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<p><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>subject: </span></font></b>Nonprofit Academic Permission
Request<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>to: </span></font></b><a
href="mailto:gramene@gramene.org?subject=Nonprofit%20Academic%20Permission%20Request&body=Dear%20unknown:%0DAfter%20reviewing%20Gramene:%20A%20Comparative%20Mapping%20Resource%20for%20Grains,%20published%20on%20the%20internet%20at%20http://www.gramene.org/,the%20WiderNet%20Project%20would%20like%20to%20ask%20your%20permission%20to%20include%20this%20web%20content%20in%20the%20eGranary%20Digital%20Library.%20Before%20you%20decide,%20please%20let%20us%20tell%20you%20about%20The%20WiderNet%20Project%20and%20the%20eGranary%20Digital%20Library.%0DThe%20WiderNet%20Project,%20a%20non-profit%20organization,%20aims%20to%20improve%20digital%20communication%20and%20access%20to%20information%20for%20students%20and%20scholars%20in%20developing%20countries.%20You%20can%20find%20more%20information%20about%20the%20WiderNet%20Project%20at%C2%A0http://www.widernet.org.%0D%0DMany%20of%20the%20institutions%20we%20work%20with%20do%20not%20have%20Internet%20connections%20or%20have%20slow,%20unreliable%20and%20very%20expensive%20service.%C2%A0Often,%20professors%20and%20students%20must%20pay%20per%20minute%20while%20online%20and%20it%20literally%20takes%20days%20to%20search%20a%20website.%20The%20eGranary%20Digital%20Library%20delivers%20digital%20information%20directly%20to%20Web%20servers%20inside%20the%20institution,%20bypassing%20the%20problem.%20With%20the%20eGranary%20Digital%20Library,%20students%20and%20scholars%20access%20the%20information%20over%20their%20local%20area%20networks%20quickly%20and%20at%20no%20cost.%0D%0DIf%20you%20consent,%20your%20materials%20will%20appear%20in%20the%20eGranary%20Digital%20Library%20without%20modification,%20retaining%20all%20citations,%20copyright%20information,%20author%20information,%20and%20credits%20%E2%80%93%20exactly%20as%20they%20appear%20on%20the%20Internet%20now.%20You%20can%20find%20more%20information%20about%20the%20eGranary%20Digital%20Library,%20including%20a%20list%20of%20authors%20and%20organizations%20already%20donating%20materials,%20at%20http://www.widernet.org/digitallibrary.%0D%0DSpecifically,%20we%20would%20like%252">gramene@gramene.org</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>body:</span></font></b> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dear unknown:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>After
reviewing Gramene: A Comparative Mapping Resource for Grains, published on the
internet at <a href="http://www.gramene.org/">http://www.gramene.org/</a>, the
WiderNet Project would like to ask your permission to include this web content
in the eGranary Digital Library. Before you decide, please let us tell you
about The WiderNet Project and the eGranary Digital Library.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
WiderNet Project, a non-profit organization, aims to improve digital
communication and access to information for students and scholars in developing
countries. You can find more information about the WiderNet Project at <a
href="http://www.widernet.org" title="http://www.widernet.org/">http://www.widernet.org</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Many of
the institutions we work with do not have Internet connections or have slow,
unreliable and very expensive service. Often, professors and students must
pay per minute while online and it literally takes days to search a website.
The eGranary Digital Library delivers digital information directly to Web
servers inside the institution, bypassing the problem. With the eGranary
Digital Library, students and scholars access the information over their local
area networks quickly and at no cost. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>If you
consent, your materials will appear in the eGranary Digital Library without
modification, retaining all citations, copyright information, author
information, and credits – exactly as they appear on the Internet now.
You can find more information about the eGranary Digital Library, including a list
of authors and organizations already donating materials, at <a
href="http://www.widernet.org/digitallibrary"
title="http://www.widernet.org/digitallibrary">http://www.widernet.org/digitallibrary</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Specifically, we would like permission to:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>-- Mirror (copy) the following materials for future
versions of the eGranary Digital Library:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>--<a
href="http://www.gramene.org/">http://www.gramene.org/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>--Distribute the Internet content you donate to
participating educational institutions via hard drive installation and/or
satellite transmission (when that becomes available), <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>--Allow project participants to make your materials
available to their educational community without cost, via their intranets (but
not on the Internet,)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>--Create an archive copy of your material on our
password-protected intranet server (for use in the event that your publicly
available link ceases to function.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Please reply directly to this email, and tell us if
you give: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>FULL PERMISSION (Donate requested materials and
updates as they become available)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>PARTIAL PERMISSION (Donate only materials that you
specify, or limit our delivery of your content to only hard drive installation
or only satellite transmission.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>NO PERMISSION (Prefer not to help institutions in
developing countries at this time.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
We hope that you will join our efforts to provide students and scholars around
the world with access to educational information and resources.<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
<br>
Jennifer Mills<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>jenn@widernet.org<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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