**** PLEASE REDISTRIBUTE **** New Hampshire online users, Are you concerned about freedom of speech in the online world? Are you worried about the privacy of electronic mail and online communications? Would you like citizens to have better access to government information? Are you concerned about government surveillance and restrictions on electronic communications? Are you wondering about the future of the "information super-highway" and who will have access to it? If so, please join New Hampshire members of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and other concerned citizens to discuss all these issues and other vital concerns about civil liberties in cyberspace with: Shari Steele, Director of Legal Services for EFF Friday, January 21, at 7pm at the University of NH in Manchester Directions and information about Shari are below. There is no charge for the meeting. Vending machines are available for refreshments. It's not required, but in order to help us plan for meeting space, we'd ask that you please RSVP by sending a message to "efnh@mv.com" If you cannot attend, but would like to be kept informed of future meetings, please drop us a note also. We also are forming a local NH group, called "Electronic Frontiers New Hampshire" to work with our state and federal legislators and media on these issues of electronic democracy. Attending this event in no way commits you to helping with this local group, but we WOULD welcome any assistance and ideas. We look forward to seeing you, Dan York Mark Mallett Marta Greenberg "Electronic Frontiers New Hampshire" Organizing Committee ------------------------------------- DIRECTIONS ------------------------------------- FROM THE NORTH: Route 293 South, Exit 6 (Amoskeag Bridge), over bridge, exit RIGHT onto Canal Street, take first RIGHT onto Commercial Street, follow to 400 Commercial Street, building is on the RIGHT. FROM THE SOUTH: Route 293 North, Exit 5 (Granite Street), take RIGHT at bottom of off-ramp, take first LEFT onto Commercial Street, follow to 400 Commercial Street, building is on the LEFT. Look for UNH on the chimney of the building. You may park on the street or in the parking lot behind the building. Enter the building and proceed to the third floor. ------------------------------------- Bio for Shari Steele ------------------------------------- Shari Steele is Director of Legal Services for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing freedom and openness in computer-based communications. Shari works primarily on civil liberties issues for people communicating online and on issues involving access to government information. Shari tracks and comments on federal legislation that may affect online communications and access to information. She writes a monthly legal column for BBS Callers Digest, a magazine for the electronic bulletin board community designed to inform the users of this new communications medium about their rights and responsibilities, as well as about current policy issues that may affect their operations. Recent articles cover such topics as privacy rights and encryption, the proposed electronic Freedom of Information Act amendments, and the potential burden on BBSs if the FBI's proposal to license digital systems to meet FBI surveillance requirements is enacted into law by the Congress. Shari has written the article on Information Privacy for volume 9 of the Encyclopedia of Telecommunications. She has spoken at conferences, computer user group meetings, legal bar associations and university classrooms on electronic democracy, privacy, access to information, electronic mail and other aspects of EFF's work. ************************************************************************ General Information About the Electronic Frontier Foundation ************************************************************************ The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) was founded in July of 1990 to ensure that the principles embodied in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are protected as new communications technologies emerge. >From the beginning, EFF has worked to shape our nation's communications infrastructure and the policies that govern it in order to maintain and enhance First Amendment, privacy and other democratic values. We believe that our overriding public goal must be the creation of Electronic Democracy, so our work focuses on the establishment of: * new laws that protect citizens' basic Constitutional rights as they use new communications technologies, * a policy of common carriage requirements for all network providers so that all speech, no matter how controversial, will be carried without discrimination, * a National Public Network where voice, data and video services are accessible to all citizens on an equitable and affordable basis, and * a diversity of communities that enable all citizens to have a voice in the information age. .