Archive-name: net-community/orgs-list Version: 3.13 Last-modified: 94/04/08 (This document has been brought to you in part by CRAM. See the bottom for more information, including instructions on how to obtain updates.) === Latest version (important SEA address change, etc.) -=> OUTPOSTS <=- on the Electronic Frontier International, National, Regional & Local Groups Supporting the Online Community List Updated Apr. 8, 1994 - version 3.13 For those readers interested in hooking up with regional groups that are organized to work on projects to improve online communications, feel free to contact any of the folks listed below with your ideas and to learn more about how you can get involved. Note that the term "outpost" does not mean to imply affiliation with EFF or any other organization, it's simply a play on words. EFF considers itself as much of an outpost, a pioneer in a new, uncharted territory, as even the smallest local activist group - we're all in this together. ## What's new: 3.11 - fixed National Capital Freenet phone number (new #) 3.12 - cleaned up CommUnity entry a bit. Added Boston Cypherpunks list to Cypherpunks entry. Added OMB Watch. Added a table of contents, so the layout is more clear. 3.13 - added note clarifying term "outposts"; added usenet item to CPSR entry. -=> CONTENTS <=- National/International USA Australia Canada UK/Great Britain Global/Multinational Regional/Local USA [Misc states] UK/Great Britain [Misc areas] Cyberspace Administrivia -=>NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL<=- -USA- * Electronic Frontier Foundation A non-profit public interest membership organization, working to protect individual rights in the emerging information age. EFF supports legal and legislative action to protect the civil liberties of online users; hosts and participates in related conferences and projects, including Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet, and Computers and Academic Freedom; and works to educate the online community about its legal rights and responsibilities. EFF members receive online bulletins about the critical issues and debates affecting computer-mediated communications and participate in online political activism. Donations are welcome and are tax deductible. EFF is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Basic info: info@eff.org General: ask@eff.org Membership: membership@eff.org Legal: Shari Steele , Dir. of Legal Services Mike Godwin , Online Counsel Policy/Open Platform/NII: Daniel J. Weitzner (djw@eff.org), Senior Staff Counsel Tech: Dan Brown , Systems Administrator Online newsletter: Stanton McCandlish , Online Activist Hardcopy publications: pubs@eff.org Mailing list requests: eff@eff.org (specify eff-talk or newsletter) FTP: ftp.eff.org, Gopher: gopher.eff.org WAIS: wais.eff.org World Wide Web URL: http://www.eff.org/ Usenet: comp.org.eff.talk, comp.org.eff.news, alt.politics.datahighway WELL: g eff AOL: keyword EFF CIS: GO EFFSIG Computers & Academic Freedom: kadie@eff.org, greeny@eff.org CAF mailing list: listserv@eff.org (add comp-academic-freedom-news) Computer underground Digest archives: cudarch@eff.org Electronic Frontier Foundation 1001 G St. NW, Suite 950 E Washington DC 20001, USA voice: +1 202 347 5400 fax: +1 202 393 5509 * Americans Communicating Electronically (ACE) ACE membership is diverse and represents private and govt. organizations and individuals who wish to promote interactive communications among federal, state, and local governments, private businesses, public libraries, and schools, rural cooperatives, public and private universities, community-based arts and theater groups, voluntary associations, job training services, and health care organizations. The members of ACE are particularly concerned that access and participation be made possible and convenient for Americans who do not own modem equipped computers. To support the development of interactive communications between governments and communities, ACE is recommending that all government agencies establish information access programs to help create and foster an "interactive citizen-government communications system." Many govt. agencies, from the White House to the NSF and the Dept. of Labor, are already participating in the ACE project. Unlike Everything else on this list, ACE is actually a govt.