[Lilux-info] [Urgent Call: The countdown is running ...]

The LU page for this can be found here, but please read further to get more info about this action : http://www.linux.lu/wiki/index.php/FFIILetterAndPostCardAction Thanks for our help ! For LiLux asbl, pst ----- Forwarded message from Lars Noschinski <lars(a)public.noschinski.de> ----- Hello! As some as you may have read on bxl, yesterday the 20th and last translation of the Councils proposal for a directive "on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions" (better known as software patents) appeared on the councils website: http://register.consilium.eu.int/servlet/driver?page=Result&lang=EN&… For the delivery of the Urgent Call this means, the countdown has been started. After a six week period, the Council can formally adopt this political agreement, so this bad proposal will go the the Parliament again. To reach our aim of reversing the 18 May Council's decision, we have prepared the Urgent Call http://swpat.ffii.org/xatra/cons0406 an appeal to the national governments and parliaments to prevent the formal adoption of the May 18 Council's Decision and work on that directive on political (not bureaucratic) point of view. To be most effective, the UC must be delivered in all European countries. Some are partly finished, a few (Greece and France) are already done, but there are also some countries where nobody started it yet. If you don't want to software patents, this is a task where you can reach something meaningful. How can I participate? ====================== Nice to know there is so much support :) At first, you should find out, who's working on it in your country yet and contact him/her. You find this information on http://kwiki.ffii.org/LtrCons0406En and your countries page linked from there may be information about the current state and open tasks. You can contact me, if you're missing the mail addresses. If you need support, consilium-parl will be glad to help you. How to subscribe is described on: http://lists.ffii.org/mailman/listinfo/consilium-parl Nobody is taking care of it in my country! ========================================== That's the hard case. Fortunately, you can build on the preparations made in other countries. As you'll most certainly have questions and to stay informed, consilium-parl will be useful. Also, having 1-2 or more persons supporting you will make it easier. For collaborative work, there is a national wiki page, linked from http://kwiki.ffii.org/LtrConsRecv0406En If you start working on it, please drop me a note, so I know somebody is taking care of it and I can rest easy ;) What's to be done? ================== For the delivery of the Urgent Call, some basic tasks must be done: * Collect the documents to send. The Urgent Call consists of the letter itself and some accompagning appendixes. The letter itself should be translated and typesetted. As time is running out now, I suggest not to translate the appendixes anymore, just use one of the translated versions, they are listed on http://kwiki.ffii.org/LtrCons0406En, just like the instructions for translating * Find recipients For the beginning, collect 4-5 recipients (Head of state, head of parliament, concerned minister(s), (concerned MP)). List them with their addresses (post + phone if possible) on your national wiki page. If you started sending, you may extend this list to reach more people, but as we don't have much time, I suggest to start with a few. * Customizing Either you write a cover letter or you customize the letter to address it to each specific recipient (a "Dear Mr. President, ..." may be enough). Put a pdf online for every version. * Sending See also: http://kwiki.ffii.org/LtrConsSend0406En Send it as a letter to each recipient. Phone them a few days later to ensure, that they received and read it. If there is a signatory from your country, he/she/it should be able to forward it too (CEA-PME has members in many european countries, this may be worth a look). Also other FFII supporters should spread it. If they write a short, personal cover letter, it'll improve attention. Links about the Urgent Call =========================== * The Urgent Call http://swpat.ffii.org/xatra/cons0406 * Reversal of the Council's decision http://kwiki.ffii.org/ConsReversEn * Main project page / news http://kwiki.ffii.org/LtrCons0406En * Delivery organisation page (with links to national organisation pages) http://kwiki.ffii.org/LtrConsRecv0406En * Sending instructions / results http://kwiki.ffii.org/LtrConsSend0406En Thank you for reading this long mail! Lars Noschinski, project leader Urgent Call _______________________________________________ Lu-parl maillist Subscribe through the project system http://www.ffii.org/assoc/knecht/proj/, fine-tune via http://lists.ffii.org/mailman/listinfo/lu-parl http://lists.ffii.org/mailman/listinfo/lu-parl ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Pascal Steichen pascal.steichen(a)linux.lu Lilux ASBL www.lilux.lu " Linux is like a woman, hard to understand But very nice once you get under the hood. "