I agree enthusiastically with Adrian's advice assuming that one of the goals for OSHCA is being a catalyst for change.
Building on these thoughts a first order of business would be a frank discussion of what we did right and what could be improved on vis a vis the first iteration of OSHCA. What would be necessary to attract and retain the kinds of people needed to make it effective? Joseph Adrian Midgley wrote: > On Wed, 2005-11-09 at 00:06 -0800, Nandalal Gunaratne wrote: > > > In the recent FOSSSL international conference I spoke > > about using Open source in hospitals - Lighting up > > hospitals with LAMP. But I have very few people from > > government or IT industry supporting these views. > > We need some CEOs and CIOs, or at least one of each, in order to engage > others and in order to include their understanding of the problems and > benefits. > > Even finding _some_ supportive ones is a good start. Inducting them or > arranging to brief them would be a good thing. > > One specific benefit of the OpenHealth list, from the start, was that it > was a place where such people could observe the OSS movement. > > > What organization can approach governments and large > > corporations to make a strong case for FOSS, that is > > both convincing and acceptable? > > In the UK there is the National Computing Centre in Manchester, which is > a member of the Open FOrum, a European grouping of suppliers etc. They > have connections into the office of the deputy prime minister, the > Office of Gov Commerce (OGC) and with the government CIO Mr Watmore. > I have a contact there. > > Similar conditions no doubt apply in other countries, and collecting > together information on them and sharing them as well as sharing > approaches would be a fitting activity for OSCHA. > > > -- > Midgley > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > * Visit your group "openhealth > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openhealth>" on the web. > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > . ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/W4wwlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openhealth/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