-sponsored project. There are several ACE mailing lists: ACE-MG (general ACE info), CET-MG (Communities in Economic Transition), CET-NEWS (C.E.T. bulletins), etc. Basic info: info@ace.esusda.gov General: letters@ace.esusda.gov Mailing list subscriptions: almanac@ace.esusda.gov [message body: subscribe ] * Center for Civic Networking (CCN/CivicNet) The Center for Civic Networking is a non-profit organization, based in Boston and Washington, D.C., that promotes broad public benefits of the emerging national information infrastructure. The Center brings together expertise in large-scale computer and network systems, community-based applications of computing, non- profit management, community development, architecture, public policy, and democratic participation. The Center's Programs focus on framing a national vision for civic networking, developing a policy framework that supports civic networking, developing and supporting model civic networking projects, and assisting in the technology transfer needed to achieve the broad- based benefits of civic networking. CCN is involved with SDIN network, the Cambridge Civic Forum, and the "From Townhalls to Local Civic Networks" conference, and ACE. General: Miles Fidelman , Exec. Dir. Richard Civille , Dir., DC office FTP: ftp.eff.org, pub/Groups/CCN world.std.com, ftp/amo/civicnet Gopher: gopher.eff.org - "...Groups"/"CCN" [No mailing address available at present] Voice: +1 202 362 3831 (R. Civille, Washington DC office) * Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) CPSR is a national membership organization, based in Palo Alto, California. CPSR conducts many activities to protect privacy and civil liberties. Membership is open to the public and support is welcome. CPSR maintains local chapters in several US cities. General (nat'l. HQ): cpsr@csli.stanford.edu General (DC offc.): Marc Rotenberg Washington DC chapter: Larry Hunter NY chapter: David Friedlander Berkeley CA chapter: Jim Davis Judi Clark Palo Alto CA chapter: Andre Bacard Portland OR chapter: Erik Nilsson Los Angeles chapter: Rodney J. Hoffman Mailing lists: listserv@cpsr.org (cpsr-cpu, bawit-announce, etc.) listserv@gwuvm.gwu.edu (cpsr) FTP: ftp.cpsr.org Gopher: gopher.cpsr.org UseNet: comp.org.cpsr.talk, comp.org.cpsr.announce Nanotechnology SIG: Ted Kaehler Telecom Policy Roundtable: Jeff Chester , voice: +1 202 628 2620 Electoral issues: Eva Waskell, voice: +1 703 435 1283 evenings CPSR National Office CPSR Washington Office CPSR/Berkeley Chapter P.O. Box 717 666 Pennsylvania Ave. SE P.O. Box 40361 Palo Alto CA 94302 USA Suite 303 Berkeley CA 94704 USA Voice: +1 415 322 3778 Washington DC 20003 USA Voice: +1 415 398 2818 Fax: +1 415 322 3798 Voice: +1 202 544 9240 Fax: +1 202 547 5482 * Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) Through computer networking, the Consortium will help educators and students access information and communications resources that will increase their productivity, professional competence, and opportunities for learning and collaborative work. The Consortium advocates the following goals: the timely deployment of the national research and education network; the development and distribution of network-based information resources for schools; the development of the human resources needed to make full and efficient use of networks through staff development programs, educational materials and software; form a national leadership group for educational telecommunications, to have a voice in shaping policy in this area; provide access to information about the National Research and Education Network (NREN) and other educational telecommunications efforts; reach a large community of individuals involved in every aspect of network technology and its application to K-12 education; help advance the development of information resources and tools for networking; foster collaborative opportunities to develop new resources and services for educators. CoSN is a non-profit organization, 501(c)(3) application pending. General: cosn@bitnic.bitnet, cosn%bitnic@cunyvm.cuny.edu Gopher: digital.cosn.org CoSN P.O. Box 6519 Washington DC 20035-5193 USA Voice: +1 202 466 6296 Fax: +1 202 872 4318 * Corporation for Research and Educational Networking (CREN) Despite the name, this is a non-profit organization. CREN advances the goals of institutions of higher education by facilitating, catalyzing and leveraging contributions from the worldwide higher education community directed toward building a global computing and communications infrastructure that: supports access to shared information services and resources; supports scholarly collaboration and educational outreach; and contributes to enhanced individual and institutional productivity. CREN provides BITNET (and thus Internet email) access to member institutions, and is also working on NII issues, hoping to help ensure that such a future network provides for the needs of the educational and research communities. General: bitnet@cren.net ftp: info.cren.net, cren.org gopher: info.cren.net CREN 1112 16th St. NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036 USA Voice: +1 202 872 4200 * Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) [No information available.] Voice: +1 312 644 6610, Dave Lenef (Communications Coordinator) Fax: +1 312 321 6869 * National Online Media Association (NOMA) NOMA is a trade association for BBS's, Internet service providers, and other online services and public networking operations. It was formed at ONE BBSCON '93 in August at Colorado Springs, CO. NOMA