Re: [Fsfe-uk] Smile to become accessible with free software, perhaps

[Tom Chance]

On Wednesday 08 Sep 2004 21:33, MJ Ray wrote:
> On 2004-09-08 20:29:09 +0100 Phil Driscoll <address@hidden>
> wrote:
> > I think most of what is on this page is incorrect - I wonder if it
> > pertains
> > to an old version of the site from before I opened my account.
>
> I got there by www.smile.co.uk -> help (graphic near foot of page) ->
> "help index" -> "it's not working ..." -> "techno speak". You might
> like to tell them.
>
> > Free software friendly, and ethical investments too - what more could
> > we want
>
> Since you ask: I want them to allow free software into online business
> banking (might be underway, but no answer to my enquiries)

Well we discussed this briefly before, but maybe it would be a good idea to 
use the Co-Op as a target for the first open information campaign? If we can 
get them to ensure that all of their web sites are free software friendly and 
only use open technologies then it would be both a worthwhile win and a good 
rallying call for future campaigns.

I've CC-ed Rufus Pollock of the Open Knowledge Foundation and Friends of the 
Creative Domain since he's also doing this sort of thing in Cambridge and 
with the UKUUG, if I'm not mistaken.

Rufus, AFFS people, what do you say? We would need to:

* Research what is OK and what isn't
* Research who to target in the Co-Op and how we should do it
* Develop a strategy and timetable and start working on it

I shouldn't imagine it'd be an awful lot of work, but it'd need volunteers.

Regards,
Tom