http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/public-announcement-draft-1-tp256p266.html
specific actions, targeted efforts, a new built thing, new stuff etc. I
>>Basically, yup. Hopefully we can get some of the biggies to blog it,
>>too. If someone wants to send it as a press release that would
>>probably be okay as well - I'm not a PR guy so I don't know if there's
>>any reason to try that.
>>
>>Anyone else have ideas?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>To me there's a difference between invitation and press release. Actual
>participants could send invitations to people they know. But it could
>be interesting to make a press release which is more an announcement
>than an invitation.
>
>For example Online Rights Canada made a press release (I copied it there
>after as a reminder). But obviously, we don't have the same target as
>ORC : we want people to be participants and not spectators.
>
>The text Mike sent might not have the right tone to be added on a
>website. But it's good when you make a invitation to someone you know.
>To me, only the first sentence really needs to be changed to make
>something more public and opened.
>
>Stef
>
>
>ORC Press Release :
>
>(Please widely circulate!)
>
>December 09, 2005
>New Canadian Voice in Digital Rights Issues
>
>Online Rights Canada Launches with EFF, CIPPIC Support
>
>Toronto - Online Rights Canada (ORC) launched in Canada Friday, giving
>Canadians a new voice in critical technology and information policy
>issues. The grassroots organization is jointly supported by the
>Canadian
>
>Internet Policy & Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) and the Electronic
>Frontier Foundation (EFF).
>
>"Canadians are realizing in ever-greater numbers that the online world
>offers tremendous opportunities for learning, communicating, and
>innovating, but that those opportunities are at risk as a result of
>corporate practices, government policies and legal regimes that hinder
>online privacy and free speech," said Philippa Lawson, Executive
>Director
>and General Counsel of CIPPIC. "Online Rights Canada provides a home on
>the Internet for grassroots activism on digital issues that are
>important
>to ordinary Canadians."
>
>"With the Canadian government preparing for a January election, all of
>last year's legislation is back on the drawing board. Canadians now
>have
>
>another chance to present a public interest perspective on issues like
>copyright reform and increased government surveillance," said Ren
>Bucholz,
>EFF's Policy Coordinator, Americas. "We are happy to be launching ORC
>at
>
>such a critical time."
>
>One of ORC's first actions is a petition drive against unwarranted
>surveillance law. A bill proposed in Parliament last month would have
>allowed law enforcement agencies to obtain personal information without
>a
>warrant and forced communications providers to build surveillance
>backdoors into the hardware that routes phone calls and Internet
>traffic.
>The petition asks Canadian lawmakers to protect citizens' privacy
>rights
>
>when the new government convenes in 2006. Other important issues for
>ORC
>
>will include copyright law, access to information, and freedom from
>censorship.
>
>"Today, ORC focuses on digital copyright and lawful access. But there
>is
>
>no reason to restrict the site to those two issues," said CIPPIC Staff
>Counsel David Fewer. "Our hope is that ORC will evolve into the first
>place to go for Canadians looking for opportunities to protect their
>online rights. Anyone can be an activist - Online Rights Canada will
>give
>you the tools you need."
>
>Online Rights Canada is the latest group to join the global fight for
>digital rights. Digital Rights Ireland launched earlier this week, and
>the
>Open Rights Group launched in the United Kingdom last month.
>
>For Online Rights Canada:
>
http://www.onlinerights.ca>
>Contacts:
>
>Ren Bucholz
>Policy Coordinator, Americas
>Electronic Frontier Foundation
>ren -at- eff -.- org
>
>Philippa Lawson
>Executive Director
>Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic
>plawson -at uottawa -.- ca
>
>
>
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