At any given moment, we need to be able to reach one another and to speak out to the people in power. Up to now, we have to do rely on snail mail, telephones, and fax machine. All are expensive and limited in their outreach.
Email now adds a powerful new resource to the list.
It is this system that permits people from all parts of the world to connect simultaneously with one another quickly, easily, and at minimal cost. We can use email to develop online, to establish ongoing discussions within our civic and political organisations, thereby strengthening the relationships among group members and attachment to the group itself. It's rare for a group to get together more than once a month and even these occasions involve only a small portion of the membership. A group that established an email list for its members, however, could conduct business every day. Nonetheless, a list would permit those who could not attend regular meetings to offer suggestions online in their absence.