Netizens-Digest Monday, October 7 2002 Volume 01 : Number 404 Netizens Association Discussion List Digest In this issue: Re: [netz] ecommons/agora public space online: and netizens Re[2]: [netz] Something to consider [netz] ACn Vol 11 no 1: In Memory of Michael Hauben: Discoverer of Netizens [netz] Email from japan Re: [netz] Email from japan [netz] A Sequel to Netizens and a Play about Netizens? [netz] Article about Usenet and Usenet Archives - Comments encouraged [netz] GOOGLE'S PIRACY [netz] Hi and a NYC dinner this coming Thursday [netz] Call for Submission "The Emergence of the Netizen 1992/3 - 2002/3" [netz] ICANN contract up Sept 30. What is to be done? [netz] ICANN and the DOC Can't [netz] Only more democracy can save democracy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 11:21:39 -0400 From: Liss Jeffrey Subject: Re: [netz] ecommons/agora public space online: and netizens Thanks Jay Well said. We will keep you informed of our progress. Liss J At 10:14 PM 5/2/02 -0400, you wrote: >Hi, > >I did not wish to be sectarian when I reposted The Proposed Declaration of >the Rights of Netizens in the same thread as eCommons/Agora teams' >proposed Declaration of Cyber Citizen Rights to Public Space Online. >But I can see how it could have appeared that I was not welcoming the new >work. > >Let me say that I find the wording and intention of the eCommons/Agora >teams' proposal interesting and thought provoking. It puts the fight to >keep the Internet as a public commons in the context of the general fight >for public space, which is an increasing endangered species. I also agree >that access to the net should be an "essential right of every human >being." It is our common question how to win and maintain that right in >the face of the commercialization and privatization that is so championed >even by the government in the US. > >The authors of the proposed Declaration capture the essence of >netizenship, in my opinion, when they suggest netizens "agree to >contribute to the maintenance of the growth of public space >on-line by offering in word and deed ways and means to sustain the >continued growth of this collective enterprise." > >The work to keep the net public and as an accessible and open >international communications media will take the effort of many good >people over a long period of time. > >So it is helpful to see the work of netizens in Canada and elsewhere. > >May our common efforts be strengthened by the inspiration of each other's >work and may that work converge. > >Take care. > >Jay ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 22:18:42 +0200 From: Dan Duris Subject: Re[2]: [netz] Something to consider HCB> How do the "people" do anything that requires years of study and practice? HCB> And when did the phenomenon of the tragedy of the commons get repealed? HCB> Sir, without coming across with any specific proposals other than HCB> what seems far-left rhetoric, your credibility does not seem high. Great argumentation in your last reply, Howard! dan - -------------------------- email: dusoft@staznosti.sk ICQ: 17932727 *- little brother says: "minimal state!" -* ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 00:25:37 -0400 (EDT) From: jrh@ais.org (Jay Hauben) Subject: [netz] ACn Vol 11 no 1: In Memory of Michael Hauben: Discoverer of Netizens Dear participants in the netizens mailing list, The Amateur Computerist Vol 11 No 1 is available. It is a special issue, "In Memory of Michael Hauben: Discoverer of Netizens". The table of contents for this issue appears at the bottom of this message. I will send via email a copy to anyone who asks for one. The issue is also available via browser. The ascii version of Vol 11 No 1 can be seen at a web site: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/text/ACn11-1.txt There are also WordPerfect and .prn formated versions at: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/text/ACn11-1.wpd http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/text/ACn11-1.prn Individual articles from this issue are available at: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/text/acn11-1.articles/ We appreciate having all our subscribers and readers. We welcome comments, criticisms, new subscribers and submissions. The Net is a precious development. Let's remember Michael and fight to keep it a wonderful place. For the Amateur Computerist, Jay Hauben jrh@ais.org - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Issue 5/1/02 Volume 11 No. 1 In Memory of Michael Hauben: Discoverer of Netizens Table of Contents [1] Introduction [2] The Emergence of the Netizen [3] Michael, Computers and the Net [4] Work And Life of Michael Hauben [5] Some of Michael's Accomplishments [6] In Memoriam: a Netizen [7] Giving Back to the World [8] Thoughts Regarding Michael's Work [9] Mike: Sketches [10] "Netizens" in Hebrew Dictionary [11] A Tribute Writings by Michael Hauben [12] Preface: What is a Netizen? [13] What the Net Means to Me [14] Declaration of the Rights of Netizens [15] Democracy: SDS and the Net [16] The Untold History of the ARPANET [17] Berlin Report: The Vision Lives - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 15:51:47 -0400 (EDT) From: jrh@ais.org (Jay Hauben) Subject: [netz] Email from japan Hi, Ronda and I received an email message from Japan I want to share with you. It is at the bottom of this message and also available at: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/text/ACn11-1_Epilogue.txt Jay PS: The memorial issue honoring Michael's life and work is at: http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/text/acn11-1.txt - -------------------------email message from Japan------------------------ May 29, 2002 Dear Jay and Ronda, Long time no see. Your beloved son Michael Hauben will return soon. On May 22, 2002, I got an E-mail from a TV film making company in central Japan. They are preparing for a teaching material to be used in the satellite lecture of basic contemporary writings that refer to Netizen. The writing is taken from the lines of Shumpei Kumon's "Time of Netizen chapter 1 'What is Netizen'." The lines will be used for an entrance exam of a university in Japan. The film maker was looking for the picture of Michael Hauben and found some of them on my web site. http://www.coara.or.jp/~mieko/hauben/hauben.htm They will capture a picture of Michael from the site and insert it into the exam paper. The satellite network will air the film on June 17 for the students who take the course . I am very glad to know that Michael is still living with us and will live in the hearts of young Japanese students. Mieko and Kenichi Nagano Oita Japan - ---------------------------------- Kenichi Nagano E-mail: naganokenichi@hotmail.com - ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 00:11:54 EDT From: SimonHardyB@cs.com Subject: Re: [netz] Email from japan - --part1_11f.1190ed8f.2a2d980a_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit - - Jay, this is wonderful news! Further proof that Mike's seminal work will live on in the hearts and minds of people worldwide. Thank you for sharing this wonderful e-mail. - - Simon - --part1_11f.1190ed8f.2a2d980a_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit - Jay, this is wonderful news! Further proof that Mike's seminal work will live on in the hearts and minds of people worldwide. Thank you for sharing this wonderful e-mail.


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- --part1_11f.1190ed8f.2a2d980a_boundary-- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 13:59:31 -0400 (EDT) From: ronda@panix.com Subject: [netz] A Sequel to Netizens and a Play about Netizens? In honor of the life and work of Michael Hauben (5/1/73-6/27/01) and the concept of Netizen that he helped spread around the world, we have published a special issue of the Amateur Computerist. It is available via email by writing jrh@ais.org or from http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn/text/acn11-1.txt Michael's earliest writing about the social impact of the Internet were posted online in 1992/3. He coauthored the book "Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet" which was available online since January 10, 1994 and in a published edition by the IEEE Computer Society since May 1997. Michael wanted there to be a sequel to Netizens. A book that would look at the potential for the development of the Internet (and the Netizen) that Michael recognized in 1992-1993 when he first did his online research, and compare that to what has happened 10 years later. We welcome collaboration and contributions toward such a sequel. Also Michael wanted there to be a play dramatizing Netizens. We also welcome collaboration toward such an effort. We are planning some form of memorial to honor Michael's life and work and welcome suggestions and contributions from the online netizen community. Ronda ronda@panix.com http://www.columbia.edu/~hauben/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 19:19:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Subject: [netz] Article about Usenet and Usenet Archives - Comments encouraged I thought folks on the Netizens list would find this article of interest. I welcome comments and discussion about it. Ronda Abstract This article explores the conflict between the cooperative online culture of users who have created Usenet and the corporate commodification of Usenet posts by companies archiving the posts. The clash of decision- making processes is presented thorough the details of how Usenet users choose to petition a company to provide protection for the public archives it had collected. The company disregarded the petition and the archives were sold to another company. The new company has begun to put its own copyright symbol on the posts in its archives. How will such a commodification affect the cooperative nature of Usenet itself and the continuing vitality of Usenet's cooperative culture The article explores this culture clash and considers possible consequences. from "Commodifying Usenet and the Usenet Archive or Continuing