SAN FRANCISCO, June 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Recognizing thevalue of one person's effort to generate positive change in themessaging industry, the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group presentedits first annual MAAWG Mary Litynski Award to Neil Schwartzman atits 22nd general meeting on June 8 in San Francisco. The awardacknowledged Schwartzman's extensive volunteer efforts workingagainst spam for the last twenty years, and the presentation can beviewed on the MAAWG YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/MAAWG?feature=mhee.
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A messaging compliance consultant, Schwartzman has served on theCanadian Federal Task Force on Spam and is a founding member andcurrently executive director of CAUCE, the Coalition AgainstUnsolicited Commercial Email, an international all-volunteerconsumer advocacy organization working to defend the interests ofthe average Internet user. He is secretary of the MAAWG PublicPolicy Committee and involved in several of the association's otherprojects, and is active in other industry organizations includingthe London Action Plan (LAP) and the Anti-Phishing Working Group(APWG). Schwartzman also worked toward the passage of the new CanadaAnti-Spam Law (CASL).
"Neil reminds us that backing down from the challenge ofmessaging abuse is not an option for those committed to maintainingan open and effective Internet. He brings energy and expertise toour community, with a passion and concern that rises above his ownpersonal interests," MAAWG Chairman Michael O'Reirdan said.
According to Schwartzman, "Industry collaboration is the onlyway, to my mind, that we can effectively deal with spam. There is nosilver bullet. A unified strategy involving cross-sector industrialcooperation, technologists and public policy advisors - providing aseat at the table for all stakeholders - is the proven way forward."
The award was named for Mary Litynski, who worked tirelessly toserve MAAWG members since the organization's founding in 2004 andwho passed away in 2010 after a courageous battle with cancer. Thehonor was initiated in her memory this year to recognize an unsungindustry hero who also works behind the scenes to make the Interneta safer place for all.
About the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG)
The Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) is where themessaging industry comes together to work against spam, viruses,denial-of-service attacks and other online exploitation. MAAWG(www.maawg.org) represents more than one billion mailboxes from someof the largest network operators worldwide. It is the onlyorganization addressing messaging abuse holistically bysystematically engaging all aspects of the problem, includingtechnology, industry collaboration and public policy. MAAWGleverages the depth and experience of its global membership totackle abuse on existing networks and new emerging services. It alsoworks to educate global policy makers on the technical andoperational issues related to online abuse and messaging.Headquartered in San Francisco, Calif., MAAWG is an open forumdriven by market needs and supported by major network operators andmessaging providers.
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MAAWG Board of Directors: AOL; AT&T (NYSE: T); Cloudmark, Inc.;Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA); Cox Communications; Facebook; FranceTelecom (NYSE and Euronext: FTE); Openwave Systems (NASDAQ: OPWV);PayPal; Return Path; Tata Communications (NYSE: TCL); Time WarnerCable; Verizon Communications; and Yahoo! Inc.
MAAWG Full Members: 1&1 Internet AG; Adaptive Mobile SecurityLTD; Apple Inc.; Cisco Systems, Inc.; Constant Contact (CTCT);Edatis; e-Dialog; Eloqua; Email Sender and Provider Coalition;Experian CheetahMail; Genius.com; Internet Initiative Japan, (IIJNASDAQ: IIJI); McAfee Inc.; Message Systems; Scality; Spamhaus;Sprint; Symantec; Trend Micro, Inc.; and YouSendIt.
A complete member list is available at http://www.maawg.org/about/roster.
SOURCE Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG)
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