I found two items of interest, on addresses population of Internet users. The other should be of direct interest for ICANN MAC, and DNSO drafters. forwarded from: >X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Message-ID: <v03110721b2de4dca07b1@[208.17.142.86]> >Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 15:03:24 -0400 >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sender: Wendy Rickard Bollentin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: Wendy Rickard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: ISOC Forum (Vol. 5, No. 2) >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-UIDL: 44a9bf60aeefe889167df531b397a61f > >"In January 1999, less than three years from the beginning >of this project, the online population [in Taiwan] has >reached 3 million. This is an important milestone to us." > >-- Gary Gong, Taiwan Chapter of the Internet Society, >commenting on Taiwan's rise in Internet users in Taiwan from >500,000 in September 1996 to 3 million in January 1999. >INTERNET FIESTA UPDATE > >* GLOBAL INTERNET LIBERTY CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED >The Internet Society France plans to sponsor a virtual >session of parliament in March to vote on a law governing >the Internet during the second annual Fete de l'Internet >French Internet Day. The session is intended to allow all >interested Internet users to participate in the entire >process of drafting, revising, and passing a law, ISOC >France said in a statement. The French senate, which is >working alongside ISOC to put on the event, will then pass a >mock law, based on user input. The real-world event, called >"Internet Law: Conquering a Global Village," will take place >19-29 March. For more information, see ISOC France at >http://www.isoc.asso.fr/, France's Internet Festival at >http://www.isoc.asso.fr/fete99/index.html. ___________________________________________________ Roeland M.J. Meyer - e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet phone: hawk.lvrmr.mhsc.com Personal web pages: http://staff.mhsc.com/~rmeyer Company web-site: http://www.mhsc.com ___________________________________________________ KISS ... gotta love it!