the Online Cooperative Usenet Culture?" by Ronda Hauben in Science Studies 15:1(2002), 61-68 http://www.columbia.edu/~rh120/other/usenetstts.pdf ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 20:37:41 -0400 From: "Luis G. Dequesada" Subject: [netz] GOOGLE'S PIRACY Hello: My opinion about this so called "commodityfication" of the USENET archives is not only another step towards the privatization of the internet it is sheer piracy. What was once free to access is now privatized! I'd call it theft by purchase, much like the Alaska and other similar purchases at bargain basement prices! Lou De Quesada _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 00:17:19 -0400 (EDT) From: jrh@ais.org (Jay Hauben) Subject: [netz] Hi and a NYC dinner this coming Thursday Hi All, I hope somehow readers of this list have been able to have a productive summer. The editors of the Amateur Computerist have been working on the next issue which will attempt to see how the concept of netizens is doing now almost 10 years after Michael popularized it with his writings. A call for articles and suggestions for this issue will be forth coming shortly. Three New York area netizens list readers are planning to eat together this Thursday August 29 at 6:00pm in the Upper Westside of Manhattan. We hope there will be other list subscribers who might want to join us. If you are interested please contact me at jrh@ais.org for the location or to suggest a different day if this Thursday won't work for you. I wish each of you well in your current projects. These are hard times but we should take strength from the work we have done together and keep the netizens list going. Take care. Jay ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 22:50:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Subject: [netz] Call for Submission "The Emergence of the Netizen 1992/3 - 2002/3" Call for Submission for upcoming issue of the Amateur Computerist The emergence of the netizen - 1992/1993 - 2002/2003 What has been the evolution? The emergence of the netizen was formulated by Michael Hauben as part of the online research he was doing in 1992/1993. He recognized that there were people online who considered themselves to be citizens of the net (net.citizen). These users were seeking to spread access for all to the Net. They understood the importance of the Net in spreading human to human computer facilitated communication. These users recognized the need to contribute to make the Net a valuable resource for all. Michael formulated the concept in an introduction to the new world that was being born online. (See introduction and conclusion to "The Net and the Netizen: The Impact the Net has on People's Lives", first posted in 1993, and then published in a print edition in 1997 and also available online: http://www.columbia.edu/~hauben/netbook ) Some of Michael's early research appeared on Usenet and then in the Amateur Computerist newsletter. His research inspired others to apply or develop the concept of netizen. It is now 10 years later. We would like to document the further development and application of the concept of netizen (and of the vision of the future of the net) that developed since Michael's research in 1992/1993. Also we want to project into the future about what the emergence of the netizen can mean to the further development of the Internet and of our society in general. We are seeking submissions, including articles, poems, cartoons, stories, plays etc. that develop or explore the concept of Netizen that has emerged along with the development of the Internet and Usenet. Submissions are due Sept 30, 2002. Please write and let us know if you will have a submission or if you have an idea/interest/suggestion for the upcoming issue. Long live the netizen and netizenship. Send submissions to jrh@ais.org ronda@ais.org Ronda Hauben Editor The Amateur Computerist http://www.ais.org/~jrh/acn ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 19:45:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Subject: [netz] ICANN contract up Sept 30. What is to be done? "September Deadline: Can the ICANN Model Be Revised?" "On September 30, 2002, the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the US Department of Commerce (DOC) and ICANN, the corporation created to private the infrastructure of the Internet, will expire. As the deadline is soon approaching, a burning question remains: Can a private entity and a public treasure be mixed?" (The public treasure is the Internet.) http://www.circleid.com/articles/2532.asp The article in the above URL begins to raise the question what is needed instead of ICANN Ronda ronda@ais.org ronda@panix.