Subject: Press at the AIW

From: Wayne Clark <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 94 19:24:31 EDT

We think the press should have unobstructed access to all plenary and
technical sessions.  This is the way that all other standards bodies
operate and this includes the IETF, the Frame Relay Forum, and the ATM
Forum.  It was my understanding that the AIW was an attempt to be a
standards body and, if so, making it open to the press is essential.

I've never heard of anyone at any of the other standards bodies feeling
restricted in what they could or could not say because the press might
be in attendance.

After all, what are we trying to hide?  And if the press does show up
at the AIW, this would eliminate the dash for the telephones at the end
of the sessions.  Besides, you've already had the press at every AIW
anyway :-) and it has not hurt the proceedings.

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Wayne Clark
cisco Systems, Inc.
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919.878.6958