For More Information Contact:
Sheldon Mains, Executive Director
E-Mail: shel@mtn.org / Phone: 612/729-4328
G. Scott Aikens, Town Hall Coordinator
E-Mail: aikens@freenet.msp.mn.us / Phone 612/786-5586
Minnesota E-Democracy Board of Directors
E-mail: E-Democracy@freenet.msp.mn.us
Minnesota E-Democracy will hold a media and public briefing, demonstration
and training session of the Minnesota Town Hall 1996 on Monday, October
14, 1996 at 3:00 PM at:
Minneapolis Telecommunications Network
Studio A and Cyberspace
125 Southeast Main Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414
(directions attached)
Members of the press and the general public are invited.
Minnesota E-Democracy will announce and demonstrate its Minnesota Town Hall
1996 web site. Minnesota Town Hall 1996 is designed to be a place for
citizens to be part of the political action. It includes:
e U.S. Senate Candidate online E-Debate (likely the only one in the
country),
e The premier online citizen discussion forum in Minnesota--MN-Politics,
e Links to election, candidate and political information, and
e A searchable database of the Federal Election Commission campaign
contributions reports.
There will be a short presentation followed by a question period. After
the presentation, the fifteen computers in MTN's Cyberspace will be
available until six o'clock PM for anyone interested in trying the Town
Hall or the campaign finance database.
Minnesota Town Hall 1996 is a place on the Internet created by Minnesota
E-Democracy. Organizations involved in the development of Minnesota Town
Hall 1996 include the Star Tribune/Cowles Media Foundation, Cafe Utne,
Channel 4000 (WCCO Online), the League of Women Voters of MN, Minnesota
Public Radio, the Pioneer Press, Minnesota Regional Network, MTN/The River
Project, The Star Tribune Online, and the Twin Cities Free-Net.
Minnesota E-Democracy is a non-partisan citizen-based organization whose
mission is to improve participation in democracy in Minnesota through the
use of information networks. It seeks to increase citizen participation in
elections and public discourse through the use of electronic communications
technologies. Minnesota E-Democracy is a Minnesota nonprofit corporation.
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DIRECTIONS TO THE MINNEAPOLIS TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
Minneapolis Telecommunications Network is on the second floor of the west
building of the St. Anthony Main complex on the east side of the
Mississippi River across from downtown Minneapolis (in the same building as
the St. Anthony Main United Artists Movie Theater).
>From downtown Minneapolis:
Take the Third Avenue bridge across the Mississippi, turn right at Second
Street Southeast, and find a place to park. MTN is down the driveway at the
end of Second Avenue SE.
>From Saint Paul:
Exit I-94 at the Huron Avenue/University of Minnesota exit. Go west on 4th
Street SE to 2nd Avenue SE. Turn left on 2nd Street, cross University
Avenue and park. MTN is straight ahead, down the driveway across Second
Street SE.
>From I-35W:
Exit at University Avenue SE/4th Street SE Exit. Take 4th Street SE west
to 2nd Avenue SE. Turn left on 2nd Street, cross University Avenue and
park. MTN is straight ahead, down the driveway across Second Street SE.