[Chapter-delegates] Tomorrow Hearing on SOPA in U.S. House of Representatives

[Narelle]

Well, today they closed down our (Australian) normally ALWAYS open to 
the public Parliament House and much of the nearby city (our nation's 
capital) because the US President was visiting...

Just what does that say... though there does seem to be a LOT of media 
coverage. And not just focused on our Governor General's frock.

Re the below - the question was specifically about that particular 
parliamentary hearing in that particular nation, where those rules apply.


Regards


Narelle


On 11/16/2011 07:50 AM, Veni Markovski wrote:
> Eric,
> in many European countries, you can't just "show up" for a hearing at
> the Parliament. In Bulgaria you need to be "invited", only by a member
> of the parliament (MP). You need to give an ID, they will photograph
> you, and take any personal data they consider "important". You will
> have a pass to enter and exit the parliament. In other parliaments,
> you might even have an escort. You won't be able to go and "see" your
> representative, unless you have scheduled appointment with him/her.
> You won't be able to see their staffers, as their staff is never at
> the office of the MP.
> In some countries, they may consider you crazy, and put you in a
> hospital, if you insist to see your MP.
> What exists in the US Congress, is far, far away from the rest of the
> world.
>
> Marcin,
> you might be able to watch this online. Also - connect with Mike
> Nelson, who is organizing an event with ISOC-DC on that subject (SOPA;
> btw, sopa in Bulgarian, and may be Turkish, means a bludgeon - I find
> this quite amusing).
>
> veni
>
> On 11/15/2011 15:40, Eric Burger wrote:
>> Invited as in be a witness? You need to get connected to one of the
>> committee member's legislative assistants.
>>
>> Invited to watch? Just show up. Show up and make sure to tweet & blog
>> about it. Make sure you let your Representative know how you feel
>> about SOPA. E-mail is now the best way to communicate with them. See
>> http://www.house.gov/representatives/ to find yours.
>>
>> If we are lucky, the hearing will be on C-SPAN radio (90.1MHz in DC;
>> Listen to C-SPAN Radio
>> <javascript:void(window.open('http://den-a.plr.liquidcompass.net/player/flash/audio_player.php?id=WCSPFM&uid=346',%20'WCSPFM',%20'width=680,height=511,%20status=no,resizable=no,scrollbars=no'));>
>> on the web).
>>
>> On Nov 15, 2011, at 3:03 PM, Marcin Cieslak wrote:
>>
>>> http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/hear_11162011.html



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Narelle Clark
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