Personal Remark by Jay Sulzberger: The next few months in New York City will see a large battle for the Internet. The New York City Council and Mayoral Broadband Advisory Committee, headed by Gale Brewer,
http://www.nycbroadband.blogspot.com is in process of drawing up rules and regulations and contracts which will, in large measure, help or hurt our freedom to collaborate and communicate using our Net. The Broadband Advisory Committee is composed of hard working men and women. But today some committee members do not yet know what the Net is. I believe that the government of New York City should, before writing laws and contracts, know what is at stake. The Telephone Company and the Cable Company are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on real lobbyists and false advertising. We who know what the Net is, must work to keep our Net free, and to keep our packets flowing fast, flowing without third party interference. In the next few months, we have a chance to speak directly, in public, to the NYC Broadband Advisory Committee. If we fail in New York, winning the war will take longer. Let us act now. One place to begin is to join the Internet Society of New York: http://www.isoc-ny.org Below is the official notice of the next general meeting of ISOC-NY. Jay Sulzberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Corresponding Secretary LXNY LXNY is New York's Free Computing Organization. http://www.lxny.org <blockquote what="official ISOC-NY announcement"> Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:29:12 -0400 From: David Solomonoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: Internet Society of New York To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Internet Society Discuss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Discuss] ISOC-NY Monthly Membership Meeting Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] ISOC-NY Monthly Membership Meeting Thursday, April 19, 2006, 7-9pm (3rd Thursday of the month) All meetings are free and open to the public Where: New York University, 5th floor conference room, Pless Hall 82 Washington Square East Pless Hall is across from Washington Square Park, at corner of Washington Square East and Washington Place (between Waverly and West 4th). Entrance is on Washington Place. -- David Solomonoff, President Internet Society of New York [EMAIL PROTECTED] isoc-ny.org _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.isoc-ny.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss </blockquote> _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