will be in an initial organizational phase for a while. NOMA's mission is to act for the BBS and online service industry on matters of national importance by creating an industry presence in Washington, D.C. and other means; assist its members at the state and local levels; educate the public on the unique social, business and legal roles of BBS's and other online services; establish appropriate industry standards and guidelines; promote business development in the industry; and maintain and provide access to resources and industry information for use by the public and the industry. A forum on Delphi has been provided, as well as the internet mailing list, which may be freely gated to BBS networks. General: Phill Liggett Lance Rose Steve Barber Mailing list requests: listproc@echonyc.com (subscribe natbbs ) FidoNet: Jim Taylor, 1:310/5 Delphi: [no contact info provided] NOMA, c/o Phill Liggett Solutions, Inc. 89 Seymore Ave. West Hartford CT 06119 USA Voice: Phill Liggett, +1 203 233 3163 Lance Rose, +1 201 509 1700 FOR BBS: +1 805 520 2300 (sysop: Celeste Clark) +1 703 648 1841 (sysop: Tony McClenny) +1 209 685 8487 (sysop: W. Mark Richmond) * National Public Telecomputing Network (NPTN) - AKA Free-Net The National Public Telecomputing Network exists to make free public access to computerized communications and information services a reality; to help people in cities throughout the U.S. and the world to establish free, open access, community computer systems (Free-Nets); to link those systems together into a common network similar to National Public Radio or PBS on TV; to help supplement what the local systems are able to produce with high quality network-wide services and features. NPTN is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. [Note: not all "Free-Net" systems are part of NPTN, just most of them.] General: info@nptn.org [note: this is not an automailer, but a person] Canadian Free-Net mailing list: listprocessor@cunews.carleton.ca, (subscribe CAN-FREENET ) Charlotte NC Free-Net list: listserv@unccvm.uncc.edu (subscribe CITYNET ) National Public Telecomputing Network P.O. Box 1987 Cleveland, Ohio 44106 Voice: 216-247-5800 FAX: 216-247-3328 Community Free-Net affiliate systems modem number Big Sky Telegraph Dillon, Montana +1 406 683 7680 Buffalo Free-Net Buffalo, New York +1 716 645 6128 Cleveland Free-Net Cleveland, Ohio +1 216 368 3888 COIN Columbia, Missouri +1 314 884 7000 Denver Free-Net Denver, Colorado +1 303 270 4865 Heartland Free-Net Peoria, Illinois +1 309 674 1100 Lorain County Free-Net Elyria, Ohio +1 216 366 9721 Medina County Free-Net Medina, Ohio +1 216 723 6732 National Capital Free-Net Ottawa, Ont., Canada +1 613 564 3600 Tallahassee Free-Net Tallahassee, Florida +1 904 576 6330 Tristate Online Cincinnati, Ohio +1 513 579 1990 Victoria Free-Net Victoria, BC, Canada +1 604 595 2300 Wellington Citynet Wellington, New Zealand +64 4 801 3060 Youngstown Free-Net Youngstown, Ohio +1 216 742 3072 For more detailed information, including internet addresses and login instructions, see ftp.eff.org, pub/Groups/NPTN-Freenet/login.info * OMB Watch OMB Watch is a nonprofit research, educational & advocacy organization that monitors Executive Branch activities affecting nonprofit, public interest & community groups. OMB (the White House Office of Management & Budget) is our main focus as it oversees nearly all executive branch functions. Our goal is to encourage broad public participation in government decision-making to promote a more open & accountable gov/t. Our activities include: technical assistance on budget, regulatory accountability, govt. secrecy, & general govt. decision-making through publications, training sessions & direct links to certain govt. data; community forums on the federal budget to reorder priorities to domestic needs; RTK NET (Right-to-Know computer network); advocacy--through the tools to empower community groups and coordination of coalitional efforts in a variety of areas; support of public access to and use of gov't information. Most activity conducted offline, so send a snailmail address if you want OMB Watch materials. General: Patrice McDermot -AUSTRALIA- * Association for Community Telematics (ACT) Founded in 1993 to help promote an enlightened democratic order in the emerging cyberspace. Telematics = telecommunications + informatics - the socio-technological aspects of computer communications and networking. In the information revolution underway in Australia, the grassroots level of the community is being overlooked. The gap between the information rich and the information poor is growing wider, and the broader community has yet to gain direct access to these tools of the information revolution. There is a danger that the evolving information society will be more about social control than empowerment of the community. ACT serves as a lobby for greater resources to develop community-based computer networks, to