On Tue, 2002-08-13 at 22:15, Dan Eriksen wrote: > On Tue, 13 Aug 2002 20:59:13 -0400 > Kristofer Coward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > That said, as much of an impact could be had (and the visible crackpot > > behaviour significantly reduced) if the bloggers just paid some token > > membership due to an advocacy group that agreed with them and could > > claim to represent N members with a much more eloquent opinion. > > I agree, but do any of these groups exist? I am tempted to support the FSF (as >US law seems to affect us anyway), but it would be nice to support someone that can >more directly help (in Canada). > Am I simply unaware of them?
Actually, one of the first efforts CLUE will be making is establishing numbers. There are already 1000+ registered @linux.ca users, so that's a good start. Let's face it though, nobody will really listen in government unless you represent a signifanct portion of the costituency. There's also CANOPENER, www.canopener.ca which seems to be making some headway in Ottawa. > > Dan Eriksen > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
