[free-sklyarov] Chicago Protest Report

[Alphageek]

Be aware that the American Bar Association Convention will be in Chicago,
starting Thursday.  Things don't really pick up until the weekend (I'm on a
"Presidential CLE Showcase" Panel about Privacy on Sunday, 5 August 2001 at
14:00 -- titled "My Privacy -  My Choice - International Data Protection and
Privacy Laws Considered.").

I suspect that there may be multiple opportunities to communicate a "Free
Sklyarov" message during the ABA Convention.

Get a schedule for the ABA meeting if you can.  Usually there are at least a
couple of VIPs who show up to deliver addresses to the lawyers (i.e.,
Clinton spoke a couple of years ago in Atlanta).  And you may even find some
of the lawyers (me, for one) sympathetic to your views.

Best regards.  Feel free to email me if I can help.

Eric C. Grimm
CyberBrief, PLC
320 South Main Street
Ann Arbor, MI  48107-7341
734.332.4900
fax 743.332.4901

]> -----Original Message-----
]> From: free-sklyarov-admin at zork.net
]> [mailto:free-sklyarov-admin at zork.net]On Behalf Of Peter A. Peterson II
]> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 7:59 PM
]> To: free-sklyarov at zork.net
]> Subject: [free-sklyarov] Chicago Protest Report
]>
]>
]> Chicago's leafletting today went well, again passing out around 1,000
]> flyers with about 20 people (a little less than the first one). All in
]> all, pretty good. Many more people seemed to know about the situation,
]> although it's still frustrating that afaik, no Chicago news outlet has
]> reported on the Sklyarov case.
]>
]> We'll probably take a week or two off -- I think that we can organize a
]> better, more coherent protest as well as muster up more returners (we
]> had about half totally new people today) if we make a little breathing
]> room before the next protest. Additionally, our next protest will
]> hopefully be more of an actual protest as opposed to a leafletting
]> campaign, although I had a cool idea -- instead of getting one plaza in
]> a place like downtown Chicago, get one guy on as many adjacent
]> streetcorners as possible -- visibility at every crosswalk. *shrug*
]>
]> Taking some time off may help in coordinating some better media
]> trolling.
]>
]> Anyway, a lot more people in Chicago now know about the situation with
]> Sklyarov.
]>
]> Chicago area information can be found at:
]>
]> http://two-bit.ufo.chicago.il.us/free-sklyarov/
]>
]> pedro