Date: Sun Jan 26, 1997 11:06 am CST
From: 1035393 EMS: INTERNET / MCI ID: 376-5414 MBX: 1035393@mcimail.com
TO: Cyberspace.Law.Seminar
EMS: INTERNET / MCI ID: 376-5414 MBX: Cyberspace.Law.Seminar@soli.inav.net
BCC: * Nicholas Johnson / MCI ID: 103-5393
I need some feedback from each of you regarding pictures, bios, our firm Web page, individual Web pages, etc.
Please understand that I really don't care how you vote on this. I just want to be sensitive to your feelings on the matter before taking unilateral action. But I also want to get it resolved; let's just vote this stuff up or down.
Please either (a) print out this e-mail, circle the appropriate answers, and add whatever notes of explanation you want, and give it to Rita Jansen or me, or (b) just modify this message and e-mail it back to me.
Please print your name: ____________________ (unless you are e-mailing this back).
We have some decisions to make, both (a) each of you as individuals, and (b) as a firm.
Please indicate the statement that comes closest to your position, or, if none of them quite work for you, write out what does express your feelings.
- (1) I feel strongly that no associate's picture should ever be put on the Internet.
- (2) I don't think that any associate's picture should be put on the Internet, and I don't want mine there, but I think the decision should be left to each individual.
- (3) I think we should put our pictures on the Internet; at least, I have no objection to my picture being posted.
- (4) I think it would be really cool to have my picture on the Internet.
Same choices as above (with the understanding that you would, of course, have the opportunity to edit your bio however you would choose for that purpose):
(1) (2) (3) (4)
(i.e., from country description through, ultimately, the final draft of the seminar paper) Same choices as above:
(1) (2) (3) (4)
(1) Although I would prefer not to have one or more of my picture, bio or work product posted on the Web, I have absolutely no problem with others doing so; it's kind of a neat idea for those who like it
(2) Since my material is not being posted, and my name is known through the "Firm Roster," it may reflect adversely on me not to be there; I guess it's OK, though
(3) I resent being put to this choice; I feel like I have no choice other than to go public with information I'd much rather keep to myself
(4) I think it is awful you are doing this, and if you go ahead with it I will probably appeal the matter
[Note: At a minimum, you are by now familiar with our firm Web page (http://soli.inav.net/~njohnson/cls.html).
You may have checked mine (http://soli.inav.net/~njohnson). Many of you are old hands at "surfing the Web." Some of you may already have your own personal Web page. You may want to check the page of former Law of Electronic Media student, David Loundy, to give you some ideas of how it can be used to get job interviews, provide potential employers with information about you, or get business as a solo practitioner (http://www.leepfrog.com/E-Law -- or, if that doesn't work, http://www.loundy.com).
My hesitancy in even raising this with you comes not only from the concerns expressed above regarding privacy, but also from a sensitivity to the demands on your time. Web page creation is not the arcane science it once was. You no longer need to master "Java Script" or other programming languages. With "Netscape Gold 3.01" you (or I, for you) could put together a page in 15 minutes or so. To the extent this is something you'd like to do anyway, this seminar may be a good excuse to do it now. On the other hand, you are now engaged in getting a legal education -- not the pursuit of computer science or hobbies.
So I want to make it abundantly clear that the creation, or existence, of a personal Web page is in no sense a requirement of this course, or something that will enhance my impression of you as a person or potential lawyer.
On the other hand, if this is something you would like to do, I am happy to provide you such help with the project as you want.
If you would like to set up a page you will keep for awhile, I'm happy to explain the options you have with local service providers (such as Avalon and INI), the University, or national services. If you want one for this semester and seminar only, there are other ways that you (or I, for you) can create a page for the next three months that will then be removed. In either case, the costs are somewhere between modest and nonexistent.
Wherever your page may be, it is easy for us to provide a "link" to it from our cls.html page.]
(1) I already have my own Web page, and (a) feel free to link to it, or (b) I'd prefer you not link to it.
(2) I'm really interested in learning more about how I can create my own, quasi-permanent personal Web page.
(3) I'm willing to have a page during this semester, but would prefer that it be removed after that, and (a) I would like to learn how to create it for myself, or (b) would prefer that you create it for me.
(4) I would prefer not to have my own Web page
(5) I would prefer that no one in the seminar have a personal Web page (at least not one to which links are provided from cls.html)
If there are any other topics, questions, or choices along these lines that I haven't covered, please raise and comment on them as well.
Thanks.
NJ
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