Subject: National Telecommunications Policy Sender: Academic Town Hall <[log in to unmask]> From: "e-Floyd B. Hanson, UIC 312-413-2142" <[log in to unmask]> ==========ask the VP at [log in to unmask] From: "Carl Malamud" <[log in to unmask]> Org: Internet Multicasting Service Subject: Vice President Al Gore at the National Press Club On Tuesday, 12/21/93 at 1PM EST, Vice President Al Gore will be speaking at the National Press Club, making a major speech on the topic of our National Telecommunications Policy. You can listen to the talk live on National Public Radio (call your local station for more information) or on the Internet over the Multicast Backbone (go get the file faq.txt from ISI.EDU for more information about the MBONE). The National Press Club will be taking questions from the Internet for the Vice President. We will also be collecting your general comments on our National Telecommunications Policy. At the conclusion of the talk, Clayton Boyce, the President of the National Press Club will present Vice President Gore with a floppy disk containing the comments and questions received from the Internet. If you have a question to ask Vice President Gore or a comment on our National Telecommunications Policy, send it to: [log in to unmask] BEFORE 12:50 EST on 12/21/93. You may start sending now. If you have successfully sent to this address, you will receive an automatic reply. Rebroadcast of the National Press Club luncheons is made possible with support from O'Reilly & Associates, Sun Microsystems, and UUNET Technologies. Additional support is provided by MFS Datanet, Persoft, and our other sponsors. For more information about the Internet Multicasting Service, send mail to [log in to unmask] For background material on our National Information Infrastructure, point your FTP, Gopher, or Mosaic software at sunsite.unc.edu.