Correspondence in 2009
Starting in
mid-August 2009, SWANsat began receiving requests from certain member states of the
African Union and from member states of the Pacific Islands Forum
to receive information regarding landing rights for the SWANsat System. Here's a
list of the nations to which proposals were sent, either through embassy
contacts known to various officers of the NEPAD Council, or through back
channel sources from our Pacific Islands Forum advisors. All contacts
received the following two documents:
 SWANsat
Technology Readiness Assessment
PRESIDENT
Magazine 16-page summary of SWANsat and the AUric™
In addition to
being sent the two documents posted above, these governments were sent the
following personalized invitations:
Republic
of Botswana (26 August):
Introduction letter (1 page)
In-depth proposal letter
Draft Note Verbale and Memorandum of Understanding
Republic
of Cameroon (24 August):
Introduction letter (1 page)
In-depth proposal letter
Draft Note Verbale and Memorandum of Understanding
Republic
of Uganda (24 August):
Introduction letter (1 page)
In-depth proposal letter
Draft Note Verbale and Memorandum of Understanding
Republic
of Zimbabwe (24 August)
Introduction letter (1 page)
In-depth proposal letter
Draft Note Verbale and Memorandum of Understanding
Article: On Letting Justice Roll Down: an Honest Gold Standard
Microsoft Word DOC file
(38 megs)
Adobe Acrobat PDF file
On 20 August
2009, Zimbabwe announced its intention to base its currency on gold. So
we presented a draft design for an AUric edition that featured the
Zimbabwe bird on its reverse:
Republic
of the Fiji Islands (24 August):
Introduction letter (1 page)
In-depth proposal letter
Draft Note Verbale and Memorandum of Understanding
Here's a list of other correspondence sent to the African Union in early
August 2009:
Letter
dated 11 August 2009 to AU Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy
Contains
Technology Readiness Assessment regarding the SWANsat System. Also includes
a fax copy of a determination letter issued by the U.S. Department of State
(and referencing a communication from the U.S. Department of Commerce),
dated 10 August but delivered to SWANsat Holdings on 11 August, showing that
the SWANsat Technology Readiness Assessment is not subject to export
restrictions.
Technology
Readiness Assessment
with DoS and DoC determination letters included
Letter
dated 11 August 2009 in RE Landing Rights and AUric Gold Standard
to AU
Draft
Note Verbale in RE Landing Rights in Microsoft Word DOC file
format
Draft
Note Verbale in RE Landing Rights in Adobe PDF format
Draft
Note Verbale in RE AUric Gold Standard in Microsoft Word DOC file
format
Draft
Note Verbale in RE AUric Gold Standard in Adobe PDF format
Correspondence in 2008
In late summer
2008, SWANsat began receiving requests from certain member states of the
African Union regarding landing rights for the SWANsat System. Here's a
list of the nations to which proposals were sent, either through embassy
contacts known to various officers of the NEPAD Council, or through back
channel discussions.
African Union:
Proposal Letter
Draft MOU
Burundi:
Proposal Letter
Draft MOU
Ghana:
Proposal Letter
Draft MOU
Kenya:
Proposal Letter
Draft MOU
Mali:
Proposal Letter
Draft MOU
Mozambique:
Proposal Letter
Draft MOU
Nigeria:
Proposal Letter
Draft MOU
Rwanda:
Proposal Letter
Draft MOU
South
Africa:
Proposal Letter
Draft MOU
Tanzania:
Proposal Letter
Draft MOU
Uganda:
Proposal Letter
Draft MOU
Negotiations with the African Union
We began
discussions with the African Union's Representational Mission to the United States of America
in July 2007.
On 6 September 2007, we discussed a number of issues relating to a
cooperative relationship that will benefit the African Union. We continued
to have periodic discussions with the African Union, utilizing the NEPAD
Council as our liaison representative.
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Download our
correspondence of 23 June 2008.
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