For those who have not given up on the political process ;) ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: [sf-uk-discuss] Early Day Motion No 179 - Software in Education Date: Wednesday 22 November 2006 11:03 From: John Ingleby <john(a)coronet.co.uk&gt; To: sf-uk-discuss(a)googlegroups.com John Pugh MP has tabled an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons entitled Software in Education, number 179. Please write to, or email, your MP within the next week with a request that he or she add their name to this motion. "That this House congratulates the Open University and other schools, colleges and universities for utilising free and open source software to deliver cost-effective educational benefit not just for their own institutions but also the wider community; and expresses concern that Becta and the Department for Education and Skills, through the use of outdated purchasing frameworks, are effectively denying schools the option of benefiting from both free and open source and the value and experience small and medium ICT companies could bring to the schools market." This is a huge opportunity to put FLOSS on our politicians agenda, and the issue is precisely where we want the DfES to take action. Please let Ian Roberts <ian.roberts(a)opensourceconsortium.org&gt; know about your letters. Iain is co-ordinating this effort on behalf of the Open Schools Alliance www.openschoolsalliance.org Don't delay. I'm happy to forward anyone a copy of my letter if you email me individually. Let's make this one really fly! John **** --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Schoolforge-UK Discussions" group. To post to this group, send email to sf-uk-discuss(a)googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sf-uk-discuss-unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sf-uk-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- ------------------------------------------------------- -- Richard Smedley, richard(a)sc.lug.org.uk Sustainable IT Consultant ``Software Freedom for the Voluntary Sector''