Re: [Fsfe-uk] Young Greens moving on FS

[Tom Chance]

Ahoy,

Those with good memories may remember this email I sent ages ago. Well after 
some persistence I've got a reply, and it's really promising. The Young 
Greens are launching a campaign on free software with the following focus:

- Uni students who are short on cash and have open minds
- Schools, libraries and other public institutions

They're putting together some leaflets promoting the easy stuff (Firefox, 
Thunderbird & OpenOffice.org) and will be looking at GNU/Linux.

The campaign may be launched at the Green Party Conference next week. I'm 
trying to get details, but if anyone could attend it'd be a good opportunity 
to hook up with them in person.

I'll keep you all updated, and try to persuade a YG to subscribe to this list 
so they can discuss their ideas with everyone here, and in particular those 
already working on education and govt.

Kind regards,
Tom

On Monday 22 Nov 2004 20:33, Tom Chance wrote:
> Hello,
>
> It seems that the Young Greens - the youth wing of the UK Green Party - may
> be starting a campaign on Free Software. I saw this in a section on
> campaigning in recent meeting report:
>
> ---
> Promote universities/individuals to switch from Microsoft to open source
> (non-copyright) software. Cheaper and better than buying from large
> monopoly. Campaign is beginning in Liverpool.
> ---
>
> I've contacted the Liverpool group to ask for more information, as well as
> to suggest they work with the AFFS on this. Hopefully we can persuade them
> to do something similar to the German 'Grune Jugend' in making Free
> Software (not OSS) advocacy a major part of their work. And hopefully we
> lend expertise in straightening out their wording (though I presume the
> text above isn't to be taken as a policy statement, nor a quick note from
> the meeting secretary!)
>
> I'll post when I have more info, but I thought it was worth a quick "heads
> up" :-)
>
> Regards,
> Tom
>
>
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