[okfn-be] Fw: [42] Open Document day 28th of March

[Koen De Voegt]

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> From: Wendy Van Wynsberghe <wendy at constantvzw.com>
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> Subject: [42] Open Document day 28th of March
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> Hello, 42-ers,
> 
> This is an e-mail I got from friend and colleague Nicolas Maleve. Have
> a read and ask questions if you have them :-)  And go to the Open
> Document day if you can!
> 
> Greetz
> 
> Wendy
> 
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> 
> 
> Erik Josefsson (german wikipedia page:
> http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Josefsson) is working on getting
> people to register and come to the Document Freedom Day event that the
> Greens/EFA are organising in the Parliament on 28 March.
> 
> It is quite important for all of us who want to follow the legal
> developments at the EU to have them take into consideration the adoption
> of standard open document formats and listen to the voices of the free
> software community.
> 
> I paste here below a fragment of the email I received from Erik. Please
> consider forwarding this info and (even better) going there yourself.
> 
> All the best
> 
> nicolas
> 
> This is one of those "Positive Agenda" events that I hope will help 
> keep
> the spirits up a bit in the looming darkness of ACTA and IPRED and whatnot
> coming up.
> 
> The context in the EP is as follows: When Gallo/EPP holds a seminar about
> IPR, the room quickly fills up with lobbyists and pro-IPR
> assistants and staff. Of course Commission is present, and the media.
> Basically, everybody in the audience is paid to be there - but still the
> dramaturgical effect of a full room makes the MEPs feel there is a genuine
> interest.
> 
> As a contrast, when you try to promote a progressive event, the
> constituency attending consists of volunteers and civil society.
> 
> There is some stuff online:
> 
>     * Greens/EFA website:
>       http://www.greens-efa.eu/document-freedom-day-5297.html
>     * Internal EP email
>       
> invitation:http://erikjosefsson.eu/sites/default/files/global_dfd_invite.html
>     * Green European Foundation:
>       
> http://greennewdeal.eu/green-economy/events/2012/en/document-freedom-day.html
>     * h-online:
>       
> http://h-online.com/open/news/item/Document-Freedom-Day-o-March-28-1472551.html
>     * SE PP party leader:
>       http://annatroberg.com/2012/03/15/snart-dags-for-document-freedom-day
>     * Joinup:
>       
> https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/news/european-commission-joins-document-freedom-day-european-parliament
> 
> I would be very happy if you find this event interesting and important
> enough to help promote.
> 
> Speakers include:
> 
>     * Bookeen https://www.bookeenstore.com
>     * Communia http://www.communia-association.org
>     * Calibre http://calibre-ebook.com/
>     * April http://april.org/
>     * FSFE https://fsfe.org/
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