From koeba@ils.unc.edu Wed Apr 20 10:59:26 1994 Date: 20 Apr 1994 14:13:51 GMT From: Andrew Koebrick To: sustag-public@twosocks.ces.ncsu.edu Subject: REQUEST FOR COMMENTS To: Members of environmnetal, social justice, education, and other grassroots organizations BACKGROUND As policy decisions are made regarding the National Information Infrastructure (NII), it is key that the voices of the many small organizations which currently use network information technology in their struggle for social justice, against pollution and for the improvement of their neighborhoods and communities are heard. To insure that the information needs of these groups are accounted for as the United States federal government shifts to electronic dissemination of information, the Bauman Foundation has commissioned a number of studies on the inter-relation of sustainable development and the NII. The findings of these studies will be presented to the Information Initiative Task Force, thus giving some representation to groups who may have different perspectives that the usual policy setting agents. YOUR CHANCE FOR INPUT Fran Lynn of the Environmental Resource Project at the University of North Carolina and I (Andrew Koebrick, a graduate student in Library Science) would like to speak with (or interview via email) individuals who are active in grassroots causes and who use the internet, fidonet, econet, peacenet, ect. in their work. If this sounds like you, please send me a note telling a bit about the organization you work with and the sorts of net resources you use. We are especially interested in any electronic government information you access. Although we will end up interviewing only about 15 people/groups, all input will be very welcome and will be incorporated into our final report. I look forward to hearing from many of you, Andrew Koebrick koeba@ruby.ils.unc.edu School of Information and Library Science, CB #3660 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27519 P.S. If you know of BBSs, newsgroups, or other forums where this request for comment would be appropriated, please either let me know or feel free to forward it yourself. Thanks. P.P.S. Sorry for the inevitable cross-postings