On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Tom Davies <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > Hi :) > I thought a few people on the Users List might be interested in this > petition. > > Apparently you need to create a whitehouse.gov account to sign Petitions > which would probably put me off signing. On the other hand having a chance > to kinda vote on single issues seems like a good thing. Hmm, a tough > choice. > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > >________________________________ > > From: Immanuel Giulea <[email protected]> > >To: [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected] > >Sent: Friday, 28 December 2012, 15:01 > >Subject: [libreoffice-marketing] Libre Office listed in petition to > promote the use of free software in our schools > > > >Hello all, > > > >>From my readings of the mailing lists in the last few weeks, it seems > that > >adoption of LibreOffice in North America (especially US) has been a > >challenge. > > > >Today, I found a petition addressed to the White House that includes > >LibreOffice. > > > https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/promote-use-free-software-our-schools-libre-office-gimp-gnu-cash-and-other-gpl-software-which-cost/T1xGw1fZ > > > >The deadline is three weeks away and they need 23,000 more signatures. > >Nothing is impossible through the power of social networks. > >I've already shared the petition to several G+ groups. > >Perhaps some posts from TDF core team on twitter and Facebook will help > >this initiative. > > > >Just a thought. > > > > > >Cheers from Montreal, Canada > > > >Immanuel Giulea > > > >-- > >Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > >Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > >Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > >List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ > >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > > > > > > > > I would sign but... The petition begins by castigating issues with proprietary software. My belief is that while those issues may be important they aren't a consideration for the great majority of computer users. In addition I find it much easier to support causes that don't cultivate fud but instead focus on the benefits of a proposed action. Alan Boba CISSP, CCENT, ITIL v3 Foundations 2011 -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
