Oh no you don't. This is a perfectly good place for these announcements. It keeps
the rest of us in the loop. Any follow up discussion about it should take place on
the activism list.
Enquiring minds et.al.
Linux Rocks! ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
>Rock on Cooper! I alwasy love to hear about this stuff.. however it might be
>better posted to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Jamie
>
>At 09:00 AM 8/10/03 -0700, you wrote:
>>Friends,
>>
>>The following is an email from Oregon Rep. Barnhart regarding SB589.
>>Rep. Barnhart and his staff worked tirelessly throughout this session to
>>make this happen:
>>
>>
>>--------------------Begin Forwarded Message----------------------------
>>
>>Ken,
>>
>>Yes indeed, the bill is back. This time better than ever. It consists of
>>the amendments to HB 2892 we could never get adopted. As you recall, I
>>drafted them with the help of the Department of Adiministrative Services
>>to get their support for HB 2892. The bill is not a "gut and stuff" but
>>an entirely new bill.
>>
>>I got out a press release last week. I apologize if I didn't get it to
>>you. We have been very busy working on the budget.
>>
>>The bill will continue to require that agencies "consider" open source
>>software and adds "open standards" to the definition of open systems
>>that DAS is already charged with obtaining for us.
>>
>>The bill was introduced by the Senate Rules Committee. I provided
>>support, the draft, and urged Senator Kate Brown, the Democratic Leader
>>to go with it. But it would not have happened without the very good work
>>of many people who emailed the Senators to point out the value of the
>>bill. Finally, Cooper Stevenson has been working the bill tirelessly for
>>months and finally got Senator Atkinson (probably with the help of
>>unknown to me others) to support it.
>>
>>You get credit for the idea and the original bill and much work
>>thereafter. Many, many open source supporters' emails and letters got
>>it on the radar in the Senate ("Phil, what is this open source stuff I
>>keep hearing about?? (puzzled look)",from several Senators over the last
>>three months).
>>
>>Finally, Cooper went into the offices of the Rules Committee members and
>>got the final "OKs".
>>
>>I never ever want to be on the bad side of you guys. I am enjoying
>>moving around the opponents. If we play our cards right, this bill could
>>even be a part of the "end game" for the session.
>>
>>My suggestion, email the Rules Committee members in the Senate and thank
>>them for introducing the bill. Urge them to get it to the floor for a
>>vote. Go to the public hearing if one is scheduled and help get it
>>passed there. No wild promises, there, just sober support for the future
>>of the state being in control of its software at an efficient cost. In
>>many areas the decision to require open standards will be even more
>>important than open source for keeping the states costs down and in
>>control of its own data.
>>
>>Congrats again on the good work. Keep it up.
>>
>>Phil
>>
>>Phil Barnhart
>>State Representative
>>Central Lane and Linn Counties
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Ken Barber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Sent: Sat 8/9/2003 8:07 PM
>>To: Darren Shepard; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Cc: Eric Harrison; Jeremy Hogan; Phil Barnhart; Robin 'Roblimo'
>>Miller
>>Subject: Re: [lug] HB 2892, SB 589 -- now SB 941?
>>On Tuesday 05 August 2003 14:01, Darren Shepard wrote:
>>> Apologies if this is old news. Has the open-source bill been
>>> resurrected !?
>>>
>>> SB 941 <http://pub.das.state.or.us/LEG_BILLS/PDFs/SB941.pdf>
>>
>>It looks like it. There's been an ongoing effort in the Senate to
>>find a dead bill that could be "gutted and stuffed" with the
>>language of the amended HB 2892. The original target was an
>>agricultural bill with a number in the 500's, but no one could
>>get enough votes in its committee to move it.
>>
>>This appears to be a new bill that was introduced Monday while I
>>was away at Linuxworld. Its language is identical to what HB
>>2892 would have looked like after amendments. Too bad I didn't
>>know about this until now; I told everyone at Linuxworld (and
>>several asked!) that Oregon's open source bill is "probably
>>dead."
>>
>>This looks like very good news. I'll reserve comment until I have
>>a chance to talk to my contacts in Salem next week.
>>
>>Ken Barber
>>Author, Oregon's open source bill
>>
>>
>>---------------------------End Forwarded Message-----------------------
>>
>>
>>Best,
>>
>>
>>Cooper Stevenson
>>MWVLUG Coordinator
>>Em: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Www: http://www.mwvlug.org
>>
>>
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