[I hope this is a simple misunderstanding and the good folks at the Internet Society can clear it up. Disclaimer: I ran for the board of directors of the Internet Society four years ago. (I lost.) --Declan] --- Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 15:21:53 -0400 (EDT) From: "John F. McMullen" <observerat_private> To: Dave Farber <farberat_private>, <declanat_private> FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 15:10:17 -0400 (EDT) From: rondaat_private To: johnmacsgroupat_private I thought this would be of interest: The Internet Society is having a conference INET'2002 in Washington DC in the middle of June. Following is some backgound on the reporting about the Internet by the Amateur Computerist, and the denial of press credentials by INET'2002 to Amateur Computerist editors. The business press is welcome at INET'2002 as press, not the online public interest press. >From jrh Sat Jun 1 11:14:04 2002 >Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 11:14:03 -0400 (EDT) >From: jrhat_private (Jay Hauben) >Subject: ISOC denies presspass The Amateur Computerist began covering the online world in 1988. In September 1993 when the Wall Street Journal was going to carry one of its first articles about the Internet, its reporter interviewed one of the editors of the Amateur Computerist. In 1992 another editor, Michael Hauben, was one of the founding members of the Internet Society. The AC has covered the Internet and Internet related events in depth. Its reporters attended and reported on INET96 and INET98. Extensive coverage and criticism was given of ICANN. One of our editors, Ronda Hauben, has been invited to speak about Internet related topics in many venues including at a meeting of ISOC-NY. All of the AC reportage comes from the viewpoint that the Internet is a public treasure and needs the protection of the governments of the world. But the AC welcomes a spectrum of viewpoints. But somehow the AC does not belong at INETs any more. The coverage of INETs should be the exclusive domain of the mainstream media not the public oriented media like the Amateur Computerist. The following email message was the response I received to the Amateur Computerist's request to cover INET2002. Jay The latest issue of the Amateur Computerist Vol 11 No 1 is available at: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/text/acn11-1.txt --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>From: Melissa Byrd <mbyrdat_private> >>To: Jay Hauben <jrh29at_private> >>Subject: Re: Press Passes Requested Dear Jay, Thank you for your interest in covering INET 2002. Unfortunately, I cannot approve your request for an INET 2002 press pass. Due the limited space this year, we must give preference to those media outlets with the broadest and largest audiences, such as Newsweek, The Wall St. Journal, CNET, etc. However, I will put your name on our waiting list and contact you if there is a last-minute cancellation. We do value your interest in our conference and hope you are still able to attend INET 2002. Kind regards, Melissa Byrd Marketing Communications/INET 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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