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Computer underground Digest Sun Aug 21, 1994 Volume 6 : Issue 75
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ISSN 1004-042X
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Editors: Jim Thomas and Gordon Meyer (TK0JUT2@NIU.BITNET)
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Archivist: Brendan Kehoe
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Retiring Shadow Archivist: Stanton McCandlish
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Shadow-Archivists: Dan Carosone / Paul Southworth
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Ralph Sims / Jyrki Kuoppala
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Ian Dickinson
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Copylate Editor: John Holmes Shrudlu
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CONTENTS, #6.75 (Sun, Aug 21, 1994)
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File 1--Up-coming Computer-Related Conferences
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File 2--Are You Ready for the Revolution?!
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File 3--Privacy Conference
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File 4--Internet Conference Announcement (RICIS / U of Houston)
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File 5--CPSR Annual Meeting, Oct 8-9, San Diego
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Cu-Digest is a weekly electronic journal/newsletter. Subscriptions are
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Or, to subscribe, send a one-line message: SUB CUDIGEST your name
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Send it to LISTSERV@UIUCVMD.BITNET or LISTSERV@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU
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The editors may be contacted by voice (815-753-0303), fax (815-753-6302)
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or U.S. mail at: Jim Thomas, Department of Sociology, NIU, DeKalb, IL
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60115, USA.
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Issues of CuD can also be found in the Usenet comp.society.cu-digest
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Date: Wed, 20 Jul 1994 10:18:16 -0700
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From: email list server <listserv@SNYSIDE.SUNNYSIDE.COM>
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Subject: 1--Up-coming Computer-Related Conferences
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CPSR Members, If you are planning to attend a conference, please
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contact CPSR at cpsr@cpsr.org or (415) 322-3778 for easy ways for
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you to be a presence for CPSR.
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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
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<Conferences prior to 9 August deleted>
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Computers in Context (Third Decennial Conference)"Joining Forces in Design"
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Aarhus, DENMARK, August 14-18. Contact: jgaertne@email.tuwien.ac.at
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VRST '94 (Virtual Reality Software and Technology), SINGAPORE, Aug 23-26.
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Contact: gsingh@iss.nus.sg
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Technologies of Surveillance; Technologies of Privacy. The Hague, The
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NETHERLANDS, Sept. 5. Sponsored by Privacy International and EPIC.
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Contact: Simon Davies davies@privint.demon.co.uk
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16th International Conference on Data Protection. The Hague, The
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NETHERLANDS, Sept. 6-8. Contact B. Crouwers 31 70 3190190 (tel)
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31 70 3940460 (fax)
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Breaking the Barriers to the National Information Infrastructure, ANA Hotel,
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Washington, DC, Sept. 7-8.
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Contact: 908 885-6758 for automated fax information and delivery system.
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Seybold San Francisco, Moscone Center, Sept. 13-16. Contact: 800 488-2883
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MHVR '94 (Multimedia, Hypermedia, and Virtual Reality), Moscow, RUSSIA,
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Sept. 14-16. Contact: plb@plb.icsti.su
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Networks Expo / Communications '94 /Windows World '94, Dallas, TX Sept. 20-22.
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Contact: 800 829-3976.
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Executive Summit Meeting of the Central and East European Computer
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Industry, Bratislava, SLOVAKIA, Sept. 25-28.
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Contact: 0005113705@mcimail.com, 212 924-8800 (phone) 212 924-0240 (fax)
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Information Superhighway Summit, San Jose, CA, Sept. 26-28. A Comnet
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Conference. Contact: 800-225-4698 (US) or 505 879-6700
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National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists "Legal, Ethical and
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Technological Aspects of Computer and Network Use and Abuse" Maryland,
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October 7-9. Contact: 202 326-6600 202 289-4950 (fax) drunkle@aaas.org
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CPSR Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, Oct. 8-9. Contact: pagre@ucsd.edu
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People, Networks, and Communication '94, Honolulu, Hawaii, Oct. 11-14.
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Contact: Dr. Ernest Kho, Jr. 808 933-3383 ekho@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu
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4th Beijing International Symposium on Computer-Based Information
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Management (BISCIM '94), Beijing, CHINA, Oct. 14-18.
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Contact: tian@asiainfo.com 214 351-5008 (tel) 214 351-4861 (fax)
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Symposium: An Arts and Humanities Policy for the National Information
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Infrastructure. Boston, Mass. October 14-16, 1994. Sponsored by the
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Center for Art Research in Boston. Contact: Jay Jaroslav
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(jaroslav@artdata.win.net).