simplify the use of these networks, to provide better support for new users, and to encourage a wider range of people, including those with no previous experience with computers, to come online. ACT exists to encourage all sectors, including government, the private sector, community groups, educational and research sectors, activist groups and trade unions, to develop a vision statement and a plan for Australia's transition to a more democratic and socially just information society. General: Geoff Holland FTP: ftp.eff.org, pub/Groups/ACT/ Gopher: gopher.eff.org - "...Groups"/"ACT" ACT PO Box 683 Bondi Jcn. NSW 2022 Australia Voice: +61 2 365 2251 * Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) Early in 1994 Electronic Frontiers Australia will be formed to define, promote and defend the rights of electronic network users. This new organisation will be similar to EFF in the USA. Michael Baker has announced the incept of a new Internet mailing list forum for discussion and planning in the effort to form a public interest electronic civil liberties organization in Australia. If you want to join EFA contact Michael Baker at any of his addresses listed below. If you want to take part in the formation of EFA (and influence its basic objectives and policies), send a subscribe request to the list request address listed below. General: Michael Baker 3:800/838 (FidoNet) Membership: Brenda Aynsley 3:620/243 (FidoNet) CompuServe: Michael Baker <100026,1312> Mailing list requests: efa-request@iinet.com.au FTP: ftp.eff.org, pub/Groups/EF-Australia Gopher: gopher.eff.org - "...Groups"/"EF-Australia" Usenet: aus.org.efa IRC: join #EFA, or contact dking@suburbia.apana.org.au EFA, c/o Michael Baker P.O. Box 5 Flaxley SA 5153 Australia Voice: +61 08 388 8439 Fax: +61 08 388 9532 -Canada- * Electronic Frontier Canada (EFC) EFC was founded in Januaury 1994 "to ensre that the principles embodied in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms are protected as new computing, communications, and information technologies emerge". EFC was co-founded by Dr. Jeffrey Shallit of U. Waterloo and Dr. David Jones of McGill U. General: efc@graceland.uwaterloo.ca Dr. Jeffrey Shallit Dr. David Jones Gopher: gopher.ee.mcgill.ca, 1/community/efc Voice: +1 908 932 0585, Dr. Shallit +1 514 398 8348/6319, Dr. Jones Fax: +1 908 932 5932, Dr. Shallit +1 514 398 7348/4470, Dr. Jones -UK/Great Britain- * CommUnity (Computer Communicators' Association) Formed in 1993, to repesent the interest of the UK online community. It was initally formed in response to the threat of BBS licencing posed by the ELSPA (European Leisure Software Publishers Association) and FAST (Federation Against Software Theft); and out of widespread concern over growing press and media misrepresentation of the comms-using community in the UK. To date CommUnity has: actively responded to a number of television documentaries and magazines misrepresenting computer-comms users as primarily software pirates and pornographers; Met with a key Member of Parliament to head off a proposed BBS licensing scheme; pro- duced a comprehensive report for a Home Affairs Select Committee enquiry into computer pornography; lauched its own electronic magazine, CommUnicator. General: community@arkham.demon.co.uk Michael Barnes FidoNet 2:254/151.10 Jim Trash FidoNet 2:250/310 CompuServe 100016,251 Convener: Oliver Clarke FidoNet Classic 2:252/150 FTP: ftp.demon.co.uk, /pub/archives/community ftp.eff.org, /pub/Groups/CommUnity Gopher: gopher.eff.org, Groups/CommUnity Usenet: uk.org.community (gated to FidoNet, et al. "COMMUNITY" echo) FidoNet/GTNet/WildNet/TheNet/NeST: COMMUNITY conference FidoNet netmail: 2:254/151, 2:254/152 CommUnity Newsletter: CommUnicator 89 Mayfair Avenue 67 Heath Rd Worcester Park Holtspur, Beaconsfield Surrey KT4 7SJ UK Bucks. HP9 1DG UK BBS: +44 71 738 5596/5557 (London - Arkham, FidoNet: 2:254/151, +44 706 821837 (Manchester - Pig Pen, FidoNet: 2:252/150) +44 532 605876 (Leeds - Owl Service, FidoNet: 2:250/312) -GLOBAL/MULTINATIONAL- * CAUSE CAUSE is the association for managing and using information technology in higher education. An international nonprofit association, CAUSE is dedicated to enhancing the administration and delivery of higher education through the effective management and use of information technology. Informally organized in 1962, CAUSE today includes over 1,060 campuses and 54 corporate members, worldwide. CAUSE's scope encompasses the management and use of academic computing, library automation, and networking, as well as administration of the enterprise. CAUSE strives to promote more effective planning, management, and evaluation of computing and information technologies in colleges and universities, and believes that, while information technology is an enabling force, people are the key to accomplishing our mission. Goals: provide support for IT managers; inform IT decision-makers and users; educate