[ubuntu-marketing] Idea: A How to Lobby Guide

[Matthias Stürmer]

Am Dienstag, den 29.01.2008, 23:33 -0500 schrieb Danny Piccirillo:
> How about we create a guide for people/teams to lobby their local
> governments for open formats, free software, and Ubuntu adoption?
> http://www.google.com/search?q=lobby+governmnet+%22how+to%22+OR+guide

Great idea! I'd be willing to help where I can.

I did some lobbying in our national parliament last December in Bern,
Switzerland and created a folder of information for politicians (in
German):
http://www.stuermer.ch/blog/open-source-lobbying-in-the-parliament.html

The result was that they filed a so-called "Interpellation" which
demands exact figures from the government about their Vista/Office 2007
migration and how to foster OSS in the future:
http://www.parlament.ch/D/Suche/Seiten/geschaefte.aspx?gesch_id=20073887

Best, Matthias

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