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Third Biennial Conference on Participatory Design, Chapel Hill, North
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Carolina, October 27-28, 1994. Sponsored by CPSR.
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Contact suchman@ncsu.edu 919 942-9773
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http://cpsr.org/cpsr./conferences/pdc94/pdc94.html
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ftp.cpsr.org /cpsr/conferences/pdc94 directory.
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Information Systems Education Conference, Sponsored by Education
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Foundation of the DPMA, Louisville, Kentucky, October 28-30
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Contact: cohene@email.enmu.edu
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ALCTS Institute on the Electronic Library, San Antonio, TX October 29-30.
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Contact 513 873-2380 513 873-4109(fax) ahirshon@desire.wright.edu
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ACM/SIGCAPH Conference on Assistive Technologies, Marina del Rey, CA,
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October 31-Nov.1Contact: glinert@cs.washington.edu
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Ethics in the Computer Age, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, November 11-13.
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Contact: Dreese@cs.msstate.edu
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Open Systems World, Washington Convention Center, DC, Nov. 28-Dec. 2.
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Contact: 301 953-9600 (phone) 301 953-2213 (fax)
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North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society, San Antonio, TX,
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Dec. 18-21. Contact: nafips94@cs.tamu.edu
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ETHICOMP95: An international conference on the ethical issues of using
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Information Technology, DeMontfort University, Leicester, ENGLAND,
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March 28-30, 1995. Contact: Simon Rogerson srog@dmu.ac.uk
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44 533 577475 (phone) 44 533 541891 (Fax).
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Paper and Workshop Submissions -deadline for notification of intention to
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submit 8/31/94.
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Key Players in the Introduction of Information Technology: Their Social
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Responsibility and Professional Training, BELGIUM, July 5-7, 1995.
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Contact: nolod@ccr.jussieu.fr clobet@info.fundp.ac.be
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Paper submissions by Nov. 2, 1994
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Date: Sun, 14 Aug 1994 23:59:30 -0700 (PDT)
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From: "Arthur R. McGee" <amcgee@NETCOM.COM>
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Subject: 2--Are You Ready for the Revolution?!
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This may have been posted before, I'm not sure. My apologies if it has:
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Are You Ready for the Revolution?!
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African-Americans and the Information Revolution
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a One-day Conference
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The Purpose:
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America is at the beginnings of a revolution in telecommunications
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that promises to fundamentally alter the way in which we do
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business, the way in which we learn, the way in which we interact,
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and the way in which we spend our leisure time.
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But are you, is Black America, ready for the Revolution?
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The facts would seem to suggest that the African-American community
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is ill-prepared to take advantage of this revolution. The call is
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going out for the leadership, for the visionaries in the community
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to assemble to discuss African-Americans, technology and the 21st
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century.
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When:
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September 14th, 1994, The First Day of the Congressional Black
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Caucus Legislative Weekend
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Who Should attend:
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Industry executives, foundation executives, government officials,
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minority business owners, community and political activists,
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educators and cultural leaders
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Hosted by:
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The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and American Visions
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magazine
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To Register:
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Call 202-675-6736; or fax 202 547-3807
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Tentative Agenda:
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African Americans In the Computer Age
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A One-Day Conference
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Tentative Agenda
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8:00-8:30 A.M. Registration
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8:30-8:45 A.M. Welcome
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Hon. Cardiss Collins, Chairwoman, CBCF
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8:45-9:00 A.M. Conference Charge
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Quentin Lawson, Executive Director, CBCF
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Timothy Jenkins, Publisher, American Visions
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9:00-9:30 Opening Speaker
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Presiding
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Hon. Major Owens
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Keynote Address
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Vice President Al Gore
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9:30-12:00 P.M. Concurrent Workshops
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1. Broadcasting in the Information Age
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Cable, Network Television, Radio
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Computer Networks (Compuserve, Internet)
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Telephone, Microwave, Satellite Dish
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Representatives from the Cable, Radio
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(National Broadcast Association)
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Pat Phelps from Compuserve, Internet founder
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2. Computer Literacy, Long Distance Learning,
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Job Training for the New Workplace
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Columbus Hartwell
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IBM classroom
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Mind Extension University,
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Disney University
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University of the Virgin Islands
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Department of Labor, Personnel Managers
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from the major corporations
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3. Regulating the Information Highway Access,
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Equity and Diversity
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Andrew Blau
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Benton Foundation
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Jerry Burman
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Electronic Frontier Foundation
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12:00-1:30 P.M.
