In a message dated: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 15:09:14 PDT
Bryan Williams said:
>So, what to do? This is a pretty extensive set of issues that will take
>some time and talent to plan. Do you want to make it the topic of an
>upcoming LUG meeting? Do you want to hold a special meeting? I suppose I
>can teach Political Activism 101... I also know Gregg's political man in
>the state who would come to a meeting if I invited him.
>
>If you're serious about this, let's get moving. Who is in command, and
>what are the orders?
I can arrange to get the room at Martha's for some night next week if
we want to have a preliminary *planning* meeting.
I'm not claiming to "be in command" (a la Al Haig... ;)
however, I will gladly volunteer to get the room, start off a
planning meeting to come up with ideas of what we can do, and start
delegating action items and attemt to keep track of stuff!
In a message dated: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 18:42:40 EDT
"Jon 'maddog' Hall, Executive Director, Linux International" said:
>But your points about lobbying at all levels are valid so having a meeting to
>plan some actionism, get an idea of the rational, careful, clearly laid out
>message (hmmm, didn't I send a letter somewhat like that to the group about
>two years ago on a different topic?) would be good.
>
>Pull in the SwANH people and explain to them why this is bad legislation.
>Pull in the Unix people in the state also (Don Marsten's group) and BLU.
>Get to the Educators and explain why this would really hurt OS studies (you
>would not be able to see ANYONE'S source code).
>
>I would also look to the EFF for some guidance in what to do.
>
>We can not afford to not be serious about this.
These are great ideas... Let's keep them in mind for our initial
planning meeting sometime next week.
Do we want to have this meeting next Wed. in lieu of a regular MELBA
meeting?
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Seeya,
Paul
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