Re: [ubuntu-uk] Done wrote my MP!
Andrew George is great! His daughter's a friend of mine and I've camped in his garden... Glad to see he's signed! Jon -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Done wrote my MP! [Scanned]
Hi Just written to my MP too - Karen Buck Let's hope we achieve something (even if it's just an increasing awareness) -mitch This e-mail (including any attachments) is intended only for the recipient(s) named above. It may contain confidential or privileged information and should not be read, copied or otherwise used by any other person. Any statement and/or opinion expressed in this message is that of the author and does not necessarily reflect those of the Directory of Social Change. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Done wrote my MP!
Jonathan Roberts wrote: Andrew George is great! His daughter's a friend of mine and I've camped in his garden... Glad to see he's signed! I wish mine had! My MP is Ann Coffey and according to the WEB site she hasn't signed any EDMs let alone the one we are promoting! I did write to her, but had no response. Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester, IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED], H: http://www.man.ac.uk/Tony.Arnold -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Done wrote my mp
Wrote to Brian Iddon, MP for Bolton. Waiting for a reply or to see his signature on the list. The list is growing slowly but surely Regards Ged. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Done wrote my MP!
Jonathan Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Just sent a letter to my MP too, Matthew Taylor in Cornwall. Good spot! My MP Andrew George has already signed the EDM. So I sent him a congrats email instead! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Done wrote my MP!
On Friday, 24.11.2006 at 07:53 +, Matthew East wrote: Hey, way to go, that's my constituency too! I'll copy your letter, if that's ok! Definitely *don't* send a direct copy. Rewrite it and restructure it in your own words as much as possible. Most MPs dislike receiving many copies of the same thing and are more likely to ignore it. Dave. -- Dave Ewart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - freenode: davee All email from me is now digitally signed, key from http://www.sungate.co.uk/ Fingerprint: AEC5 9360 0A35 7F66 66E9 82E4 9E10 6769 CD28 DA92 signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Done wrote my MP!
On 24/11/06, Matthew Saunders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have emailed my MP for Chelmsford, Essex with a similar letter to some posted here. (Anyone else come from Essex on this list?) Yes, Southend here - I'll be emailling David Ames today. I had quite encouraging responses from him one of our Euro MPs (Andrew Duff) over the Software Patent issue. I think that they rather like it when they discover a new issue that motivates voters. Particularly when it doesn't go contrary to their party line. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Done wrote my MP!
Done! I emailed my MP, James Clappison. It's the first time I've ever email an MP! On 24/11/06, Pat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 24/11/06, Matthew Saunders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have emailed my MP for Chelmsford, Essex with a similar letter to some posted here. (Anyone else come from Essex on this list?) Yes, Southend here - I'll be emailling David Ames today. I had quite encouraging responses from him one of our Euro MPs (Andrew Duff) over the Software Patent issue. I think that they rather like it when they discover a new issue that motivates voters. Particularly when it doesn't go contrary to their party line. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Done wrote my MP!
Just sent a letter to my MP too, Matthew Taylor in Cornwall. Good spot! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Done wrote my MP!
Cool, it's always nice to see people putting effort into the political process. I mailed Natascha Engels (North East Derbyshire) the other night. I've also added this news to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Education. Dean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Done wrote my MP!
Dean Sas wrote: Cool, it's always nice to see people putting effort into the political process. I mailed Natascha Engels (North East Derbyshire) the other night. I've also added this news to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Education. Dean Emailed my own mp about this, though I don't share the general optimism. Who got Bill Gates knighted, after all?[1] Still, it will be interesting to see what comes of this. Note that you can send an email to your mp just like that, via: www.writetothem.com , and you can track signatures (and party affiliations) at: http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=31752SESSION=885 John [1] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03/02/bill_gates_knighted/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Done wrote my MP!
On Fri, 2006-11-24 at 23:00 +, john levin wrote: Still, it will be interesting to see what comes of this. Note that you can send an email to your mp just like that, via: www.writetothem.com , and you can track signatures (and party affiliations) at: http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=31752SESSION=885 My MP, Greg Clark, still hasn't signed :( even though many others have since I checked last a couple of days ago. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Done wrote my MP!
Here's my letter: - Date:Thu, 23 Nov 2006 23:16:39 + (GMT) From: Ashley Hooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:EDM 179 : SOFTWARE IN SCHOOLS To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Simon Hughes, I'm a Southwark resident of 5 1/2 years, and recently heard about EDM 179 which John Pugh MP has tabled to encourage the use of free and open source software in UK schools. http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=31752 I notice you have not yet signed it and would like to encourage you to do so, if I may. I believe it's vital that, wherever possible, public money is not spent on often unnecessary software licensing costs. Free software such as Firefox, OpenOffice, Thunderbird etc is rapidly increasing in popularity worldwide, and for most tasks is now more than adequate; perhaps you already use say, Firefox yourself on your computer? I do believe it will become increasingly difficult to justify expenditure on proprietary software where user-friendly, robust, free alternatives exist as with the examples I've mentioned. Additionally, it is held that BECTA, the government agency responsible for use of IT in education, often provide somewhat questionable advice to schools. BECTA's supplier relationships tend to favour proprietary software, and lend themselves to 'vendor lock-in'. Yet even BECTA's own case studies found considerable cost savings in schools using open source software. I must urge you to add your name to John Pugh's Early Day Motion number 179, entitled Software in Education. Yours sincerely, Ashley Hooper -- We do not inherit the earthhttp://backtobreath.com/ from our ancestors; ...--__@ we borrow it from our children --- _\,_ -- Antoine de St. Exupery (_) (_) Reg. user: Linux #390621 Ubuntu #7291 Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
