Hi guys!

Got this from the Pro-Tech group.

sharon

Hi,

I just signed an important online petition because the very existence of 
civic and political organizing online is under attack by America Online, and 
we need to fight back quickly.

The petition's at:
http://civic.moveon.org/AOLemail/

AOL just announced plans to charge groups with large membership lists every 
time they send an email. Online political groups, issue groups, charities, 
and other non-profits who have large memberships will not be able to send 
e-mails to their members.

AOL basically wants to blackmail organizations with large email lists. The 
only way for groups to be sure members receive their emails would be to pay 
what the New York Times calls the "electronic equivalent of a postage stamp" 
for each email address every time an email is sent -- thousands of dollars 
per email message.

If they don't pay, your emails could go into a black hole -- or be "stripped 
of images and Web links." If AOL succeeds, other companies will follow -- so 
we need to fight back today.

The petition to AOL is located at:
http://civic.moveon.org/AOLemail/

Thanks!