IP: NYC area IPers -- Memorial Service for Michael Hauben

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 00:43:01 -0400 (EDT)
> From: <ronda () panix com>
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> Subject: Memorial Service for Michael Hauben
> Cc: ronda () panix com
>
> Dave
>
> I thought readers of the IP list especially in the NYC area might want to
> know about the funeral service planned for Fri June 29 for Michael Hauben.
>
> Here are the details of the services for Michael:
>
> Riverside Chapel
> 76th and Amsterdam
> (180 West 76th Street)
> 1/9 to 72nd or 79th Street
> Valet Parking is available on the Street.
>
> Service at 3:00pm Friday June 29, 2001
> Family will be receiving from 2:00pm at the chapel
>
> Michael died suddenly on June 27, 2001. He was co-author of
> the book "Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and
> the Internet" published in an English and Japanese edition and
> also available online.
>
> Through his interactive online research Michael coined the term
> "Netizen" and introduced it into popular use.
>
> In his 1992 article "The Net and Netizens: The Impact the Net Has
> on People's Lives" Michael wrote "Welcome to the 21st Century.
> You are a Netizen (a Net Citizen), and you exist as a citizen of
> the world thanks to the global connectivity that the Net makes
> possible. You consider everyone as your compatriot. You physically
> live in one country but you are in contact with much of the world
> via the global computer network. Virtually, you live next door
> to every other single Netizen in the world. Geographical separation
> is replaced by existence in the same virtual space."
>
> Through Michael's writing online the term spread around the world.
>
> In the Preface to Netizens, Michael wrote
>
> "     My initial research concerned the origins and development of the
> global discussion forum Usenet....I wanted to explore
> the larger Net and what it was and its significance. This is when my
> research uncovered the remaining details that helped me to recognize the
> emergence of Netizens. There are people online who actively contribute
> towards the development of the Net. These people understand the
> value of collective work and the communal aspects of public
> communications. These are the people who discuss and debate topics in
> a constructive manner, who e-mail answers to people and provide
> help to new-comers, who maintain FAQ files and other public information
> repositories, who maintain mailing lists, and so on.  These are
> people who discuss the nature and role of this new communications
> medium. These are the people who act as citizens of the Net."
>
> His pioneering research led to his being invited to Japan to speak
> where he met Dave Farber and Michael appeared in documentaries about the
> Internet on TV Tokyo and had been frequently consulted to comment on
> the growing importance of this new democratic medium.
>
> He had been an active member of the online community since the early
> 1980s.
>
> When she learned of Michael's death, one of the founding members of
> the Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility wrote
> "I so regret the death of the original Netizen."
>
> "Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet"
> was published by the IEEE Computer Society in 1997 and also appears
> in an online edition at
> http://www.columbia.edu/~rh120
>
> with great sadness and great respect
>
> Ronda
> ronda () ais org



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