and influence non-educational (incl. business and govt.) communications leaders. CAUSE collaborates with various other organizations incl. the Assoc. of Research Libraries, CHEMA, NACUBO, ACUTA, etc., and participates in EDUCOM's Networking and Telecommunications Task Force. Info: info@cause.colorado.edu Gopher: cause-gopher.colorado.edu CAUSE 4880 Pearl E. Circle Suite 302E Boulder CO 80301 USA Voice: +1 303 449 4430 Fax: +1 303 440 0461 * Institute for Global Communications (IGC) The Institute for Global Communications (IGC) provides computer networking tools for international communications and information exchange. The IGC Networks -- PeaceNet, EcoNet, ConflictNet and LaborNet -- comprise the world's only computer communications system dedicated solely to environmental preservation, peace, and human rights. New technologies are helping these worldwide communities cooperate more effectively and efficiently. IGC, located in San Francisco, California, is a division of the Tides Foundation, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. By subscribing to any one of the IGC Networks, you have full access to the resources of any of the other IGC Networks. IGC maintains a major program to develop low-cost access to computer networking from outside the United States, especially in non-industrialized areas. This program is the Association of Progressive Communications (APC) which now includes low-cost computer networks in several countries. Basic info: igc-info@igc.apc.org, apc-info@igc.apc.org General: support@igc.apc.org, support@igc.org FTP: igc.apc.org Gopher: igc.apc.org PeaceNet staff: peacenet@igc.apc.org ConflictNet staff: ? LaborNet staff: ? EcoNet staff: ? US/Mexico/China/Japan/MidEast: support@ign.apc.org Argentina (Wamani/CCI network): apoyo@wamani.apc.org Australia/Pac. Is./SE Asia (Pegasus network): support@peg.apc.org Brasil/misc. S.Am. areas (AlterNex/IBASE network): suporte@ax.apc.org Canada/Cuba (Web/Nirv Centre network): support@web.apc.org Ecuador (EcuaNex network): intercom@ecuanex.apc.org Nicaragua/Panama/misc Central Am. areas (Nicarao/CRIES network): support@ni.apc.org Germany/Italy/Austria/Switzerland/Zagreb/Beograd (ComLink e.V. network): support@oln.comlink.de Russia/Commonwealth of Independent States (GlasNet): support@glas.apc.org S. Africa (SANGONet): support@wn.apc.org Sweden/Scandinavia/Baltic/St. Petersburg area (NordNet): support@pns.apc.org Uruguay/Paraguay (Chasque network): apoyo@chasque.org.uy UK/Africa/misc. Asian & European areas (GREENET): support@gn.apc.org Institue for Global Communications 18 de Boom St. San Francisco CA 94107 USA Voice: +1 415 442 0220 (USA/etc.) +1 416 596 0212 (Can./Cuba) +54 1 35 6842 (Arg.) +44 71 608 3040 (UK/etc.) +61 7 257 1111 (Austral./etc.) +49 511 350 1573 (Ger./It./etc.) +55 21 286 0348 (Braz./etc.) +7 095 207 0704 (Rus./CIS) +27 11 838 6943 (S.Af.) +46 8 6000331 (Swe./etc.) +593 2 528 716 (Ecu.) +505 2 26 2 28 (Nic./etc.) +598 2 596 192 (Uru./Para.) Fax: +1 415 546 1794 (USA) - contact other offices for non US fax numbers and mailing addresses. -=>REGIONAL/LOCAL<=- -USA- *ALABAMA* HUNTSVILLE & N. ALABAMA * Linux Users of North Alabama (LUNA) [formerly Huntsville Group] LUNA is more than an advocacy group for Linux (a freeware version of Unix for PCs), having become involved in network access issues on a local basis, including encouragement of the BBS community, assisting the startup of a local Internet access site, working on UAH's campus network, providing tutorials on networking home computers, and assisting communications development at a local high school. "LUNA is here to provide community networking", says Matt Midboe. Though not currently working on policy issues, LUNA's technically-oriented members concentrate on bringing cyberspace to people who did not have the capability and know-how before. General: Matt Midboe [also try postmaster@luna.cs.uah.edu to see if this new site is up yet.] *CALIFORNIA* SAN FRANCISCO BAY/BERKELEY AREA * BAWiT (Bay Area Women in Telecom) Hosted by CPSR/Berkeley, and probably involved with This!Group, BAWiT is a group of women working with telecom to make the online community inclusive rather than exclusive of women and minorities. The working group's activities include outreach and mentoring, and providing speakers for events & informal online discussions. Info: Judi Clark Online conferences: listserv@cpsr.org (message body containing: subscribe bawit-announce [1st & last name]) * This!Group [This!Group is dormant as of this writing, but enthusiasm for new projects and activism might get the ball rolling again.] General: Judi Clark *DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA* WASHINGTON DC METRO AREA * Group 2600 [and some public access operators] General: Bob Stratton Mikki Barry *MASSACHUSSETTS* CAMBRIDGE-BOSTON METRO AREA * EF128 (Electronic Frontier Route 128). [No information available at this time] Lar Kaufman *MISSISSIPPI* GULF COAST * SotMESC/GCMS Local chapter with chapters in Alaska, Orlando Florida, Atlanta Georgia, Mobile Alabama, Montgomery Alabama, Oxford Miss, California, Ocean Springs Miss, and other locations. [No info available on what this group is or does.] General: R. Jones [NOTE: this email address may or may not be current] SotMESC/GCMS PO Box 573 Long Beach MS 39560 USA *MISSOURI* KANSAS CITY AREA * Greater Kansas City Sysop Association (GKCSA) [No info available.] General: Scott Lent GKCSA P.O. Box 14480 Parkville, MO 64152 Voice: +1 816 734 2949 BBS: +1 816 734 4732 *NEW HAMPSHIRE* * Electronic Frontiers New Hampshire (EFNH) A state/local group founded to work with federal and state legislators and media on issues of electronic democracy, freedom of speech in the online world, privacy of email and other electronic communication, access to govt. information, and access issues surrounding the Nat'l. Information Infrastructure debate. Goals include airing important networking ideas, attracting media & govt. attention to the issues, focussing on civil rights online and providing a forum for discussion of same, protect against, draw attention to, and provide a voice to speak against govt. encroachments on individual liberties in networking, especially from a grassroots level, and improving public access to govt. information. EFNH, like EFA, is still in the formative stages. It plans to formalize considerably before long. The "kickoff" meeting was Jan. 21, '94. General: efnh@mv.com Dan York Mark E. Mallett Marta Greenberg FTP: ftp.eff.org, pub/Groups/EF-New_Hampshire Gopher: gopher.eff.org, "...Groups"/"EF New Hampshire" [No mailing address available at present.] Voice: +1 603 437 5868 (Dan York) *NEW YORK* NEW YORK CITY METRO AREA * The Society for Electronic Access (SEA) SEA is a membership organization focusing on civil liberties and access issues that affect the online world. SEA is based in New York City, so many of their activities are focused toward the New York metropolitan area, though issues of national concern are addressed. Basic Info: sea-info@sea.org (auto reply) General: sea@sea.org Membership: sea-member@sea.org Administration: Simona Nass , President Media Contact: Steve Barber , Secretary Society for Electronic Access Post Office Box 7081 New York, NY, 10116-7081 Voice: +1 212 592 3801 WESTERN NY STATE * Genesee Community College Group [No info available.] General: Thomas J. Klotzbach <3751365@mcimail.com> Thomas J. Klotzbach Genesee Community College Batavia, NY 14020 Voice (work) +1 716 343 0055 x358 *OKLAHOMA* STILLWATER * [Group name unknown.] [No info available.] General: Lonny L. Lowe Lonny L. Lowe Freelance Consulting 514 S. Pine Stillwater OK 74074-2933 USA Voice: +1 405 747 4242 *TENNESSEE* NASHVILLE * [Group name unknown.] [No info available.] General: Craig Owensby Craig Owensby 805 Harpeth Bend Dr. Nashville TN 37205 Voice: +1 615 662 2011 (home) +1 615 248 5271 (work) *TEXAS* AUSTIN * EFF-Austin EFF-Austin was formed to protect constitutional guarantees of free speech and freedom from unreasonable search and seizure for users of computer networks. Experience has taught us that these freedoms must be fought for if they are to survive in the online world. EFF-Austin was created as an experimental local chapter of the national EFF but became independent in 1993 while retaining contacts with the parent organization. We're heavily involved in public speaking, education, and advocacy of constitutional rights in cyberspace. "We're Austin's forum for discussion of all concerns related to the cutting edge where society meets technology." General: eff-austin-moderator@tic.com Mailing list subscriptions: eff-austin-request@tic.com Directors: eff-austin-directors@tic.com Usenet: austin.eff FTP: ftp.tic.com, eff-austin directory Gopher: gopher.tic.com, "EFF-Austin" EFF-Austin P.O. Box 18957 Austin TX 78760 USA Voice: +1 512 465 7871 BBS: the SMOFboard +1 512 467 7317 (and many other local info-sites) HOUSTON * Electronic Frontiers Houston (EFH) a non-profit corporation devoted to working with and for the Houston computer and telecommunications community. Working in alliance with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, EFF-Austin and other national and regional organizations, EFH acts as a focal point for the diverse set of individuals who find themselves involved in computer communications. Included on the EFH's agenda are: advocating civil liberty issues in "cyberspace," promoting wider public access to computer networks, exploring artistic and social implications of new digital media, and educating the public about the increasingly important on-line world. General: efh@blkbox.com WWIVnet: efh@5285 Board of Directors: efh-directors@blkbox.com (efh-directors@5285 on WWIVnet) Usenet: houston.efh.talk FTP: ftp.tic.com, EFH directory Gopher: gopher.tic.com, "Electronic Frontiers Houston" EFH 2476 Bolsover #145 Houston TX 77005 USA Voice: Ed Cavazos, +1 