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Luncheon**
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Presiding
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Hon. Eddie Berniece Johnson
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Speaker
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Assistant Secretary of Defense Emmett Page, Jr.
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Dual purpose technology
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Ron Brown, Department of Commerce and
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the Information Highway
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1:30-3:00
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4. Content in the Information Age
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Software developers who have Afrocentric
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or Multicultural Products.
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Procurement personnel at educational
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institutions.
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5. Community Development
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6. Business Opportunity
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Call Thomas Pyle
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Lillian B. Handy, Chairwoman
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Minority-Owned Business Technology
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Transfer Consortium,
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Glen Moore, Defense Information Agency
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3:00-5:00 P.M.
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CEO Roundtable
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Where do we go from here?
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Chair
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General Short
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CEO Panel
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Mitchell Kapor, Apple Computer
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A. T. & T.
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Texas Instruments
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MCI
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Sony
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5:00-5:15
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Closing Summary
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Gary Puckrein, American Visions
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Linda Faye Williams, CBCF, Research Director
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5:15-6:30
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Exhibits and Technology Review
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6:30-8:00 P.M.
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Reception**
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Hon. Kwasi Mfume
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*Learn how you can gain access to the billions of dollars that
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federal agencies are spending on the information highway.
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*Hear Vice President Albert Gore and Ron Brown speak on the
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information highway and what it means for the African-American
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community
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*Interact with senior management at the leading technology
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corporations...joint ventures...jobs
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*Talk to nonprofit funding source about our community based
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organizations can get grants to purchase new technology
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*Get a first-hand preview of the new technology
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*Meet with members of congress and senior government officials who
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will listen to your thoughts on the new techology.
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*Learn about the new business opportunites that the information
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highway is creating.
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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 17:21:49 EST
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From: Dave Banisar <banisar@WASHOFC.EPIC.ORG>
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Subject: 3--Privacy Conference
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PRIVACY CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
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TECHNOLOGIES OF SURVEILLANCE
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TECHNOLOGIES OF PROTECTION
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Sponsored by
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Privacy International
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The University of Eindhoven
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The Electronic Privacy Information Center
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Friday,September 9, 1994
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Nieuws Poort International Press Centre
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The Hague, The Netherlands
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The conference will bring together experts in law, privacy, human
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rights, telecommunications and technology to discuss new technological
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developments that affect personal privacy. The sessions will be
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interactive, starting with introductions to the subjects by leading
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experts, followed by questions and discussion led by the moderators.
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8:45 Introduction
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Simon Davies, Chairman, Privacy International
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9:00 Information Infrastructures
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Marc Rotenberg, Electronic Privacy Information Center (US) Stephanie
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Perrin, Industry Canada
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10:00 Euopean Government Information Sharing Networks
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Jos Dumatier, professor of law and director of the Interdisciplinary
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Centre for Law and Information Technology (ICRI) at K.U.Leuven
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11:00 Cryptography Policy
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David Banisar, Electronic Privacy Information Center Jan Smiths,
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University of Eindhoven
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12:00 Lunch
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1:00 Smart Cards and Anonymous Digital Transactions
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David Chaum, Digicash
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2:00 Wrap up
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Registration Fees
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[] Standard - 220 guilders ($120 US)
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[] Non-profit organisations/Educational - 75 guilders ($40 US)
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Information
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Name: ____________________________________________________________
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Organization: ______________________________________________________
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Address:_____________________________________________________________
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________________________________________________________________
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Phone/Fax:___________________________________________________________
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Electronic Mail: ____________________________________________________
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Send registration to:
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Privacy International
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Washington Office
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Attn: Conference Registration
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666 Pennsylvania Ave, SE, Suite 301
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Washington, DC 20003
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Make Check/Money Order in US Dollars out to Privacy International
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Space is limited, please contact us immediately if you wish to attend!
