[HLUG] Fwd: [sf-uk-discuss] Early Day Motion No 179 - Software in Education

[Graham Cole]

Nice one Richard, I haven't given up hoping!
Graham
On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:20:26 +0000
Richard Smedley <smedley358 at btinternet.com> wrote:

> 
> For those who have not given up on the political process ;)
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> Subject: [sf-uk-discuss] Early Day Motion No 179 - Software in Education
> Date: Wednesday 22 November 2006 11:03
> From: John Ingleby <john at coronet.co.uk>
> To: sf-uk-discuss at 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 outdated purchasing frameworks, are effectively denying schools the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 at opensourceconsortium.org> 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
> ****
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> Richard Smedley,                                    richard at sc.lug.org.uk
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