713 661 1561 BBS: Bamboo Gardens +1 713 665 4656 (login as EFH GUEST, pw EFH) -UK/Great Britain- *SCOTLAND* LOTHIAN * Learning Opportunities in Computer Applications within Lothian (LOCAL) An organization created to: provide networking for the handicapped, provide computer training, creation of electronic clubs for youth activities, development of global e-penpal systems for cultural exchange, promote online educational and employment opportunities (incl. industrial training), set up electronic links between the handicapped and distant family members, electronic one-to-one tuition to supplement classrooms, link up organizations working with children, support documentary reasearch systems online, encourage international inter-networking, promote "virtual workgroups" and other online joint projects. General: Robert Regan LOCAL Kaimes Landfill Kirknewton EH27 8EJ UK Voice: +44 31 451 5195 -=> CYBERSPACE <=- * COMMUNET Mailing list for discussion of community and civic networks. Subscribe requests: listserv@uvmvm.uvm.edu, listproc@moose.uvm.edu (subscribe COMMUNET ) * COMMUNITY-ACCESS Mailing list for discussion of community access issues Subscribe requests: community-access-request@parc.xerox.com (subscribe COMMUNITY-ACCESS ) * comp.org.eff.talk/comp.org.eff.news These newsgroups (online conferences), also gated to Internet mailing lists and Fidonet echomail conferences, serve as much more than EFF house organs, and are "hot spots" for online debate on issues such as civil liberties online, legal liabilities of system operators, copyright and net distribution, the development of a national public network, and more. Much of the discussion extends it's way into alt.politics.datahighway and other "places". * Computer PRIVACY Digest (CPD) (ex- Telecom Privacy Digest) Like RISKS, a moderated digest-format electronic newsletter. It is more open that RISKS or PFD, "and was established to provide a forum for discussion on the effect of technology on privacy. All too often technology is way ahead of the law and society as it presents us with new devices and applications. Technology can enhance and detract from privacy." Subscribe requests: comp-privacy-request@uwm.edu * Computer underground Digest (CuD) Cu-Digest, or CuD, is a more-or-less-weekly on-line electronic journal/news digest. The Digest is intended as a forum for the discussion of legal, ethical, social, and other issues regarding computerized information and communications. We welcome contributions reflecting diversity of thought and perspective, focussed on the computer/telecommunications culture including BBSes, Internet, and public access systems. CuD is focussed especially on alternative groups that exist outside of the conventional net community. General/Subscribe requests: Jim Thomas BITNET: tk0jut2@niu.bitnet Usenet: comp.society.cu-digest FTP: ftp.eff.org, pub/Publications/CuD/CuD * Cypherpunks The Cypherpunks mailing lists exist for those interested in cryptography and it's political rammifications, programming encryption software, creation of digital cash and electronic banking via secure (and anonymous) crypto tech, local crypto-oriented activism, hacking cypher hardware, and more. There also tends to be much libertarian/ anarcho-capitalist debate as well. The main list is VERY high-traffic. The UK branch generally goes by the name of UK Crypto-Privacy Assoc., and like some of the other local sub-groups, has face-to-face meetings. The CypherWonks list is a split-off that is generally opposed to the anarchic stance of some on the main list. I have no info at the moment on the local groups, other than the Austin & Boston Cypherpunks, so if anyone has info to pass on please do so. Main general: hughes@ah.com Main subscribe requests: cypherpunks-request@toad.com Main FTP: soda.berkeley.edu, /pub/cypherpunks/ Main gopher: chaos.bsu.edu Main gopher admin: Karl Lui Barrus Hardware general: J.D. Blair Hardware requests: cp-hardware-request@nextsrv.cas.muohio.edu Austin general: Jim McCoy Doug Barnes Austin req. austin-cypherpunks-request@bongo.cc.utexas.edu austin-cypherpunks-announce-request@bongo.cc.utexas.edu Austin FTP: ftp.cc.utexas.edu, /pub/cypherpunks/ Boston requests: cypherpunks-east-request@mit.edu Boston general: Derek Atkins Wonks general: cypherwonks-owner@lassie.eunet.fi Wonks requests: majordomo@lists.eunet.fi (message body of: subscribe cypherwonks) * PRIVACY Forum Digest (PFD) Like RISKS, a rather selectively moderated digest. "It spans the full range of both technological and non-technological privacy-related issues (with an emphasis on the former)." Moderated by Lauren Weinstein. Info: privacy-request@vortex.com [msg. body: information privacy] Subscribe requests: privacy-request@vortex.com [message body: subscribe privacy ] * RISKS Forum Digest (RFD) Risks is an online newsletter of sorts, the "forum on risks to the public in computers and related systems" of the ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy. Risks is a wealth of information and banter about various issues surrounding computers, communications and networking, and is moderated by Peter G. Neumann. Subscribe requests: risks-request@csl.sri.com (subscribe risks [name]) Usenet: comp.risks FTP: crvax.sri.com, cd RISKS: [Note the colon. To get back issues, "GET RISKS-i.j" where i = volume 1 to 15, j = issue, always 2 digits. Issue 00 is always a summary of the selected volume. crvax.sri.com = 128.18.30.65.] Voice: +1 818 225 2800 [to inquire about FAXed issues ONLY] +1 415 859 2375, Peter G. Neumann [last resort!] FAX: +1 818 225 7203 [issues are avail. via FAX] * thesegroups This list is for organizers of local and other electronic activist groups and activities. The focus is on public policy, civil liberties, and community related to computing, telecommunications, and computer networks. This list is not public, and not all subscription requests are accepted. For a discussion list about electronic communities, try COMUNET. If you do ask to subscribe to thesegroups, please say where you heard of it, or who sent you. Subscription requests: thesegroups-request@tic.com * Women's WIRE Online service focusing on women and women's issues. Hosts online resources of more than 15 women's-interest and other nonprofit groups, through the Organization Access feature, which offers direct access to nonprofit organizations and professional associations. Among the first groups to contribute to this electronic clearinghouse are The Boston Women's Health Book Collective, Alumnae Resources, Women's Cancer Resource Center, San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women, several chapters of the National Organization for Women, Students Organizing Students, National Education Center for Women in Business, and the Domestic Abuse Awareness Project. By entering the organizations' virtual doors, users gain access to up-to-date action aslerts, calendar, newsletters, resources and expert advice on health, politics, careers and more. WWIRE is a subscriber-only service. Listing here is not an endorsement or recommendation of the service, just a notice that activist-oriented resources may be located here. General: info@wwire.net Subscription: subscribe@wwire.net (mail here to get SprintNet numbers and a starter kit [Mac or Win3.1]) Telnet: wwire.net Voice: +1 415 615 8989 * misc Some other newsgroups that may be of relevance to the online activist alt.activism alt.activism.d alt.2600 alt.privacy alt.privacy.clipper alt.security.pgp sci.crypt misc.legal talk.politics.crypto alt.politics.datahighway alt.cyber* and many more __________________________ ADMINISTRIVIA ____________________________ Who/where: This list is maintained by Stanton McCandlish , and FAQ-ized and distributed by L. Detweiler. It is based on a previous version by Shari Steele. Future updates will be posted to the thesegroups mailing list and comp.org.eff.talk, besides several other places. The most current version is archived on ftp.eff.org, pub/Groups/outposts.faq, and is available for anonymous ftp. Your listing: Please! Check your entry regularly and make sure it is up to date. 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Please notify mech@eff.org if you wish to reprint this in a non-online medium or otherwise do something unusual with it (not because I will say no, which I won't, but because I'd just like to be kept clued in on how the list is being used and if it's being found to be useful. Thanks!) This FAQ is Copyright 1994 Stanton McCandlish, and is made available as a freeware service to the online community, on behalf of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. It may be freely distributed by any means, provided I and EFF are credited, the list is not sold for profit, and the list is not modified without permission (other than necessary reformatting, such as stripping of linefeeds/carriage returns, translation to postscript, etc. - i.e. no QUALITATIVE modification of the contents please. If you need to update something, please tell me, and I will make sure the master copy is corrected and a new version distributed.) Again, this list may not be sold for profit in any medium, including but not limited to CD-ROM, database, diskette or hardcopy, without the explicit, written/emailed permission of Stanton McCandlish. Systems that charge for access are fine, just don't demand a special fee for this file itself, you know what I mean. Note: Wide-spread organizations, with many local affiliates, subdivisions, or chapters, are listed as one organization. So far, this includes CPSR, NPTN/Free-Net, APC/IGC, and Cypherpunks. To list all the local groups individually would consume a large amount of space, and would make this list about 4 times as long. Thanks to: Steve Barber, Simona Nass, Art McGee, Ed Cavazos, John S. Quarterman, Jon Lebkowski, Shari Steele, L. 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