From: polekat@tic.com (Ed Cavazos)
Subject: Press Release from EFF-National, December 14th.
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Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 23:51:08 GMT

The following is a press release from Cliff Figallo of EFF-National.
I thought it might prove interesting to folks here.
 
                                             -- Ed Cavazos
                                                (polekat@tic.com)
                                                (1@5285 WWIVnet) 
                                                    
 
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Cliff Figallo                                    fig@eff.org
Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation         (617)864-0665 (voice)
Cambridge Office                                 (617)864-0866 (fax)
 
 
 
 
 
FOR RELEASE
DECEMBER 14, 1992
 
EFF EXPLAINS ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES
 
 
        Mitchell Kapor, Chairman and President of the Electronic 
Frontier Foundation (EFF), today explained  several organizational 
moves and initiatives approved by the EFF Board at its November 10, 
1992  meeting in San Francisco.  According to Kapor, "they are 
designed to increase our effectiveness in making EFF into a 
national public education, advocacy, membership, and chapters 
organization that represents and serves our growing constituency on 
the electronic frontier." 
 
Berman Becomes Acting Executive Director
 
        Kapor stated that "Jerry Berman, who currently heads our 
Washington Office,  has  been designated by the EFF board to serve 
as the interim Executive Director of EFF with present overall  
responsibility for managing the activities of our Cambridge and 
Washington, DC offices. In this capacity, he will oversee EFF's 
public policy, membership, and chapter building activities."  
 
        Berman said: "I am delighted to be working with Cliff 
Figallo, our Cambridge Office Director and the entire EFF staff and 
Board.   In the next two months we will be making a concerted 
effort to develop a plan to make EFF into a more effective and 
powerful public interest organization."
 
Chapters Summit
 
       On January, 23 and 24, 1993, EFF will hold a "chapters 
summit" in Atlanta, Georgia.  Dave Farber, EFF Board Member, stated 
that the meeting would be "an open, candid sharing of views about 
chapter relations with EFF and EFF's relations with chapters with 
the goal of making the chapters an integral part of the EFF 
mission."  The meeting is being organized by a steering committee 
made up of Cliff Figallo, Jerry Berman,  Dave Farber and 
representatives from chapters and potential chapters including 
Mitch Ratcliffe and Jon Lebkowsky . 
 
Mitchell Kapor to Chair EFF Board and Oversee Critical Policy 
Studies and Initiatives
 
        Mitchell Kapor, who serves as Chairman of the EFF Board, 
has turned over management functions to Berman and Figallo to 
devote his energy and talents to developing EFF strategy and public 
policy initiatives, such as a pragmatic program for achieving an 
open broadband communications network and an exploration of the 
potential role of the cable television network in serving as a 
interactive, multimedia electronic communications highway. Kapor 
will also continue to lead EFF's current public policy initiative 
to develop a near term digital path to the home designed to 
maximize free speech, innovation, and privacy.
 
Permanent Executive Director
 
        The EFF Board, once it has developed and approved an 
overall strategic plan in January, will proceed with an open search 
for a permanent Executive Director for the organization.
 
 
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