[ga] Re: Press Credentials and INET2002

[Melissa Byrd <mbyrd@foretec.com>]

Declan, 

BNA was actually approved for credentials this morning.  To clarify,
I simply asked the reporter to tell me more information about herself
before I offered her credentials, as her initial email to me was vague.

Thank you, 
Melissa Byrd


At 05:57 PM 6/3/02 -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote:
> Richard,
> Thanks once again. A quick followup: I understand that BNA also was
> denied credentials. Can you confirm that? If that is the case, can you
> explain why?
> Thanks,
> Declan
>
>
> At 02:32 PM 6/3/2002 -0700, Richard Perlman wrote:
> > The following message was forwarded
> > to me for response - you are receiving
> > this message because your e-mail address, or a list you subscribe to
> > was
> > listed somewhere in that message.  The response, included below,
> > was
> > originally prepared for an ISOPC mailing list, but is being resent
> > here,
> > since it appropriately addresses the topic in question - ISOC/INET
> > press
> > credentials policy.
> >
> > Richard Perlman
> > ISOC - VP for Conferences
> > > ===============  Copy starts here ================
> > > Subject:  FC: Internet Society denies press credentials to
> > online
> > > publication
> > >    Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 16:35:35 -0400
> > >    From: Declan McCullagh
> > <declan@well.com>
> > >      To: 
> > politech@politechbot.com
> > >     CC:  , mbyrd@foretec.com,
> > jrh29@columbia.edu,
> > >        
> > observer@westnet.com
> > >
> > > [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]
> > >
> > > ---
> >
> > To all those concerned with issues regarding Press Passes for
> > INET2002:
> >
> > This morning I have been able to assemble what I think is a complete
> > account
> > of the issues surrounding the request for Press credentials for the
> > Amateur
> > Computerist. The rest of this letter outlines what I have learned and
> > my
> > response to the situation.
> >
> > The request for two press passes for INET2002 from the "Amateur
> > Computerist"
> > was received by Foretec on May 19th.  At that time (less than a
> > month before
> > the conference) Press Credentials had already been issued to 46 persons
> > from
> > 31 different organizations.  Note that contract between ISOC and
> > Foretec
> > specifies an explicit limit of 50 press passes for the conference. 
> > Four
> > passes were being held in reserve for last minute requests from major
> > media
> > organizations (Network/National TV, Radio etc.).
> >
> > After speaking with the people at Foretec who are managing press
> > credentials, it is clear that what they had intended to state in
> > their
> > letter to Amateur Computerist was that the remaining passes were
> > being
> > reserved for high visibility organizations.  It is unfortunate that
> > the
> > message created the incorrect impression that this selectivity applied
> > to
> > all 50 passes - it clearly did not, as can be seen from the list of
> > organizations below.  People working long hours do sometimes make
> > mistakes.
> > Both Foretec and ISOC apologize for any confusion that may have been
> > caused
> > by the wording of the e-mail response to the Amateur Computerist. 
> > An offer
> > to be placed on a waiting list was extended to the "Amateur
> > Computerist, but
> > no response to that offer, or for that matter, any other message has
> > been
> > received from them by either by Foretec or ISOC.
> >
> > I can also report that the information and opinions regarding past
> > involvement of Amateur Computerist or the principals of that organization
> > in
> > previous INET conferences was not known to Foretec and did not play any
> > part
> > in the decision to deny the request for press credentials.  After
> > reviewing
> > the correspondence between Foretec and the Amateur Computerist, I 
> > am
> > convinced that the decision to deny the press credentials was correct,
> > based
> > on the small number of passes available at the time of their request and
> > the
> > information provided by Amateur Computertist about the nature and
> > distribution of their work.
> >
> > Accordingly, while I do apologize for the misunderstanding created by
> > the
> > letter to the Amateur Computerist, it is my opinion that this matter
> > was
> > otherwise handled fairly, objectively and appropriately by the
> > Foretec
> > staff.
> >
> > Richard Perlman
> > ISOC - VP for Conferences
> >
> > List of organizations issued Press credentials for INET 2002
> > ============================================================
> > Associated
> > Press                                   
> > USA
> > CIO Radio and
> > Magazine                             
> > USA
> > CNET
> > News                                          
> > USA
> > Diario ABC
> > Color                                   
> > Paraguay
> > Direction Informatique et Les
> > Affairs              
> > Canada
> > E-Commerce
> > Magazine                                
> > India
> > Europe
> > Magazine                                    
> > EU
> > eWeek                                              
> > USA
> > Financial
> > Times                                    
> > USA
> > Focus
> > Magazine                                     
> > Germany
> > Foreign
> > Policy                                     
> > USA
> > Government Computer
> > News                           
> > Washington DC
> > Himalmedia
> > Publications                            
> > Nepal
> > Hosting
> > Tech                                       
> > USA
> > Howard University
> > TV                               
> > Washington DC
> > Information Services International - Dentsu, ltd.   Japan
> > Internet
> > News                                      
> > Italy
> > InfoWorld                                          
> > USA
> > ISOC's On the
> > Internet                             
> > International
> > Network
> > World                                      
> > USA
> > New York
> > Times                                     
> > USA
> > Newsweek                                           
> > USA
> > Perl
> > Magazine                                      
> > India
> > Radio
> > Netherlands                                  
> > Netherlands
> > San Jose Mercury
> > News                              
> > Silicon Valley
> > The Sunday
> > Tribune                                 
> > Ireland
> > The Washington
> > Post                                
> > USA
> > WAMU-
> > Press                                        
> > Washington DC
> > Washington Internet
> > Daily                          
> > Washington, DC
> > Washington
> > Technology                              
> > Washington, DC
> > WIRED /
> > Politechbot.com                            
> > USA/Washington, DC

Melissa Byrd
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