-------------------------------------- | | | Electronic Frontiers New Hampshire | | | -------------------------------------- Frequently-Asked Questions (FAQ) List May 2, 1994 1. What is the name of the organization? 2. What are the goals of the organization? 3. How do you do as an organization? 4. How do you communicate with each other? 5. When do you meet? 6. Where do I get more information? 7. How do I get more involved? ====================================================================== 1. What is the name of the organization? ====================================================================== The organization is called "Electronic Frontiers New Hampshire". We are supportive of the goals of the "Electronic Frontier Foundation", located in Washington, DC, but are not directly affiliated with EFF. ====================================================================== 2. What are the goals of the organization? ====================================================================== The broad mission of Electronic Frontiers New Hampshire is "to ensure protection of freedom of speech and privacy in electronic communication; to help policy-makers, the media, and the general public understand the online world; and to help the citizens of New Hampshire gain access to government information electronically." Specifically, our goals are: - to make sure that important ideas in electronic communication have a place to air in our area, and receive sufficient and correct notice by the media and by government; - to focus attention on civil rights as applied to electronic communication and to provide a forum wherein people learn about and become more aware of issues impacting on these rights; - to bring to light and protect against encroachments by government upon individual liberties in electronic communication; - to provide a voice against these enchroachments and to encourage active involvement in making this voice heard from a grassroots level; - to find ways to obtain access to government information electronically; - to educate policy-makers, media, and the general public about electronic communication and it's benefits and issues; - to foster better communication between people throughout New Hampshire through electronic communication means. ====================================================================== 3. What do you do as an organization? ====================================================================== We pursue a variety of activites that are coordinated through the mailing lists mentioned below. ====================================================================== 4. How do you communicate with each other? ====================================================================== The following mailing lists are operated by EFNH for communication and discussion. All lists are hosted by MV Communications and all lists have the address "listname@mv.com" (ex. "efnh-announce@mv.com") Subscription information is below the list descriptions. Please note that the descriptions of list activities are only preliminary and will undoubtably evolve. If people are interested in starting another list on an EFNH-related subject, please send a message to "efnh@mv.com". efnh-announce ------------- PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU STAY SUBSCRIBED TO THIS LIST! This is the general list for announcements of upcoming events, alerts about impending legislation/hearings, or administrative notes such as this one. It is *the* list for communicating to *all* those interested in EFNH. At some point in the not-too-distant future, this list will also be connected to a USENET newsgroup and FidoNet echo. It is intended to be a low-traffic, announce-only list. Announcements/alerts from the other lists will be posted to this list. efnh-congress ------------- This group will be concerned with Federal legislation (like Clipper and Digital Telephony). Activities might include communicating our opinions on these to all of our Congressional offices, meeting with Congressional staff, etc. Also might include developing alerts to send to the broader NH online community on these issues. Also might include working with the Congressional offices to help make them more accessible to the online community. And just continuing to educate ourselves on these federal issues. efnh-state ---------- This group will address what legislation is happening on the state level and/or what legislation *could* happen on the state level. It might research who should be contacted on issues and send out alerts about that. Might meet/talk with state legislators. efnh-speakers ------------- This group will handle the occasional requests for speakers we have been receiving, and might initiate contact with community groups (Rotaries, etc.) letting them know we have speakers available. efnh-network ------------ This group will work on our online communication efforts. Issues include: connection of "efnh-announce" to a newsgroup and FidoNet; what info we should make available via ftp/gopher/WWW; how to make information available to non-Internet folks (ex. using Eric's BBS); creating a repository of EFNH-related documents; and any other network-related issues. efnh-netinfo ------------ This list is for people you want to receive my (Dan York) filtering of e-mail *I* receive from various lists about new Internet services, new ways to access government info, or just other generally interesting news about the Internet or new opportunies available for Internet users. I receive mail from several lists, including the deluge from "net-happenings", and can *very* easily forward mail. Some of this info I was previously forwarding to "efnh-discuss". If you already get "net-happenings", don't bother subscribing to this list - this is just my own view of what stuff I receive I think might be of interest to EFNH folks. I have no idea of the volume to this list - might be a couple of messages each week - might be a message or two each day - all depends on what comes in to me. efnh ---- This list is actually NOT maintained by "majordomo", but is a list Mark, Marta, and I have used in the past for general coordination of EFNH activities and also for answering inquires. Messages sent to "efnh@mv.com" (an address we've publicized) go to this list. Also, messages sent to "efnh-info@mv.com" (which sends back a copy of our latest FAQ) get copied to this list. Some of what this was used for will now take place in "efnh-network", however, if anyone is interested in helping with the *administrative/organizational* end of EFNH (answering inquiries, planning general meetings, other assorted administrivia), please send a message to "efnh@mv.com" and we can add you to this list. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION ------------------------ To subscribe to any of these lists (except "efnh"), simply send an e-mail message to: majordomo@mv.com with a message body of: subscribe efnh-listname (ex. "subscribe efnh-congress") Please note that if you want to subscribe to multiple lists, you can put multiple "subscribe" lines within the *same* message to "majordomo". If you want to remove your name from a mailing list, send a message to "majordomo@mv.com" with the command: unsubscribe efnh-listname For a description of other majordomo commands, send a message to "majordomo@mv.com" with a body message of "help". ====================================================================== 5. When do you meet? ====================================================================== EFNH sponsors occasional meetings on topics of interest. ====================================================================== 6. Where do I get more information? ====================================================================== (Note: These sources are in the process of being put together. You may not yet find much information there. Please be patient.) Information about EFNH can be obtained from the following sources: E-MAIL ------ efnh-info@mv.com - will give you this FAQ FTP --- Using anonymous ftp, information can be obtained at two sites: ftp.mv.com in the directory /pub/efnh ftp.eff.org in the directory /pub/Groups/EF-New_Hampshire GOPHER ------ gopher mv.mv.com New Hampshire -> Organizations -> Electronic Frontiers New Hampshire To set your gopher to point to our information, the relevant information is as follows: Name=Electronic Frontiers New Hampshire Type=1 Port=70 Path=1/NH/Organizations/EFNH Host=gopher.mv.com WWW --- A World-Wide-Web/Mosaic Home Page is under development and should be available soon. The URL should be: http://mv.mv.com/pub/efnh/html/efnhhome.html More details will be posted when this service becomes available. BBS --- EFNH files can be found on the NETIS BBS operated by Eric Poole (epoole@netis.mv.com). You can reach his BBS using any computer and modem at: New England Technology Information Service (NETIS) 603-432-2517 (V32bis) 603-432-0922 (HST/V32bis) TELEPHONE --------- Call Dan York at (603)437-5868 or MV Communications at (603) 429-2223. ====================================================================== 7. How do I get more involved? ====================================================================== Join one of our mailing lists and participate in our discussions! .