EMFA: H1 - Opening and Submission Details

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Welcome,

This is the first Universal Access Conversation "host" message.  
Host messages include event details, administrative information, 
and content submission reminders.

Thank you to the Markle Foundation for sponsoring this 
event and to the E-MAIL FOR ALL Board of Advisors for their 
advice and participation with theme development.  Later 
in the event we will share additional acknowledgments. 

This week we will cover the themes of Universal E-Mail and 
Universal Internet.  Next week we will explore Networking 
Communities and Private and Public Roles.  The turn out for 
the event is excellent. With around 575 online subscribers from 
over 30 countries we have double the expected turnout. 

Less is more.  We promised no more than 15 messages each weekday
through May 15.  We will strive for 10 well identified messages  
each day.   Each day will be made up of to 5 "essays", one or 
two host notes, an informational post or two, and edited digests 
with audience responses to the essays and theme questions.  

Consider this event a new beginning for the next generation of 
policy discussions related to universal access to e-mail and 
the Internet.  We have an opportunity to place a number of 
issues on the table that can influence conversations across the 
Internet.  A list of the most important online forums related to 
"Internet Policy and Community" is being developed.  When this 
interactive moment closes, we will encourage the use of ongoing 
discussion spaces across the Internet where free-flow issue 
exchanges and collaboration occur every day.  

Content Submission

Please consider submitting an essay on one of the four themes.  
We will review all essays and forward those that fit within the 
scope of the event.  We have some important people lined up to 
share their perspectives and information, why don't you join 
them on the "virtual stage"?  

We ask that all submitted essays be under 500 words if possible. 
They must be sent in TEXT-ONLY with less than 75 characters a 
line (e-mail style messages - this message has 65).  You retain 
ownership of your submissions, but we will encourage 
redistribution of event posting via e-mail during the event to 
share the value of the event widely.  

The deadline this week for the Universal Internet theme is 
Wednesday, for next week, we ask that you send essays in this 
Friday for Networking Communities and by Monday for Private and 
Public Roles.  Visit the theme pages for details: 
http://www.iaginteractive.com/emfa/themes.htm

With the theme questions, essays, and other informational 
postings you are encouraged to send in your brief _public_ 
comments that we will compile and send out to the EMFA-EVENT 
list in an organized fashion.  Please indicate in the SUBJECT 
line the essay or theme question to which you are responding.  
We will be able to work with general comments versus 
point-by-point commentary within another message.

We ask that all comments and essays include the following 
information if available:

Name
Title/Organization
E-Mail Address
Web Address
Location/Country

Send all submissions to:  emfa@publicus.net


Thanks again for joining us and let the Universal Access 
Conversation begin!

Sincerely,

Steven Clift
UAC Event Host
Consultant to the International Advisory Group for the
Markle Foundation's E-Mail for All Outreach Campaign




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