[11059] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Public Interest Summit Announcement
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard Civille)
Sat Mar 19 02:48:22 1994
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 20:47:58 -0500 (EST)
From: Richard Civille <rciville@civicnet.org>
Reply-To: Richard Civille <rciville@civicnet.org>
Apparently-To: <com-priv@psi.com>
Shaping the National Information Infrastructure
Public Interest Summit
ANNOUNCEMENT
NOTE: Use this electronic mail address for contact: <summit@tmn.com>
[Apologies if you receive more than one copy. If you do, it might mean this
is important information for you. This Announcement was sent to a blind list
to avoid unnecessary cross-postings.]
On-site registration for the Public Interest Telecommunications Summit
scheduled for March 29th in Washington, DC is quickly reaching the maximum
capacity of 500 people. Vice President Gore will address the Summit. It
will be broadcast over public radio stations. It is expected to be
covered live over C-Span. It will include live participation from
community networks, the Internet and many other online forums. You should
register immediately if you plan to attend.
It is critical to broaden participation of this Summit far beyond
Washington, DC, -- to the Nets and beyond the Nets. An Organizing Kit
will be posted to this list. Please watch for it. This kit will show how
you can quickly conduct local discussion groups and involve your local
public media. These discussions will be recognized as part of the Summit
if you let us know about them. Help us build a strong public voice to
accompany the Summit. Please read the forthcoming Organizing Kit carefully.
During the course of the all-day Summit, four panel discussions will cover
the impacts, promises and dangers the information superhighway poses for
individuals, our homes, jobs, education and health, the future of our
democracy and our way of life. Topics will include public interest
applications, Universal Service, communities and the economy, and making
democracy work.
The Summit will bring major consumer and public interest advocates
together with key Administration officials. Panelists and moderators will
include C. Everet Koop, Jean Armour Polly, Connie Stout, Pat Waak, Rev.
Ben Chavis, Morty Bahr, Randy Ross, Mitch Kapor, Ralph Nader, Nadine
Strosser, Sonia Jarvis, Linda Tarr-Whelan,Woody Wickham, Andrew
Schwartzman, Peter Goldmark and many others.
The Summit is supported by private foundations and organized by a
broad-based coalition of public interest and non-profit organizations.
The Summit will set a new process in motion that will bring a strong
public voice to the critical communications legislation that is moving
through Congress this year. Many of the activities we can begin over the
next week will carry on after the Summit itself is over. We are dropping
a pebble into a very big pond. Help turn the ripples into a wave of change.
In addition to televised segments, panelists will also answer questions
from callers and through the Internet on a special edition of the Derek
McGinty Show. This joint effort of WAMU, Washington DC and the National
Federation of Community Broadcasters will be made available to stations
nationwide over the Public Radio Satellite System (PRSS) during the Summit.
Further announcements from the Summit production staff will be made early
next week. Press releases, the full agenda, a recently published survey
of how Americans view the NII and other materials will become broadly
available shortly. A gopher server will be established for the Summit,
and pointed to from many gopher sites around the country and the Summit
will be live on the Net during the event. Stay tuned!
