[Air-l] [Fwd: [CC] <nettime> A sad loss (fwd)]

[Steve Jones]

I'm sure I speak on behalf of everyone on air-l in sending 
condolences to Ronda. I suspect Netizenship extends beyond the 
present, and though we would be much the better for it still having 
him corporeally among us, Michael's work and memory will live on.

A sad week, this, with Jim Ellis's passing, too.

Sj

>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: [CC] <nettime> A sad loss (fwd)
>Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 20:06:06 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim at panix.com>
>Reply-To: cyberculture at zacha.org
>To: Cyb <cybermind at listserv.aol.com>, Wryting
><wryting at julian.uwo.ca>,Cyberculture <cyberculture at zacha.org>
>
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 17:11:27 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Ronda Hauben <ronda at ais.org>
>To: nettime-l at bbs.thing.net
>Subject: <nettime> A sad loss
>
>I am writing about the sudden death on June 27, 2001 of Michael Hauben.
>Michael Hauben 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."
>
>He has been an active member of the online community since the early
>1980s.
>
>When she learned of Michael's death, Laura Gould, one of the founding
>member 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
>
>Sadly
>
>Ronda
>
>ronda at ais.org
>
>
>
>
>
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