[ga-full] CauseNET: Webcast of ICANN Roundtable

["!Dr. Joe Baptista" <baptista@pccf.net>]

CauseNET
The Common Cause Email Alert Network
http://www.commoncause.org
Monday, February 7, 2000

- - Webcast of ICANN Roundtable - -

The Internet community is on the brink of holding a 
first-of-its-kind global election. The Internet 
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) 
will soon elect leaders to help direct its critical 
responsibilities for the technical management of the 
Internet. This ICANN At-Large election presents the 
Internet community with tremendously important 
questions: Who will be represented in ICANN decision-
making? Will that decision-making reflect the global 
diversity of the Internet? Will ICANN's decisions be 
made in the interest of those in the Internet 
community who will be affected by them? 

Common Cause and the Center for Democracy and 
Technology (CDT), with support from the Markle 
Foundation, are performing an independent study of 
the ICANN At-Large elections process. Common Cause and 
CDT are convening leaders from the Internet community, 
as well as experts from many disciplines, to share 
opinions, ideas and expertise on how the public interest 
can be served in this election process. 

On February 9, as a part of this effort, a roundtable 
discussion will bring together leading thinkers in the 
fields of voting, elections and democratic process to 
discuss the upcoming ICANN At-Large election.  For more 
information, or to view the live webcast of the event, see:
http://www.commoncause.org/icann/

- - Scott Harshbarger at the National Press Club - - 

Common Cause President Scott Harshbarger will appear at 
a "Morning Newsmaker" event:
Thursday, February 10, 2000 
10:00 a.m. 
National Press Club 
14th and F Streets, Washington, DC 

Harshbarger will talk about how money is shaping the 2000 
elections, how campaign finance reform has become one of 
this year's hottest election issues, and the work ahead 
for Common Cause this year. 

Harshbarger also will discuss the explosive growth of soft 
money this year and how that money already is working its 
way into federal elections, and the efforts of John McCain 
and Bill Bradley to make reform a cornerstone of their 
campaigns. At the event, Common Cause will release the 
latest update to its Reporter's Guide To Money In Politics, 
including the latest political party soft money figures.  

CauseNET
The Common Cause Email Alert Network
http://www.commoncause.org
Monday, February 7, 2000