Real Time Chat 5:00 p.m. EST, Weds. Feb.9 - Bob Stumberg will present his concerns re: SQPQ - and instructions for participation

[Deborah Groban Olson <dgo@esoplaw.com>]

Dear Homesteaders:

        

I spoke w/
Bob Stumberg, from the Georgetown Law Center, co-author of
International Investor Rights and Local Economic Development (which is
available in the COG library). He originally raised questions about
SQPQ and international law. He conducts a program that provides local
government officials with tools to deal with the encroachment of global
corporations. He thinks our ideas may be useful tools once we refine them
sufficiently to attach them to specific problems as proposed solutions. I
hope to send you another email today with a revision of SQPQ based on my
chat w/ Bob. I hope it can serve as a basis for our on-line chat
tomorrow.

        

The chat
will take place at 5:00 p.m. EST or New York time.  PLEASE EMAIL ME
IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND.

        

Following
are the instructions for participation.
To participate in the Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2000 5:00 PM New York Time
meeting of the
HOMESTEAD Discussion Group:
1. Connect to the internet with a browser like netscape or
   internet explorer.
2. Go to:
http://cog.kent.edu/chat
3. Select "Homestead"
4. Wait. If you have a slow connection, this may be a long
   wait. With a quick connection it can be 10 to 20
seconds.
5. A box will appear with the options to write your nickname,
   username, email. You ONLY need to write a nickname.
Anything
   you want.
6. Select "CONNECT"
7. A chat window will open with a line at the bottom where you
   can write your messages. In the window above, you will
see
   what you and others have written. On the right side,
there
   will be a list of all the others who are connected to
the
   chat.
8. Write your message and hit enter. It will appear in the chat.
9. Sometimes you may get bounced off. If so, simply repeat
   steps 2 to 6 again.

Good luck!

Deb Olson

Deborah Groban Olson

Project Co-ordinator

Capital Ownership Group Project

Ohio Employee Ownership Center

Kent State University

c/o Shared Equity Strategies, Inc.

3163 Penobscot Building

Detroit, MI 48226

(313) 331-7821 or (313) 964-2460

(f) (313) 331-2567

email: dgo@esoplaw.com

web site:
http://cog.kent.edu