*** Democracies Online Newswire - http://www.e-democracy.org/do *** To link to WWB with the WWB Icon, sign up as a WWB Participating Site <http://www.webwhiteblue.org/participate/>. Help us turn the Internet Web White & Blue one site at a time! Steven Clift Web White & Blue Outreach Coordinator Internet Community Interviews President Clinton via Web White & Blue 2000 WASHINGTON, Aug 11 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday, August 12, members of the 17 largest Internet traffic centers and numerous non-profit sites will interview President Bill Clinton with questions posed via Web White & Blue 2000. Visitors are submitting questions through the network to be chosen by the independent and non-partisan Web White & Blue 2000 editor. This is the first time an aggregate of 85% of the Web has gathered in such a forum, offering their 69 million visitors the chance to virtually interview the President. Directly following the interview, members of the Internet community will be able to see and hear President Clinton answer their queries on the Charter Participants' sites and http://www.webwhiteblue.org. "The goal of Web White & Blue 2000 is to create a better educated public and to encourage the millions of people who receive news and information online to be actively involved in the election process and to vote," said Doug Bailey, senior advisor for Web White & Blue 2000. As part of Web White & Blue 2000's mission to provide balanced and non-partisan election coverage, Web White & Blue 2000 has invited the Republican National Committee to designate someone to participate in a similar interview any time between August 20 and September 20, 2000. Invitations are also currently being extended to parties who have qualified on enough state ballots to have a mathematical possibility of winning a majority of votes in the Electoral College. Thousands of non-profit organizations, schools, media outlets and individual Web sites are also promoting the mission of Web White & Blue 2000 and are joining the effort as Participating Sites. "Web White & Blue 2000 is tapping into the Internet's dynamic sense of civic pride," said Steve Clift, Web White & Blue 2000 Outreach Coordinator. "This is a way that Americans can be encouraged to participate in the electoral process in a way that has never before been possible," noted Mike McCurry, senior advisor for Web White & Blue 2000. "This is the Internet fulfilling its promise of educating and involving the public in the electoral process. Through Web White & Blue 2000, President Clinton's interview will be available all over the Web," added Jonah Seiger, co-founder of mindshare Internet Campaigns, LLC and strategist for Web White & Blue 2000. About Web White & Blue 2000 Web White & Blue 2000 is a non-profit, non-partisan project of the Markle Foundation designed to highlight resources on the Internet that can expand and enhance citizen participation in our nation's democratic process. Web White & Blue 2000 does not endorse or support candidates for public office and does not take positions on partisan or election related issues. Web White & Blue 2000 has created a network comprised of the 17 largest Internet traffic centers which together reach 85% of the American Internet audience. Current Charter Participants include: ABCNEWS.com, America Online, CNN's allpolitics.com, Excite, FOXNews.com, iVillage.com, Microsoft/MSN, MSNBC.com, MTV.com's Choose or Lose, NetNoir.com, npr.org (National Public Radio Online), NYTimes.com, Oxygen Media, PBS Online, USATODAY.com, washingtonpost.com's OnPolitics, Yahoo!. Thousands of sites are adding the Web White & Blue 2000 icon to their homepages now through the election in support of the network's mission. This network has been developed to provide voters with a comprehensive view of the best online political information resources. For additional information about Web White & Blue 2000 please visit http://www.webwhiteblue.org. SOURCE Web White & Blue 2000 Web Site: http://www.webwhiteblue.org ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - W: http://www.publicus.net Minneapolis - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - - - ICQ: 13789183 *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To unsubscribe instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please forward this post to others and encourage *** *** them to subscribe to the free DO-WIRE service. ***
