Jamie I was un-aware of this mail address: I will adjust my email accordingly.
Brian -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Linux Rocks! Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 4:02 PM To: The Eugene Unix and GNU/Linux User Group's mail list Subject: Re: [eug-lug]HB2892, SB589 New Open Source Legislation 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 > > > >_______________________________________________ >EuG-LUG mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug > Jamie Rock Solid Networks When you need to be Rock Solid! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wWw.RockSolidNetworks.com _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
