[Ecommerce] US E-Commerce Roundatable

[Jean Ann Fox]

I would benefit from this roundtable if it is possible to participate by
phone.  Jean Ann Fox, CFA
-----Original Message-----
From: Torres, Frank <TorrFr@consumer.org>
To: 'James Love' <love@cptech.org>; ecommerce
<ecommerce@venice.essential.org>
Date: Friday, February 18, 2000 8:51 AM
Subject: RE: [Ecommerce] US E-Commerce Roundatable


>Jamie,  What a great idea for getting together on these important issues.
>Is it too early to call for the first one in March?  That would be Tuesday
>March 7.  I could volunteer the use of our conference room. I think we can
>hold about twenty seated around the table and more around the perimeter.
>
>Also, do we need to include Internet governance to the list of issues.  Who
>occupies the field?  Congress is acting on some issues, the President talks
>about self-regulation, then we've got the likes of ICANN.  Many consumers
>aren't aware of not only the issues that affect how the Internet runs, but
>who sets the basic rules of the road.
>
>Frank.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Love [mailto:love@cptech.org]
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 8:20 AM
> To: ecommerce
> Subject: [Ecommerce] US E-Commerce Roundatable
>
> Jeff Chester and were talking about possible next steps on
>the
> e-commerce front, and one idea was to begin a US e-commerce
>roundtable,
> like the old US Telecommunications Policy Roundtable (TPR).
>Something
> with no real governing body or structure, but that would
>provide a
> monthly forum for a brown bag lunch discussion of various
>e-commerce
> issues, including things like debates or invitations to
>government
> officials.  I would recommend stealing the old TPR meeting
>time, which
> was the first tuesday of every month.  I also like the old
>TPR system of
> rotating chairs for meetings.
>
> About the only thing we would need to get going on this
>would be an
> initial announcement, and some agreement on who would
>provide the
> secretariat services.  For TPR, CME provided the
>secretariat, and I
> think everyone would agree, did a great job on this.
>
> CPT has hired Vergil Bushnell to work on ecommerce, and he
>could provide
> the part time secretariat services for an e-commerce
>roundtable.  But if
> any other group has the capacity and interesting in doing
>this, we would
> enjoy using Vergil for other things, so we are flex on this
>point.
>
> Regular meetings would help us further articulate key issues
>and
> potential strategies on these evolving issues, including
>access to
> broadband Internet connections (cable and xDSL),
>jurisdiction of law in
> cyberspace, digital signatures, UCTIA, consumer protection,
>copyright
> and other intellectual property disputes and privacy.
>
>   Jamie
>
>
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