics Advisor on the President’s Economic Advisory Committee of the National Medical Association, a contributing editor of Medical Informatics for the Harvard Journal of Minority Health. A Fellowship at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Geriatric Education Center Ethnogeriatrics. Ken studied computer science at the University of California, Berkeley, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Systems Management from the University of San Francisco. Ken received a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the Northwestern Kellogg School of Management.

samedi, juin 24, 2006

RE[One More Request]: [harvard-sf] Volunteers For Sept. 5th '06 Oakland Elementary School Talk

And please don't take this the wrong way. Last time I noticed the 2 class rooms had a number of black girls. As I talked and another black male grad spoke (who grew up w/o money in Oakland) I noticed some of the boys light up, ask questions and really feel a connection. I wish the world and human nature didn't work this way. I had the distinct impression that if we had additionally 2 black or minority women grads with us, those girls would have felt that the Harvard world included them, which it does.

I don't have any (or much) idea who on this list is which race or ethnicity. That is a good thing but forces me to say stuff like this from time to time. Additionally we did not have white guys or Asians with us and that did not feel right either. It was an extremely diverse set of faces sitting in that room in front of me (10-11 yr. olds) and we have a matching set of faces on this list. I need one of each of you to step forward please.

If you are looking for something you can do to make a difference, imagine this. We went and spent two hours out of our time to talk to this class. The teachers tell me to this day they see a noticeable improvement in the homework and test scores years later. I have letters from the kids, they wrote thank you notes. Is that worth your time?

Perry

P.S. And folks from any Harvard grad school program we need you too.

-----Original Message-----
From: harvard-sf@yahoogroups.com [mailto:harvard-sf@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of pg@harvardsf.org
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 3:06 PM
To: Harvard-sf@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [harvard-sf] Volunteers For Sept. 5th '06 Oakland Elementary
School Talk

Tuesday 9/5/06 we've been invited back to a gifted but "financially challenged" classroom to share stories about our paths going to Harvard. The teacher said there was a positive impact on the students when we visited last year. In Oakland, it will be 9-11 AM. Anyone interested?

Regards.

Perry

vendredi, juin 23, 2006

Volunteers For Sept. 5th '06 Oakland Elementary School Talk

Tuesday 9/5/06 we've been invited back to a gifted but "financially challenged" classroom to share stories about our paths going to Harvard. The teacher said there was a positive impact on the students when we visited last year. In Oakland, it will be 9-11 AM. Anyone interested?

Regards.

Perry

vendredi, juin 16, 2006

Top 10 Technology Questions

Help me out here. If we wanted to define the "Top 10 Technology Questions" & challenges, what would they be? Delete, change, correct and adjust the following and send your take to the Harvard Technology Forum list as a member; sign up at http://harvtechforum.org . Or send your comments to me pg@harvtechforum.org and I'll post what you say verbatim. What are the problems where technology plays an important role?

1. Are there 11 dimensions, or X many more than we have established by experiment today, and what is the interaction with the world we perceive of those dimensions?
2. Are the current tools in play on Earth destroying it and making it unlivable and what are we going to do about it?
3. If we can redefine the building blocks of life what world will we build and what methodology will govern our choices?
4. With more and more data accessible can we make it useful?
5. Is there life elsewhere in other dimensions or in the Universe we perceive and can science establish that this is so?
6. What is going to be done about weapons development and use?
7. What is going to be done about human suffering and disparity between population centers in this regard?
8. When will we leave this planet and populate elsewhere; where, and how will we go?
9. What is life? I almost made this one 5(a).
10. Can technology help us resolve disputes better?

How will the necessary components to go after these questions be funded? I made these up. Many of you are experts in the areas where I am treading so please do not hesitate to comment and redefine what I am saying. And my question for the group is if we were to agree on a top 10 list (and that is a big if) what are we going to do to help in these areas, why or why not? And if we had to put the list in priority order what order would that be, and why?

Perry

Black Harvard Alumna Astronaut Might Fly on Next Shuttle

From: David L. Evans 
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 11:16 AM
To: Gregg, Perry
Subject: Black Alumna Astronaut Might Fly on Next Shuttle

Perry,
 
         Click on the following link and read about an alumna astronaut who, many think, might fly on the next Shuttle:

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/wilson.html



Best regards,


David

jeudi, juin 15, 2006

[Support Women For Women International] Next Thursday 6/22 Harvard-Stanford-Cornell-Brown All Ages All Programs Hat Party

Bring your favorite topper. Holly the owner has a discount for us all night. Please invite friends. RSVP to http://xrl.us/m82b .

All ages and programs and everyone else for that matter, see you at Tonic on Russian Hill in San Francisco next Thurs. 6:30 PM 6/22.

Julia Lau http://julialau.net will sing for us. Original songs and stories from her family and China, all are welcome. You do not have to be a graduate of the featured schools to attend. We packed this SF Russian Hill location 2360 Polk St. at Union two years ago. Cornell grads run the bar.

Julia donates a portion of the profits from CD sales and these events to organizations that work to create a better, more peaceful and just world. A portion of the proceeds from her album "In The Wildflowers And Weeds" will be donated to Women For Women International in support of
women around the world who are surviving the atrocities of war www.womenforwomen.org .

Perry

lundi, juin 12, 2006

[From David Evans] Taunting of Black Soccer Players

From: David L. Evans [Harvard FAS]

Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 5:04 PM

To: Gregg, Perry

Subject: Taunting of Black Soccer Players

Dear Perry,

With increasing frequency I have read about the racist taunting of African and African-descended soccer players at games in Europe. This is often (but not always) the work of traveling bands of thugs and it sometimes includes physical assault. Even more, it is done with relative impunity.

After reading a detailed article last Sunday about the upcoming World Cup competition in Germany and how black soccer players had been harassed in that country, I was fed up.

Maybe it is time for the greater world to hold the hosting countries responsible for this barbarity as we did Southern segregationists and South Africa for its apartheid policy. I expressed this view in a letter that is published in the Sports Section of today's New York Times (see below).

Best regards,

David

The New York Times

June 11, 2006

Letters to the Editor

Accountable to the World

To the Sports Editor:

Re "Surge in Racist Mood Raises Concerns on Eve of World Cup" (June 4): When Jim Crow laws existed in parts of this country and black citizens were set upon by racist hooligans, pickets often greeted officials from those regions when they traveled.

Moreover, companies doing business in those areas and their products were boycotted. Those tactics were effective, as were similar actions taken against South Africa during the era of apartheid.

Perhaps countries that are unable to quell egregious racist violence and major sponsors of events where patterns of violence persist should be reminded that they, too, are accountable to the world.

David L. Evans

Cambridge, Mass.

Copyright 2006 The New York Times Company

vendredi, juin 02, 2006

700 Push For 800 [Our Great Weakness]

harvardsf.com has 700 grads tonight with verified Harvard e-mail addresses in, or around, or interested in, the San Francisco Bay Area – all ages, all programs, all backgrounds and circumstances. If you know of alumni/ae in the area that are not part of our network; have them join the collective to make it 800 by the end of summer. Remind the peops please of our great weakness http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Granovetter .

Regards.

Perry

http://perrygregg.name/

pg@harvardsf.org

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