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For more information, contact:
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David Banisar
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1+202-544-9240(voice)
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1+202-547-5482(fax)
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banisar@epic.org (email)
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Date: Tue, 16 Aug 1994 14:29:18 -0500 (CDT)
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From: TRULL@CL4.CL.UH.EDU
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Subject: 4--Internet Conference Announcement (RICIS / U of Houston)
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EXPLORATION OF THE INTERNET
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Sponsored by:
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University of Houston-Clear Lake
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The Research Institute for Computing
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and Information System
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University Computing and Telecommunication
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) Galveston Bay
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Section
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8:00 - 8:45 Registration
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8:45 - 9:00 Welcome: Susan Gerhart, Director of RICIS
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9:00 - 9:45 "NSFNET: Connecting with the Global Community"
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Priscilla Jane Huston, Program Director
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for NSFNET Program, National Science
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Foundation
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9:45 - 10:30 "Information: Aristotle to Internet"
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Mark Rorvig - NASA/JSC
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10:30 - 11:45 Break-out Activities
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11:45 - 1:00 Lunch - Box lunch provided
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1:00 - 2:30 Break-out Activities
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2:30 - 3:15 "Ethics & Appropriate Use of the
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Internet"
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Invited Edward Cavazos, Attorney at Law,
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Author of the Book, "Your Rights in
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Cyberspace"
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3:15 - 4:00 Panel and Audience Discussion:
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Summary of the Day & Thoughts about the
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Future:
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* The Day's Speakers
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* UHCL, NASA and other Net Surfers
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4:00 - 5:30 Break-out Activities
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Break-out Activities
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Demonstrations & Hands-on
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World Wide Web Browsers
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MOSAIC
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Lynx
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Gopher - Browsers
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"See you - See me" -
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Interactive Video
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Technical Topics
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Search, Retrieve & Store
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Subject Aggregation
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Automatic Search - Spiders
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Basics of Networks
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Linking Schools
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Getting Connected
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Active Projects
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Examples of how people are using the Internet
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K-12 Knowledge Robots
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Environmental Resource Center
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Repository Based Software
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Engineering Project
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NASA Information Bases
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Vendors
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Putting your business on the internet
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NeoSoft
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The Tenagra Corporation
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CALS Shared Resource Centers
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Technology Transfer
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Texas Innovation Network System
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Place:
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Bayou Building
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University of Houston-Clear Lake
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2700 Bay Area Blvd.
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Houston, Texas 77058
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Date: September 14, 1994
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Time: 8:00 am - 5:30 pm
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General Information
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Persons who will require special accommodation in order
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to participate in this workshop should contact the
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Professional and Continuing Education (PACE) office no
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later than two working days prior to the event.
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Registration Fee:
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$95 (includes conference registration, lunch and all
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materials)
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$85 IEEE members (includes conference registration, lunch and all materials)
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Register by:
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Phone (713)283-3030
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FAX (713)283-3039
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Or mail the attached form to:
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PACE
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University of Houston-Clear Lake
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2700 Bay Area Blvd.
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Box 254
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Houston, TX 77058-1088
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REGISTRATION FORM
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EXPLORATION OF THE INTERNET
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SEPT. 14, 1994
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Name____________________________________________________
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Professional Affiliation________________________________
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Mailing Address_____________________________#Apt#_______
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City_________________________State_________Zip__________
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Telephone______________________FAX______________________
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o Enclosed is my check, money order or purchase order
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for the appropriate amount* made payable
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to UHCL
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o Purchase order #____________________________
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o Please charge the appropriate amount* to:
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o MasterCard o VISA
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Signature (Name on Card)________________________________
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Card #_________________________Exp Date_________________
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Mail to:
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PACE
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University of Houston-Clear Lake
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2700 Bay Area Blvd.
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Box 254
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Houston, TX 77058-1088
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Phone: (713) 283-3030
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Fax: (713) 283-3039
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* $95 or $85 (IEEE members)
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 11:40:25 -0700
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From: email list server <listserv@SUNNYSIDE.COM>
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Subject: 5--CPSR Annual Meeting, Oct 8-9, San Diego
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Please distribute and post
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COMPUTER PROFESSIONALS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
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ANNUAL MEETING
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October 8 - 9, 1994
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University of California, San Diego
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Price Center
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La Jolla, California, USA
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Organizing for Access:
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A National Forum on
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Computer Networking, Community Action, and Democracy
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In the few short years since the first proposals for a National
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Information Infrastructure (NII), a broad social movement has arisen
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to put that vision into action in communities across the country.
