From: R. A. Hettinga Subject: DCSB: Elias Israel; The Libertarians and Digital Commerce Date: Monday, December 20, 1999 1:00 PM The Digital Commerce Society of Boston Presents Elias Israel, Chairman, The Libertarian Party of Massachusetts New-Politics.COM: Applying the Internet commerce model to the construction of America's 21st Century Political Party Tuesday, January 4th, 2000 12 - 2 PM The Downtown Harvard Club of Boston One Federal Street, Boston, MA [The Society is pleased to announce the first of a series of three talks on the effects of digital commerce on the politics of Massachusetts and the nation. The first talk is from the Libertarians. Between now and the November elections, we are reserving one luncheon each for the Republican and Democratic parties. Contact the Society's Moderator, below, for further details if you would like to propose a speaker for one of those talks.] In a time when Americans are more disgusted with politics and politicians than ever before, how can a new political party bring its ideas to the public? Does the emergence of the Internet era, like the Television era before it, signal a new balance of power between political parties? Between government and the citizen? Elias Israel, Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Massachusetts, will discuss how the Libertarian Party, the third-largest and fastest-growing in the US, is positioning itself to be the political arm of the Internet revolution, and how it is using ecommerce techniques to get the word out, to communicate both internally and externally, and to organize for improved success. Elias Israel is Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Massachusetts. The Libertarian Party is the third largest and fastest growing political party in Massachusetts and the United States. As the Chairman, Mr. Israel develops and executes plans and directs volunteer activity for the infrastructure growth, fundraising, and candidate recruitment activities of the party. Mr. Israel is also a high-tech professional, with more than 14 years in the software industry, working for some of Massachusetts' largest employers, including Sun Microsystems and Eastman-Kodak, as well as startup companies such as CableSoft, where he served as Director of Engineering. In addition to his political work, Mr. Israel provides software project management consulting services through his own company, ProManage, Incorporated. This meeting of the Digital Commerce Society of Boston will be held on Tuesday, January 4th, 2000, from 12pm - 2pm at the Downtown Branch of the Harvard Club of Boston, on One Federal Street. The price for lunch is $35.00. This price includes lunch, room rental, A/V hardware if necessary, and the speakers' lunch. The Harvard Club *does* have dress code: jackets and ties for men (and no sneakers or jeans), and "appropriate business attire" (whatever that means), for women. Fair warning: since we purchase these luncheons in advance, we will be unable to refund the price of your meal if the Club finds you in violation of the dress code. We need to receive a company check, or money order, (or, if we *really* know you, a personal check) payable to "The Harvard Club of Boston", by Saturday, January 1st, or you won't be on the list for lunch. Checks payable to anyone else but The Harvard Club of Boston will have to be sent back. Checks should be sent to Robert Hettinga, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02131. Again, they *must* be made payable to "The Harvard Club of Boston", in the amount of $35.00. Please include your e-mail address so that we can send you a confirmation If anyone has questions, or has a problem with these arrangements (We've had to work with glacial A/P departments more than once, for instance), please let us know via e-mail, and we'll see if we can work something out. Upcoming speakers for DCSB are: February Suzan Dionne The Law of Digital Cash March Fred Hapgood The Rise and Fall of Internet Auctions April André Dubois Canadian Digital Commerce Policy TBA Rodney Thayer Transnational Cryptography We are actively searching for future speakers. If you are in Boston on the first Tuesday of the month, are a principal in digital commerce, and would like to make a presentation to the Society, please send e-mail to the DCSB Program Committee, care of Robert Hettinga, . For more information about the Digital Commerce Society of Boston, send "info dcsb" in the body of a message to . 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