[Preston] Sign the Petition against European Software Patents

[Alan Blundell]

Guy Heatley wrote:

>By the way, don't forget to sign the anti-patent petition here:
>
>http://petition.eurolinux.org/index_html?LANG=en
>  
>
... or even go that extra mile and write to your MEP.

It's the least you can do, since Arlene McCarthy, the MEP centrally 
responsible for putting forward the proposals, (see 
http://swpat.ffii.org/players/amccarthy/index.en.html )  is one of the 
10 who represent *you* (assuming you live in the NW if you subscribe to 
this ...).

If  the MEP elected by (in principle) your vote hears from you that you 
are _really_ not happy with what she is doing, maybe that will focus 
some thinking, what with euro elections due next year ...  It may be 
reasonable also to contact the MEP for the party you support (if not, 
pick one at random) who has specialised in your part of the region.  See

http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/lancashire/info/mp.html

for details and some info about addresses etc.

If you would like to email, see  
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/meps.htm , although that only gives 
you email addresses, whereas fax or (even better) real old-fashioned 
post is thought more likely to actually be read (according to 
faxyourmp.com).

Don't forget to make it clear that you are a local elector (random 
emails to elected representatives you have no connection with only waste 
your time and theirs), and that a reasoned argument is better than 
twenty rants.

Cheers
Alan