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 19:52:00 -0400 (EDT) From: Subject: [netz] ICANN and the DOC Can't I thought this would be of interest to those on the netizens mailing list: The contract between ICANN and the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) was to expire on September 30, 2002. Instead of welcoming input into their process of determining if the contract should be renewed, the U.S. government announced that they were renewing the contract with ICANN for one more year. They made their announcement on September 20, 2002. What is the significance of the DOC rushing to announce their one year renewal of the ICANN contract and what is the challenge to those who are concerned about the Internet and its future? More than ever before there is a need to consider the US government activity regarding ICANN and not only focus on ICANN's failures but also on the role played by the US government in creating and then continuing to promote ICANN. See "ICANN and the DOC Can't" http://www.circleid.com/articles/2538.asp Ronda ronda@ais.org http://www.columbia.edu/~rh120 http://www.columbia.edu/~rh120/other Submissions due on September 30, 2002 for the upcoming issue of the Amateur Computerist on the emergence of the Netizen. http://www.ais.org/~ronda/new.papers/netizen-call.txt ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 15:29:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Subject: [netz] Only more democracy can save democracy What do Netizens do about the US government's plan to make war on Iraq? If there is no democracy in the US, how can we be calling for a regime change in other countries to make them more democratic? (And if there were democracy in the US, we wouldn't be calling for a regime change in any other country, but setting a good example here.) I called the NY Senators and their local phones were either busy or not taking messages. Hilary Clinton's local number 688-6262 tells you it is a voice mail box and you have to hang up and dial 212 and the number again. I did that and got the same message. Charles Schumer's number was busy (212-486-4430) and I couldn't get through. I decided to call the White House (202-456-1111) I had to wait about 15 minutes to speak to someone on the comment lines. I asked what we could do since the neither the President nor Congress appear to have any concern that the people in the US don't want a war and that millions of people around the world don't want a war against Iraq. The person I spoke with just asked what State I was from. Then she gave me the telephone numbers of the Senators from NY. I called Hilary Clinton's office (202-224-4451). When a staffer picked up the phone I asked what people could do as people don't want a war against Iraq but it seems the President and Congress are intent on attacking Iraq. I was told that he would put me through to Charles Schumer's office in Washington. He did and I got a busy signal. I called back using the number I had gotten from the Comment line at the White House for Charles Schumer(202-224-6542) After several rings and then being put on hold for several minutes, a staffer answered the phone. I asked his name. He said Kevin. I asked what the Senator's position was on the war. He said he is undecided. He said he would pass on what I said to the Senator. I expressed the concern that there seems no democracy in the US but that the Internet was created through a collaborative and democratic process. That we need to be supporting more democracy not threatening other countries and the UN if they don't join the US government in waging an illegitimate war against another country. Also that there is the need for more democracy here in the US as the real issues like the corporate corruption, and the lack of universal health care and lack of prescription drugs for elderly and lack of labor rights, etc are making life very difficult for many sectors of the population in the US. If the US were interested in advocating democracy around the world, it would set a good example here at home. While the opposite is happening. The staffer said he would convey my sentiments to the Senator. I didn't see how he could since he didn't seem to be asking any questions or taking any notes. So that was the best America's representative form of democracy seems to offer its citizens. Not very adequate to the problems facing the people in the US and around the world. What are we to do to have more democracy? That is the question that needs to be raised and somehow answered. And how do the people of the US and around the world prevent the US government from attacking Iraq and offering other countries the Iraq oil reserves etc? This is a serious problem the peoples of the world are faced with. The German people spoke up through their elections and the British people through their demonstrations in London and then the Italian people by demonstrating around Italy. In the US there are demonstrations as well like the one in Central Park NY yesterday. And at church services there were speeches against making a war against Iraq. We have been given challenges in the past. Hopefully we will find some means to take on this challenge. Cheers Ronda ronda@ais.org Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet http://www.columbia.edu/~hauben/netbook ------------------------------ End of Netizens-Digest V1 #404 ******************************