Appologia to those of you who've seen this already. Carl invites you to send email. I'd suggest some verbage about export controls for crypto. Jim From: carl@town.hall.org Subject: White House NAFTA Event Org: Internet Multicasting Service Channel: Internet Town Hall On Wednesday, October 20, the White House is showcasing the benefits of the North Amercian Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to American workers and the American economy. President Clinton and Vice President Gore will highlight American-made products which are currently sold in Mexico. The range of products, and the number of American workers who make them is enormous and the White House would like to present to the American public the benefits of increased trade with our neighbors. The White House has invited over 200 companies and their employees to bring their products to the West Lawn of the White House. Sun Microsystems is one of the companies invited and they would like to use this opportunity to highlight the computer industry in general as a crucial technology for our global economy and in particular to highlight the significant role the Internet will play in fostering trade in the global marketplace. Sun Microsystems, in conjunction with several other companies, will put two Sparcstations on the lawn of the White House. Using a Persoft Intersect Remote Bridge wireless 2 Mbps spread-spectrum radio link, we will link the LAN on the White House lawn to our facilities in the National Press Building. That network will in turn use the MFS Datanet national fiber backbone to link us at 10 Mbps to Alternet, our IP service provider. The workstations on the White House lawn will feature a variety of Internet applications such as NCSA Mosaic for X, Gopher, and other applications that highlight the scope and diversity of the global Internet computer network. Here is how you can participate! Send your electronic mail to: nafta@town.hall.org The mail will be collected and will be available on the screen as well as being printed out on a laser printer. Tell the President, the Vice President, members of the Cabinet, members of the Congress, and the national media what you think about NAFTA. Help demonstrate to this important audience that the Internet is an important forum for the discussion of public affairs. If you feel the need to flame pro or con on this subject, feel free to cc: nafta@town.hall.org in your discussions to the list. For general information on the Internet Multicasting Service, send mail to info@town.hall.org.