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The Program Committee
of the
Digital Commerce Society of Boston
is pleased to issue a
Call for Speakers (And Sponsors!)
for
a DCSB Summer Fund-Raiser
to benefit
John Young's Cryptome site
<http://www.cryptome.org>
(tentatively) scheduled for
Friday Evening,
June 30, 2000
5:30 to 8:30 PM
at
The Downtown Harvard Club of Boston
One Federal Street,
38th Floor,
Boston
Assuming we get the kind of sponsorship money we got for the last
fund-raiser (that's an appeal for sponsors, if you don't recognise it
:-)) we're now recruiting speakers, preferably those with internet name
recognition -- or, better, those who have a stake in keeping Cryptome as
the internet's best source of cryptography policy information -- for this
event's program. Suggestions would be welcome, and actual commitments
from people to speak would be even better. Contact me directly
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, if you're interested in either speaking at or
sponsoring this event.
It also seems, notwithstanding the DCSB's meeting there the first Tuesday
of the month for 5 years :-), that the digital commerce economy has
effected even the Harvard Club, whose dress code has been considerably
relaxed in the last couple months. It is now something called "business
casual", whatever that means: apparently no jeans, t-shirts, or athletic
shoes. Something which should be a relief to some of you out there, at
least.
The "price" of admission to this event will be a check, payable to the
EFF, for a suggested donation of $35. Obviously, the more money, the
merrier, but we figure that individual donations should at least be the
price of a normal DCSB luncheon, since that's a number the Society
membership is immediately comfortable with.
In addition to a cash bar, there will be complementary hors d'oeuvres.
Those, and the room rental and staffing is what the sponsorship money's
for, so your contributions can go directly to cryptome and nowhere else.
The DCSB spring fund-raiser on February 15th for the Electronic Frontier
Foundation, raised almost $8,000. As a consequence, the Society thinks
that a goal of $10,000 is not an unreasonable one this time around.
That means, ultimately, that a lot of people, and their companies, should
be doing quite a bit more than just show up with the minimum donation in
hand to make this work the way we hope. At least that's what happened
last time. Fortunately, we also believe that a contribution goal of
$10,000 is entirely within reach of the Boston digital commerce
community, or the Society wouldn't be committing to do these new
fund-raisers to begin with.
Finally, if you, your organization, or an organization you know of, is a
candidate for future fundraisers like this one, please let me know
directly so we can see if there's something we can do to help.
Thanks to all who came last time, to those who will mark the date for
this time, and, of course, to those companies who will step forward to
sponsor this event for such a worthy cause as John Young's Cryptome.
Cheers,
Robert A. Hettinga,
Moderator,
The Digital Commerce Society of Boston
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R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/>
44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA
"... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity,
[predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to
experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
