From catherine at digitalaccess.org Wed Aug 2 06:23:22 2006 From: catherine at digitalaccess.org (Catherine Settanni) Date: Wed Aug 2 07:23:31 2006 Subject: [Ccan-announce] FW: [ctcnet] CTCnet August 2006 Telecom Policy Update & Action Items: PLEASE READ. In-Reply-To: <44CFA645.6040907@ucimc.org> Message-ID: -- Catherine Settanni Settanni+Company, Inc. 612.724.9097 catherine@digitalaccess.org http://www.settanni.com ------ Forwarded Message > From: Sascha Meinrath > Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 14:06:45 -0500 > To: ctc members > Subject: [ctcnet] CTCnet August 2006 Telecom Policy Update & Action Items: > PLEASE READ. > > Hello everyone, > > At the annual CTCnet Conference numerous CTCnet representatives from across > the > country requested information on national telecommunications policy affecting > CTCs and timely action items that they might be able to do within a few > minutes > that would help us with our work. This is the first of what will be monthly > updates put out the first week of each month. I encourage people to contact > me > directly with questions, suggestions for future updates, action items, > improvements to the monthly updates, etc. > > *** > > Because our time is precious, I will only be focusing on 1-2 action items at a > time -- action items are chosen based on the assumption that CTCnet > representatives can spend roughly 5-10 minutes on them. I plan to use the > following layout for the e-mails: > > POLICY UPDATE: A quick summary of what's happening in DC that may affect CTCs. > > ACTION ITEM(S): > > SYNOPSIS -- what the issue is and how it affects CTCs. > TIME NEEDED TO ACT -- how much time it takes to take action. > ACTION ITEM -- what you can do. > MORE INFORMATION -- where to find out more information on the issue. > > *** > > So, without further ado, here's the CTCnet August 2006 Telecom Policy Update & > Action Item: > > POLICY UPDATE: > > I got off easy this month -- Congress is enjoying its August recess, so > there's > little to report. However, we can probably look forward to a major battle in > the Senate in September over their version of the COPE (Communications > Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement) Act and Network Neutrality. More > info > on the COPE ACT (summaries, background info, how Representatives voted, etc.) > and Network Neutrality is available from the following websites: > > http://www.freepress.net/congress/billinfo.php?id=169 > http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=1539607 > http://www.savetheinternet.com/=faq [FAQ on Network Neutrality] > http://www.savetheinternet.com/=videos [Videos on Network Neutrality] > > *** > > ACTION ITEM: > > SYNOPSIS: Network Neutrality, often referred to as "content neutrality" or > "application neutrality," affects everyone using the Internet. CTCnet is a > Charter Member of the Save The Internet Coalition and committed to ensuring > that > the services and applications CTCs both use and provide remain free from > discrimination. Currently, telecom incumbents are lobbying to pass a national > law which would legalize content and application discrimination, which would > have a particularly negative effect on independent media producers and service > providers. > > TIME NEEDED TO ACT: 1-10 minutes (depending on specific action item). > > ACTION ITEM: Point your browser to http://www.savetheinternet.com/=act and > select one or more of the eight easy-to-do action items ranging from joining > the > million+ person coalition to contacting your representatives to letting your > friends know about Network Neutrality. > > MORE INFORMATION: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_neutrality > http://www.savetheinternet.com (main pro Network Neutrality website) > http://handsoff.org (main anti Network Neutrality website) > > *** > > As always, let me know if you have any questions, suggestions, feedback, etc. > > In solidarity, > > --Sascha Meinrath > CTCnet Board of Directors* > > *Just to be explicit, any opinions expressed in the monthly updates and action > items are my own and do not necessarily represent the views of CTCnet, the > Board > of Directors, or the CTCnet membership. > > -- > Sascha Meinrath > Principal * Executive Director * President > The Ethos Group *** CUWiN *** Acorn Active Media > EthosWireless.com * cuwireless.net * AcornActiveMedia.com > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > ctcmembers@lists.ctcnet.org > To be removed from the list, send any message to: > ctcmembers-unsubscribe@lists.ctcnet.org > > ------ End of Forwarded Message