Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.gis
Date:         Tue, 6 Oct 1992 21:14:17 BST
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Comments:     Resent-From: Mr Liang Rao <JCDR01@liverpool.ac.uk>
Comments:     Originally-From: Mr Liang Rao <JCDR01@liverpool.ac.uk>
From:         Mr Liang Rao <JCDR01@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK>
Subject:      Re: Liang Rao's short manifesto for CPGIS presidential election

I have sent my manifesto to GIS-L last weekend, but I am still getting
messages from Ji Minli (CPGIS'92 Election Committee) asking for this
speech. Therefore I am sending it again (with some corrections on typo).

Liang Rao, University of Liverpool
RAOL@UXB.LIV.AC.UK (UNIX)         JCDR01@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK
FAX: (44) 51 794 3125             VOICE: (44) 51 794 3123

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Dear CPGIS members,

                 Liang Rao's Manifesto for the Election
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I stood up for the presidential election with two simple reasons:
1) I am very appreciated for those who have done a lot in setting up
   the association and the election;
2) I am willing to offer my help in widening the influence of CPGIS
   both home and abroad.

There are many works we can do. But, before consulting with my future
committee members, I would like to put only few notes as follows:
1) I will set up a framework with branch offices all over the world,
   therefore this will release the pressure from the central committee
   and insure us to have the grass-root support;
2) I will advise these branch officers to contact other local associations
   (both academic and governmental organisations) in order to build
   up partnerships (for technical and financial support);
3) I will personally to seek funding in both Europe (UDMS, BURISA, UNISCO,
   IAURIF, British Council, Great Britain & China Centre, ESRC, SERC,
   AGI, and many governmental agencies) and China for CPGIS activities;
4) These activities include annual conference, publications, exchanging
   visits, and corporative research projects; I would also hope CPGIS
   could help its members to apply funds (from other sources) for their
   own projects (i.e. attending other conferences) or provide few
   subsidies;
5) One of presidential goals is to hold next annual conference in Europe
   (Cambridge, Oxford, London, Liverpool, or Amsterdam, Paris), I have
   many friends there;
6) Although CPGIS-L is currently running globally, I also would like to
   encourage local branches (country, region or city-based) to parti-
   cipate their local list-servers (i.e. Chest-Arc-Info in UK). I would
   to see the local branches having their own annual conferences before
   the global one.
7) Some specialty groups can be organised according to their interests or
   technical backgrounds. Therefore we will have sections on our journal
   and group reports on CPGIS-L.
8) I would agree most of the ideas put forwards by H Lin, M Ji and other
   members. I shall try my best to achieve those goals. I am a team-
   worker. I will organise a "executive" committee with 4-6 members to
   carry out various tasks.

That's all for now since I am busy for (moving to) a new job. My e-mail
address may change next week. I shall inform you when I settle down.
Thank you for support.

Liang Rao, University of Liverpool
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                        C.V.

Education:
1992    Ph.D., University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
        Major: Geographic Information System

1990    M.Phil., University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
        Major: Town and Regional Planning

1984    B.Sc., Tsinghua (Qinghua) University, Peking, China
        Major: Architecture and Urban Planning

Research and Working Experience:
09.1989-today:   Research Associate, The Urban Research and Policy
                 Evaluation Regional Research Laboratory
                 (RRL in UK is equivalent to NCGIA in USA)
01.1989-09.1989: Planning Officer, Planning Department of Liverpool
                 City Council, U.K.
05.1988-01.1989: Assistant Director, Department of Comprehensive
                 Planning and Administration, Peking Metropolitan
                 Planning Bureau, China
05.1987-05.1988: Information Officer, Chief Executive of Peking
                 Metropolitan Planning Bureau, China
11.1986-05.1987: Planning Associate, Institut d'Admenagement et
                 d'Urbanisme de la Region d'Ile-de-France (Greater
                 Paris Regional Institute of Planning and Management),
                 Paris, France
09.1984-11.1986: Planning Officer, Peking City Planning Institute,
                 China

Community Service:
1990-1991 General Secretary, Chinese Scholars and Students Association,
          Liverpool, U.K.
1991-1992 Representative of Research Students, University of Liverpool,
          U.K.
12.1991-  Member of CPGIS

Publications:
(1989) The Northwest Database for Investment: a survey and structural
       design, Civic Design Working Papers (University of Liverpool)
(1991) The Incorporation of an Urban Policy Information System: the
       case of Telford New Town, in: Proceedings of 14th Urban Data
       Management Symposia (Odense, Denmark)
(1991) The Telford Urban Policy Information System Project, in:
       (Worrall ed.) Spatial Analysis and Spatial Policy using
       Geographic Information Systems (Belhaven Press, London)
(1992) GIS in Policy Planning: an introduction to TUPIS, in: the GIS
       specialty group, AAG'92 (San Diego, USA)
(1992) The Structural Design of a GIS-based Urban Management and
       Decision Support Information System, URPERRL Research Paper 23
       (URPERRL, ESRC)
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