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 as a citizen of the net, as someone who seeks 
to make the net a valuable place, with access for all, and who seeks to 
further human to human computer facilitated communication, was discovered
by Michael Hauben as part of the online research he was doing in 1992/1993
He 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", 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 explore the further development and application of 
the concept of netizen (and of the vision of the future of the net) 
that has developed in the past 10 years. 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 articles, research, papers poem, cartoons, stories, playes
etc. that develop or explore the concept of Netizen that Michael reocgnized
and articulatted that had emerged along with the development of the 
Internet.

Submissions are welcome and are due Sept 30, 2002. Please write and let
us know if you have a submission or if you have an idea/interest/suggestion
for the upcoming issue.

Long live the vision of the netizen and netizenship.

Send submission to 

jrh@ais.org
ronda@ais.org