🚀 go-pugleaf

I'm posting this again in lieu of Jim Warren's doing it.  I hope
everyone here can make use of this.

If you want to be on the mailing list, contact Jim
(jwarren@well.sf.ca.us) directly, not me.

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Jan. 22, 1994

On Friday, Jan. 21, 1994, the California Legislature began offering global 
online access to almost-all public information about legislation-in-process, 
all current state statutes, and the volumous California Constitution.

The state is prohibited from charging *anything* for access to or re-use of 
this electronic information.

Access is by Internet  ftp  and  ftpmail  ["ftp" = file transfer protocol].
Note:  ftpmail  allows anyone with access to the Internet at least for email 
purposes to access these files (that are often large).  ftpmail  provides 
access for users of FidoNet, CompuServe, GEnie, Prodigy, etc., as well as 
offering Internet users an option to direct  ftp .

README  and  help  files provide complete details.


FOR A GOOD TIME, CALL ...
  To receive the  help  file, send the following email:
To:               ftpmail@leginfo.public.ca.gov
subject:          <optional, the system ignores the subject-line>
Message lines:    connect leginfo.public.ca.gov
                  help
                  quit

  To receive the two README files, send the following email:
To:               ftpmail@leginfo.public.ca.gov
subject:          <optional, the system ignores the subject-line>
Message lines:    connect leginfo.public.ca.gov
                  get README_WELCOME
                  cd pub
                  get README_FIRST
                  quit

And await details of how you may finally participate in the process of your 
own governance.
  According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, California is the 
first state in the nation to offer almost all of its public legislative, 
statutory and constitutional information via the Internet, *especially* 
without charge by the state.

--jim
Jim Warren, columnist for MicroTimes, Government Technology, BoardWatch, etc.
jwarren@well.sf.ca.us  -or-  jwarren@autodesk.com
345 Swett Rd., Woodside CA 94062; voice/415-851-7075; fax/415-851-2814


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