EFFector, Vol. 14, No. 3; Feb. 16, 2001

EFFector Vol. 14, No. 3 Feb. 16, 2001 editor@eff.org

A Publication of the Electronic Frontier Foundation ISSN 1062-9424

IN THE 163nd ISSUE OF EFFECTOR (now with over 26,400 subscribers!):

Media Advisory

Mar. 19, 2001 BayFF on Infomediaries

Come Check It Out

Join EFF in a discussion about the future of recent products and services that aim to protect your privacy for you.

WHO:   Electronic Frontier Foundation, & guest speakers (TBA).
       Music by UKUSA
WHAT:  "BayFF" Panel Discussion: "Infomediaries: Protectors of Your        Personal Information Online, or Evolutionary Dead Ends?"
WHEN:  Monday, Mar. 19, 2001, 7PM PT
WHERE: Berkeley Center for Law & Technology
       UC-Berkeley Law School (Boalt Hall), Rm. 110
       Berkeley, CA 94720-7200
       (510) 642-8073 or (415) 436-9333 x101

This event is free and open to the general public. Food and beverages will be served.

BayFF is first and foremost a real-space event, meant to serve as an educational forum for the local community, as well as a catalyst for like-minded activists. Locals, please show your support in person! BayFF fans and followers that are scattered across the country and around the world can access this month's BayFF WebCast at:
http://www.eclipsnow.com
February's BayFF will be Webcast by Eclipsnow! which has kindly donated its services to EFF. Eclipsnow! has been Webcasting corporate events, public affairs music and entertainment since 1996. It requires Windows Media Player as far as we know (though RealPlayer 8 might also work.)

For directions to the event, you can use free services like http://www.mapquest.com or http://maps.yahoo.com to generate driving directions or maps. For CalTrain and Muni directions, please call their information lines.

You can subscribe to receive future BayFF annoucements. To subscribe, email majordomo@eff.org and put this in the text (not the subject line): subscribe bayff.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading civil liberties organization working to protect rights in the digital world. Founded in 1990, EFF actively encourages and challenges industry and government to support free expression, privacy, and openness in the information society. EFF is a member-supported organization and maintains one of the most-linked-to Web sites in the world: http://www.eff.org

Continuing over 10 years of defending civil liberties online, EFF presents a series of regular meetings to address important issues where technology and policy collide. These meetings, entitled "BayFF" Bay-area Friends of Freedom), kicked off on July 10, 2000, and will continue on a monthly basis.

For more information, see:

Contact:

The Electronic Frontier Foundation ( http://www.eff.org ), in San Francisco, is looking for a creative, high energy, full-time membership coordinator to maintain and increase our membership. If you're interested in working with a nonprofit doing cutting edge work on issues where technology and civil liberties collide, this is a great place to be.

The position has room for creativity and growth while working with EFF's dynamic 15-member staff. The job requires attention to detail, and includes tracking and acknowledging membership donations (database training available), handling membership renewals and special appeals, responding to membership queries, and identifying, organizing and staffing information booths at relevant public forums. She/he will work directly with EFF's Development Director. Experience a plus, but not required.

Competitive benefits, pay commensurate with experience. EFF is an equal opportunity employer, and encourages women and people of color to apply.

Email résumé with cover letter to: membersearch@eff.org by Mar. 1 (preferrably sooner).

Tired of the Same Old Lunch?-- Try EFF's "Brown Bag" and Hear About the Hottest Issues in Cyberspace

Are you tired of the same old boring lunch each day? Do you think people at your company could use a little encouragement to do the right thing when it comes to protecting free speech and privacy rights? If you're located in the San Francisco Bay Area, have we got a deal for you!

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) announces a new "brown bag" lunch program, where EFF staff members will come to your place of business and talk to you about the hottest issues in cyberspace. We can update you on the work we are currently doing and/or tailor the talk to emphasize the issues that are specific to you.

If you'd like to take advantage of our free speaker's bureau, find out how to schedule these lunches from the appropriate people at your company and then send an email to jmantell@eff.org to get on our calendar. We look forward to talking with you!

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