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Markle Universal Access Online Event
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Clift)
Tue Apr 28 20:19:36 1998
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 18:03:15 -0500
From: Steven Clift <clift@publicus.net>
To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
Reply-To: clift@publicus.net
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Greetings PACS-L,
Enclosed is an invitation for the library community and communities
within which you live. Libraries are a cornerstone of efforts to
provide universal access to the Internet and it would be an honor to
have your participation in the Markle Foundation's E-Mail for All
Universal Access Conversation.
Please visit the web site at http://www.iaginteractive.com/emfa and
consider submitting a short essay on any of the four themes. Under
theme 3 we ask:
3.Public access to the Internet from libraries and increasingly
diverse community locations represent the first opportunities for
those without the necessary technology to go online. What are
the trends with public access initiatives? What has been
learned? What are some of the better access models for
harder-to-reach populations?
Perhaps you have additional policy questions that you would like to
raise? The event starts next week and people from around the world
are now signing up. Please join us and pass this invitation around
to others in your community who you think might be interested.
Cheers,
Steven Clift
E-Mail for All
P.S. Under our "Networking Communities" section we are looking for a
couple of places that are the most "wired" in terms of not only
Internet access but local adaptation and use of the Internet to tell
their story. Any thoughts?
Markle Foundation's E-Mail for All Outreach Campaign
- - - - - http://www.iaginteractive.com/emfa - - - - -
An invitation to the ...
Universal Access Conversation:
Building a Networked Nation on the Global Internet
An Online Event
Monday, May 4 - Friday, May 15, 1998
URL: http://www.iaginteractive.com/emfa
Four Themes:
Universal E-mail, Universal Internet, Networking
Communities, and Private and Public Markets Connect
The Markle Foundation, Zoe Baird, President, and the members
of their E-MAIL FOR ALL Board of Advisors invite you to the
Universal Access Conversation.
Charles Ardai - President, Juno Online Services
W.Bowman Cutter - Managing Director, E.M. Warburg, Pincus & Co.
Gene DeRose - Chairman & CEO, Jupiter Communications
Esther Dyson - Chairman, EDventure Holdings
David Ellington - Co-Founder & CEO, Net Noir, Inc.
Jeff Greenfield - Cable News Network
Reed Hundt - Former Chairman, FCC
Julia Johnson - Chairman, Florida Public Service Commission
Macdara MacColl - Director of Business Development, iVillage
Daniel Okrent - Editor of New Media, Time Inc.
Jonathan Peizer - Chief Information Officer, Open Society
Shabbir Safdar - Founder, Voters Telecommunications Watch
Christine Varney - Partner, Hogan and Hartson
This is a significant opportunity to share your knowledge
and experiences on topics related to universal access to e-mail
and the Internet with other eminent leaders and practitioners.
How to participate ...
Visit the EMFA web site for event details and make
your essay, article, online resource, and mailing
lists submissions for the event theme web pages:
http://www.iaginteractive.com/emfa
Join the facilitated and moderated Universal Access
Conversation e-mail list. Subscribe now so you won't
miss a message starting May 4. Only 5 to 15 clearly
identified messages each weekday for the two week event.
Send an e-mail message to:
majordomo@publicus.net
In message body write:
subscribe emfa-event
To receive important EMFA announcements, join our one-way
announcement list (join only one list), instead write:
subscribe emfa-announce
E-MAIL FOR ALL is designed to stimulate a national dialogue
on universal access to e-mail and the Internet. It is
is coordinated by the International Advisory Group for the
Markle Foundation. It is an integral part of the Markle
Foundation's work to encourage the use of new communications
technologies for socially beneficial purposes.
Send questions or comments via e-mail to: emfa@publicus.net
Press inquiries via telephone to IAG at: +1.212.268.1443
Markle Foundation's E-Mail for All Outreach Campaign
- - - - - http://www.iaginteractive.com/emfa - - - - -
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3454 Fremont Ave S T: +1.612.822.8667
Mpls, MN 55408 USA E: clift@publicus.net
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E-Mail for All - http://www.iaginteractive.com/emfa
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