Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 22:00:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: EVENT:You can attend the FTC Junk Email workshop online, June 12, 1997! (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970606215428.28366A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
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Annelise
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Government Without Walls
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Update No.10 http://www.democracy.net/ June 6 1997
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Table of Contents
- Join the Federal Trade Commission for a discussion of Junk Email
- Background on the Junk Email Issue
- How to participate in the Online Workshop
- About democracy.net
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JOIN THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION FOR A DISCUSSION OF JUNK EMAIL
Concerned about the amount of "junk" email you receive?
On Thursday June 12 the Federal Trade Commission will hold a forum on
unsolicited commercial email as part of a 3 day public workshop on
Internet Privacy issues.
The FTC junk email forum will be cybercast live at democracy.net. You
can listen to the proceedings via RealAudio, view live pictures, submit
your thoughts and comments to the FTC, and discuss the issue with
other Internet users in a simultaneous online chat room.
DETAILS ON THE EVENT:
Date: Thursday, June 12, 1997
Time: 8:45 am - 12:30 pm Eastern Time
Place: http://www.democracy.net
You will need to have RealAudio and a telnet application installed
on your computer. Visit http://www.democracy.net/software/ to
download the software for FREE.
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BACKGROUND ON THE JUNK EMAIL ISSUE
Junk email is one of the most discussed Internet issues today, with emphasis
in the press and two pieces of legislation introduced in Congress to address
the issue. To learn more about junk email, we suggest that you read the
filings of various people to the Federal Trade Commission, available
in the "Background" section of the democracy.net page devoted to this
event.
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INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO PARTICIPATE
* Federal Trade Commission Junk Email Workshop *
DATE: Thursday June 12, 1997
TIME: 8:45 am Eastern (5:45 am Pacific)
LOCATION: http://www.democracy.net
In advance of the workshop, please visit http://www.democracy.net
and make sure you have the RealAudio and telnet software necessary to
participate.
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ABOUT DEMOCRACY.NET
The democracy.net is a joint project of the Center for Democracy and
Technology (CDT) and the Voters Telecommunications Watch (VTW) to explore
ways of enhancing citizen participation in the democratic process via
the Internet.
To this end, democracy.net hosts live, interactive cybercasts of
Congressional Hearings and online town hall meetings with key policy makers.
democracy.net is made possible through the generous support of WebActive,
Public Access Networks, the Democracy Network, and DIGEX Internet. More
information about the project and its sponsors can be found at
http://www.democracy.net/about/
To receive democracy.net announcements automatically, please visit our
signup form at http://www.democracy.net/ or send mail to
majordomo@democracy.net with "subscribe events" in the body of the message.
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End update no.10 06/06/1997
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