Gurstein, Michael on Sun, 13 Feb 2005 18:14:17 +0100 (CET) |
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Follow the link below... This is amazing... MG ----Original Message----- From: freedominfo.org [mailto:FREEDOMINFO@hermes.gwu.edu] On Behalf Of freedominfo.org Sent: 09 February 2005 21:41 To: FREEDOMINFO@hermes.gwu.edu Subject: International openness advocates assist Slovakian reformers freedominfo.org update - February 9, 2005 International openness advocates assist Slovakian reformers Against government claim that EU directive protects "silent refusal" http://www.freedominfo.org Washington, D.C. - Freedom of information advocates in 10 countries plus the U.S. state of New York today combined forces on-line within an elapsed time of four hours to help Slovakian openness reformers refute a governmental secrecy claim, according to a case study of the on-line networking posted today by freedominfo.org. Slovakian lawyer Peter Wilfing, with the Citizen and Democracy Association in Bratislava, posted his request for help on the foiadvocates.net list at 6:57 a.m. on February 9; and within four hours the posting had circulated on several related lists and Wilfing had received advice and legal precedents from experts in South Africa, India, Canada, Israel, Hungary, Ireland, Bulgaria, the U.S., Latvia, Germany, and the state of New York. The managing editor of freedominfo.org, Thomas Blanton, said, "This is a remarkable demonstration of the power of on-line networking in the digital age." Click on the link below to read the full exchange: http://www.freedominfo.org _______________________________________________________________ freedominfo.org is a one-stop portal that describes best practices, consolidates lessons learned, explains campaign strategies and tactics, and links the efforts of freedom of information advocates around the world. It contains crucial information on freedom of information laws and how they were drafted and implemented, including how various provisions have worked in practice. _______________________________________________________________ PRIVACY NOTICE freedominfo.org does not and will never share the names or e-mail addresses of its subscribers with any other organization. We would welcome your input, and any information you care to share with us about your special interests. But we do not sell or rent any information about subscribers to any other party. _______________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THE LIST You may leave the list at any time by sending a "SIGNOFF FREEDOMINFO" command to <LISTSERV@HERMES.CIRC.GWU.EDU>. You can also unsubscribe from the list anytime by using the following link: <http://hermes.circ.gwu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=3Dfreedominfo&A=3D1> =3D=3D=3D=3D This e-mail is intended solely for the addressee. It may contain private and confidential information. If you are not the intended addressee, please take no action based on it nor show a copy to anyone. Please reply to this e-mail to highlight the error. You should also be aware that all electronic mail from, to, or within Northumbria University may be the subject of a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and related legislation, and therefore may be required to be disclosed to third parties. This e-mail and attachments have been scanned for viruses prior to leaving Northumbria University. Northumbria University will not be liable for any losses as a result of any viruses being passed on. ************************************************************************ ************ Distributed through Cyber-Society-Live [CSL]: CSL is a moderated discussion list made up of people who are interested in the interdisciplinary academic study of Cyber Society in all its manifestations.To join the list please visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/cyber-society-live.html ************************************************************************ ************* # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net