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A remarkable range of people -- educators, librarians, community
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activists, computer people, government agencies, advocates for people
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with disabilities, and others -- have been using computer networks to
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deliver services and to organize themselves behind an emerging agenda
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for computing and networking in the public interest. CPSR is convening
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this meeting for all people interested in the place of computer
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technology in society, with the goal of bringing together a wide range
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of voices to discuss the ways in which the NII might serve the needs
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of society and to empower one another to pursue shared goals in the
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new technological world. Our meeting this year will place particular
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emphasis on providing would-be activists with the skills and connections
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they need to put the vision of democratic technology into practice.
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Saturday, October 8th
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8:00 - 9:00 Registration/Coffee
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9:00 - 9:15 Welcome to the CPSR Annual Meeting
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Phil Agre
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9:15 - 10:15 Keynote address
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Francois Bar
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Department of Communication, UCSD
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"Staking Claims to the Network"
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This is a critical time for grass-roots involvement in shaping
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America's communications networks. National policy-making has
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largely deferred issues of encouraging broad access, preventing
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network fragmentation, and guaranteeing basic individual rights
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and freedoms. Francois Bar argues that broad-based access and
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involvement today are critical -- not as charity, but because
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the network's future can only be imagined and discovered through
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broad-based and sustained experimentation by end-users.
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10:15 - 10:45 Break
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10:45 - 12:30 Panel Discussion -- Moderated by Steve Miller
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"The Meanings of Access"
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The theme of "access" has united numerous groups interested in
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ensuring equity in the NII. But "access" is a complex concept with
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many equally important facets. This panel brings together leading
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voices for community access to technology to compare and contrast
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the various technical, social, and institutional meanings of access.
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Panelists:
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Karen Coyle, University of California Library Automation and CPSR-Berkeley
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Lee Felsenstein, Interval Research and Berkeley Community Memory
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Deborah Kaplan, World Institute on Disability
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Larry Shaw, The Exploratorium
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Armando Valdez, LatinoNet
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12:30 - 2:00 Lunch Break
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2:00 - 3:30 Panel Discussion -- Moderated by Kathleen Kells
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"Privacy and Intellectual Freedom"
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Privacy and intellectual freedom are crucial information rights
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shared by all people. Protecting these rights is a full-time job,
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one that brings the members of several professions into day-to-day
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contact with the the diverse and complicated circumstances in which
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real people need to exercise them. This panel features a discussion
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among three national leaders in the defense of these rights.
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Panelists:
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Beth Givens, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, University of San Diego
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Judith Krug, Office for Intellectual Freedom, American Library Association
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Gary Richwald, Department of Health Services, County of Los Angeles
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3:30 - 4:00 Break
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4:00 - 5:45 Panel Discussion -- Moderated by Rik Belew
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"Community Networking in San Diego"
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Our host community of San Diego makes a fine "case study" for all of
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our meeting's topics. In this panel, five active community members
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describe the remarkable range of networking projects going on around
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San Diego, placing them in the context of the region's economic and
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institutional evolution.
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Panelists:
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Nell Allen, Department of Social Services, County of San Diego
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Marcia Boruta, San Diego Economic Conversion Council
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Sandra Hall, Community Activist
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Al Rogers, Global SchoolNet Foundation
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Mike Stark, San Diego Computer Society
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5:45 - 6:00 Closing Remarks -- Judi Clark
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7:00 - 7:30 No Host Bar at Banquet Site
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7:30 - 10:30 CPSR Banquet - Fundraiser - UCSD Faculty Club
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(Vegetarian food will be available)
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* Presentation of the 1993 Norbert Wiener Award
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* Banquet Address -- Patricia Glass Schuman, Neal-Schuman Publishers
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"Safeguarding the Right to Know"
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Patricia Glass Schuman, librarian, businesswoman and activist
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for free speech, was 1991-92 president of the American Library
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Association (ALA). As ALA President, Schuman launched a series
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of "radio rallies" to focus public attention on threats to the
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public's Right to Know. Hear her call for information activism
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that involves the entire community in strengthening democracy
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by defending and expanding everyone's access to information.
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Sunday, October 9th
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8:30 - 9:00 Coffee
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9:00 - 10:00 Featured speaker
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Sonia Jarvis
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National Coalition on Black Voter Participation
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"The Public-Interest Aspects of the Information Superhighway"
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Legislators in Washington are now making policies that will affect
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everyone's ability to join in the social and political activities
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that make up a democracy. How can we make sure that those who
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are not technologically literate will have an opportunity to
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participate? Sonia Jarvis will initiate a dialog on strategies
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for ensuring that the public interest is given proper consideration.
