Re: [Fsfe-uk] Patents: MEP letter, please sign if you agree

[Ciaran O'Riordan]

Hi All,
  The letter was sent to all 102 UK and Irish MEPs, 6 people
from fsfe-uk requested their names be added (thanks), which made a
total of 25 names.  The letters arrived at the EP (Strasbourg) on friday.

  The (temporary) withdrawl of the proposal will make the details
of the letters' voting list slightly out of date but the contraversy
caused by it's withdrawl should encourage more MEPs to actually read
the full letter.

(Postage was mostly thanks to Aidan Delaney, and Malcolm Tyrrell of
 fsfe-ie)

Ciaran O'Riordan.


On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 06:29:21AM +0100, Ciaran O'Riordan wrote:
> Hi all,
>   With much consultation from the fsfe-ie list, I've drafted
> a two page letter that we will be sending to as many MEPs as
> possible (starting with the Irish ones, then working through
> the UK ones until we run out of time or resources).
> 
> The letter is at:
> http://www.compsoc.com/~coriordan/docs/dear_mep/
> 
>   Most excitingly, it includes a voting list at the end which
> details how MEPs should vote on the various amendments and how
> to decide yes/no after the amendments are finalised.
> 
>   We hope to start mailing them to the parliment tomorrow
> evening so only minor changes can be made, if at all.
> 
>   We will also be attaching a 1 or 2 page list of names of
> people that endorse the position of the letter.  If you'd
> like to be added to this list, please mail me your name,
> occupation, and one other piece of info such as county/city/
> company/"concerned citizen"/etc.  (just to make the names
> more human.
> 
> thanks.
> Ciaran O'Riordan