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On-Line Congressional Hearing (fwd)
- To: carl@malamud.com (Carl Malamud)
- Subject: On-Line Congressional Hearing (fwd)
- From: Paul Evan Peters <paul@cni.org>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jul 93 12:57:37 EDT
Here's a copy of the posting I just made to cni-announce. Hope you like it.
Forwarded message:
> From daemon Wed Jul 7 12:53:03 1993
> From: Paul Evan Peters <paul>
> Message-Id: <9307071653.AA13885@a.cni.org>
> Subject: On-Line Congressional Hearing (fwd)
> To: cni-announce
> Date: Wed, 7 Jul 93 12:53:01 EDT
> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11]
>
> Dear cni-announce subscribers:
>
> I though you would like to know that Carl Malamud, founder of
> Internet Talk Radio and provocateur of numerous other worthehile
> Internet endeavors, is at it yet once again! See attached.
>
> Early on, a month or so ago, I connected Carl with some Coalition
> activists who might be able and willing to help him with the
> gernation (using gopher, etc.) of an "information environment"
> in support of and with the establishment of the "public record"
> for the subject hearing.
>
> Now (see attached) Carl is calling for the involvement and par-
> ticipation of as many of the rest of us as are able and willing
> to join in.
>
> Let's help Carl to make this hearing the fabulous success that we
> want it to be and know that it can be. Thanks!
>
> Paul Evan Peters
> Executive Director
> Coalition for Networked Information
> 21 Dupont Circle
> Washington, DC 20036
> Voice: 202-286-5098
> Fax: 202-872-0884
> Internet: paul@cni.org
>
> Forwarded message:
> > From carl@trystero.malamud.com Mon Jul 5 19:50:25 1993
> > Date: Mon, 5 Jul 93 14:26:21 -0400
> > Message-Id: <9307051826.AA01956@trystero.malamud.com>
> > To: paul@cni.org
> > Subject: On-Line Congressional Hearing
> > Org: Internet Multicasting Service
> > From: hearing-info@trystero.malamud.com
> > Reply-To: hearing-info@trystero.malamud.com
> >
> > Paul -
> >
> > I'd like to encourage members of the Coalition for Networked Information
> > to attend the hearings and the open house, and to help flood my poor
> > computer with electronic mail. With the increased visibility of the
> > Internet, it is important that policy makers understand that there are
> > more than just a few ARPA contractors using this key infrastructure.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Carl Malamud
> >
> >
> > Station: Internet Multicasting Service
> > Channel: Internet Town Hall
> > Program: On-Line Congressional Hearing
> > Release: July 5, 1993
> > Content: First Announcement/On-Line Congressional Hearing
> >
> > On July 26 at 9:30AM EDT, the Subcommittee on Telecommunications
> > and Finance of the U.S. House of Representatives will hold the first
> > Congressional Hearing ever held over a computer network. The oversight
> > hearing on "The Role of Government in Cyberspace" will take place in
> > the Grand Ballroom of the National Press Club at 14th and F Streets,
> > N.W., Washington, D.C. The hearing is open to the public. An open
> > house will be held from 3-5PM on the same day in the same location and
> > is also open to the public.
> >
> > Chairman Markey has asked that this historic occasion demonstrate
> > the potential and diversity of the global Internet. Thirty Sparcstations
> > will be in the hearing room, allowing members of Congress, staff, and
> > their guests to read e-mail, use Gopher menus, read testimony in WAIS
> > databases, browse the World Wide Web, and otherwise use the resources
> > of the global Internet as part of the hearing.
> >
> > Some witnesses for the hearing will testify remotely, sending audio
> > and video over the Internet. Audio and video of the hearing will also
> > be multicast over the Multicast Backbone (MBONE). We are hoping that
> > C-SPAN and other traditional media will also carry the event. *MORE
> > DETAILS ON MBONE AND OTHER WAYS TO WATCH THE HEARINGS REMOTELY WILL BE
> > FORTHCOMING SHORTLY.*
> >
> > One of the primary points that we are hoping to demonstrate is
> > the diversity and size of the Internet. We have therefore established
> > an electronic mail address by which people on the Internet can communicate
> > with the Subcommittee before and during the hearing:
> >
> > congress@town.hall.org
> >
> > We encourage you to send your comments on what the role of government
> > should be in the information age to this address. Your comments to this
> > address will be made part of the public record of the hearing. Feel free
> > to carry on a dialogue with others on a mailing list, cc'ing the e-mail
> > address.
> >
> > Your cards and letters to congress@town.hall.org will help
> > demonstrate that there are people who use the Internet as part of their
> > personal and professional lives. We encourage you to send comments on
> > the role of government in cyberspace, on what role cyberspace should play
> > in government (e.g., whether government data be made available on the
> > Internet), on how the Internet should be built and financed, on how you
> > use the Internet, and on any other topic you feel is appropriate. This
> > is your chance to show the U.S. Congress that there is a constituency
> > that cares about this global infrastructure.
> >
> > If you would like to communicate with a human being about the
> > hearing, you may send your comments and questions to:
> >
> > hearing-info@town.hall.org
> >
> > Support for the Internet Town Hall is provided by Sun Microsystems
> > and O'Reilly & Associates. Additional support for the July 26 on-line
> > congressional hearing is being provided by ARPA, BBN Communications,
> > the National Press Club, Xerox PARC, and many other organizations.
> >
> > Network connectivity for the Internet Town Hall is provided by
> > UUNET Technologies.
> >
> >
>
>
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