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10:00 - 10:15 Short Break
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10:15 - 12:15 Workshops
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Now is the time for everyone to become an activist for democratic
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uses of information technology. No matter what expertise you have
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to offer, or what contribution you'd like to make -- whether it's
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running a bulletin board, starting an on-line discussion group for
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people with a shared interest, organizing a computer network to
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serve your community's needs, helping to protect everyone's privacy
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in a world of computer databases, getting new people into the
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electronic world, joining the larger public-interest movement, or
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drawing on the resources of the net to get people the information
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they need to make informed choices in a democracy -- the necessary
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skills, tools, and connections are readily available. In these
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seven workshops, national experts on technology activism will tell
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you how to get started with your own good deeds on Monday morning.
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More detailed descriptions of each workshop will be available
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sometime in September.
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Building Community Networks: Promise and Pitfalls
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Aki Namioka and Doug Schuler, Seattle Community Network
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Legal Issues for BBS Operators
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Mike Godwin, Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Network-Based Organizing
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Dave Banisar, Electronic Privacy Information Center
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Steve Miller, Administration and Finance, State of Massachusetts
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Helping People and Organizations Get Started With Networking
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Eric Theise, Liberty Hill Cyberwerks
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Art McGee, Institute for Global Communications
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Investigative Reporting on the Internet
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Marsha Woodbury, University of Illinois
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Paul Lester, California State University, Fullerton
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Privacy Activism
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Christine Harbs, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, University of San Diego
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Dave Redell, CPSR Privacy and Civil Liberties Working Group
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Public Interest Activism and the NII Policy Process
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Bill Drake, Department of Communication, UC San Diego
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12:15 - 1:30 Lunch Break
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1:30 - 4:30 CPSR Organizational Discussion
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in parallel with informal discussion groups
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4:30 - 5:00 Closing Remarks -- Eric Roberts
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ABOUT CPSR
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Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility is a national,
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non-partisan, public-interest organization dedicated to understanding
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and directing the impact of computers on society. Decisions regarding
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the use of this technology have far-reaching consequences that
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necessarily reflect the basic values and priorities of the people who
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govern their use.
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Founded in 1981, CPSR has 1800 members from all over the United States
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and 21 chapters. Each of our members is an important participant in
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the dialogue that is helping to shape the future use of computers in the
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United States. Our National Advisory Board includes one Nobel laureate
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and three winners of the Turing Award, the highest honor in computer
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science. CPSR published the influential report "Serving the Community"
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on policy issues in the National Information Infrastructure, and is
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an active participant in the Telecommunications Policy Roundtable in
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Washington.
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We believe that as the influence of computers continues to permeate
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every aspect of our society, it is important that professionals become
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active participants in formulating the policy that governs computer
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use and access. CPSR welcomes any and all who share our convictions,
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whether they work as computer professionals or not.
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For more information, look at the CPSR gopher server, which is located
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at gopher.cpsr.org, as well as the new CPSR WorldWide Web pages, whose
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URL is http://www.cpsr.org/home. Coming soon in these pages: much more
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information about the Annual Meeting.
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Registration Form
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Please pre-register as soon as possible to ensure a space at this
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exciting meeting. Registrations at the door will be accepted as
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space allows. Please send in a separate registration form for each
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individual attending the meeting. And please note that the Saturday
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night banquet is not included in the price of the meeting.
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Name _________________________________________________________________
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Address ______________________________________________________________
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City _______________________________ State _____________ Zip _________
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Telephone __________________________ E-mail_____________________________
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CPSR member $55 _______
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Postmarked after September 20th $65 _______
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Non member $75 _______
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Postmarked after September 20th $85 _______
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New CPSR membership & registration $95 _______
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Postmarked after September 20th $105 _______
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Low income $25 _______
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Postmarked after September 20th $35 _______
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Banquet tickets $40 X ___ = _______
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Postmarked after September 20th $45 X ___ = _______
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Additional donation to further CPSR's work _______
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Total enclosed _______
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For more information contact CPSR at (415) 322-3778 or cpsr@cpsr.org.
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Send the completed registration form with your check to: CPSR, PO Box
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717, Palo Alto, CA 94302.
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End of Computer Underground Digest #6.75
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