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| F.Y.I. |Newsnote from the Electronic Frontier Foundation|July 14,1992|
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CLIFF FIGALLO OF THE WELL NAMED DIRECTOR OF EFF's CAMBRIDGE OFFICE
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Cambridge, Massachusetts July 14,1992
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Cliff Figallo, former director of the Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link (The
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WELL), has accepted the position of Director of the Electronic Frontier
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Foundation's Cambridge office. His duties will include developing that
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office's outreach programs, increasing active EFF membership, and
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expanding overall awareness of EFF's programs in the computer-
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conferencing community and the world at large.
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In announcing the appointment today, Mitchell Kapor, President of EFF,
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said: "I'm delighted that Cliff Figallo will be joining the EFF to head
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its Cambridge office. Cliff brings 20 years of experience in forming
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both intentional and virtual communities. We know he will put these
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skills to excellent use in helping EFF build its ties to the online
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community.We're all looking forward to working with him closely."
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Figallo is well-known in computer conferencing circles as the one who
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from 1986 to the present guided the WELL through its formative years.
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Working with a small staff, many volunteers and limited funding, he
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helped develop the WELL into one of the world's most influential
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computer conferencing systems. When EFF was founded it used the WELL as
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its primary means of online communication.
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Commenting on the appointment of Figallo, Stewart Brand, creator of The
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Whole Earth Catalogue, one of the founders of The WELL and a member of
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the EFF Board of Directors, said: "As an exemplary manager of EFF's
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initial habitat, the WELL, Cliff brings great contextual experience to
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his new job. Best of all for us on the WELL, he won't even be leaving,
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electronically speaking. Cambridge is only several keystrokes from
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Sausalito."
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Contacted at his home in Mill Valley today, Figallo stated: "I'm very
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thankful for the opportunity to take part one of the critical missions
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of our time -- the opening of new channels of person-to-person
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communication in the world, and the protection of existing channels from
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naive or excessive regulation and restriction.
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"Pioneers in electronic or telecommunications media are establishing new
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definitions and structures for education, community, and co-operation
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every day. They are developing tools and systems which may prove to be
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vital to the salvation of the planet. This work must go on.
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"I look forward to helping EFF communicate the importance of events on
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the Electronic Frontier to current and future settlers, and to those who
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would, through unwise use of power, stifle the continued exploration and
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settling of this new realm of the mind and the human spirit."
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Figallo will assume his duties in September of this year.
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For more information contact:
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Gerard Van der Leun
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Electronic Frontier Foundation
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155 Second Street
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Cambridge, MA 02141
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Phone: +1 617 864 0665
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FAX: +1 617 864 0866
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Internet: van@eff.org
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| EFF |155 Second Street, Cambridge MA 02141 (617)864-0665| eff@eff.org |
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