fr: Thubten Samdup, CTC National Office

to: WTN List Members

dt: July 20, 1995

Dear Friends,

The Canada Tibet Committee has been facilitating contact between the Central Tibetan Administration in Dharamsala, India and the Tibetan Communities and Tibet Support Groups around the globe, through electronic medium. The CTA has received notice that it will no longer be able to use its UNV e-mail system to access the Internet, due to the network's increased e-mail traffic.

The Planning Council in Dharamsala, India (a branch of the Tibetan government-in-exile, which set up the Tibetan Computer Resource Centre), wishes to establish its own node, allowing it to give out unlimited accounts.

As you know, the WTN distributes news on Tibet from major governmental and news agencies, as well as non-governmental organizations, on a daily basis, and is an effective means of informing the public of the seriousness of the situation in Tibet.

Until now, the project has been largely subsidized by the Canada Tibet Committee, with the initial grant from the International Center for Human Rights and Democratic Development based in Montreal. Now the grant money is exhausted. The CTC wishes to continue its assistance to the CTA by partially funding the establishment of the new node, with annually decreasing aid until the system can be more fully self-supporting.

We need your help to keep Dharamsala (CTA) on line, and maintain this vital service.

The following is a breakdown of the annual budget submitted by the Planning Council.

1. ERNET subscription per year Rs 100,000.00

2. Computer 486DX2/66 8MB RAM, RS 75,000.00

520MB Harddisk, SVGA monitor,

1.2 MB & 1.4 MB FDD, keyboard

3. Uninterrupted Power Supply Rs 15,000.00

4. Staff salary @ Rs, 2500 monthly Rs 30,000.00

5. Telephone installation Rs 5,000.00

6. Telephone STD charge from Dharamsala Rs 72,000.00

to New Delhi @ Rs 6,000 per month

7. Miscellaneous (stationary) Rs 12,000.00

@ Rs 6,000 per month

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TOTAL Rs 309,000.00

(US$1.00 = Rs31.00)

Time is running out! The UNV connection will be severed soon.

Please send your donations to:

Canada Tibet Committee (E-Mail)

National Office

4675 Coolbrook

Montreal, Quebec

Canada H3X 2K7

Note: I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to Nima Dorjee, Conrad Richter, Tseten Samdup and Brian Given for their hundreds of hours of work over the last few years.