[Open-access] example tweet Fw: "Pressure on MEPs is necessary." Fw: (draft mail) now write to your MEPs see Fw: ITRE committee members Fw: Re: Horizon2020 current draft anywhere?

Wed Nov 21 22:06:44 UTC 2012

I haven't had time to really get to the bottom of this but I would strongly suggest *against* arguing for voting against this amendment. The situation is that this is the compromise amendment that has been agreed by those MEPs that are pro-OA (most of them, although not all very well informed) and the small number against.

The critical part of the text is that OA is mandatory for articles and will be defined in the grant agreement. The text is imperfect, mainly due to being unclear rather than any bad intentions I feel, but its probably what we can get, and it means implementation is the place where it can be got right.

So by all means call for clarification or point out weaknesses - but a vote against the compromise is a vote against including the OA section at all.

Cheers

Cameron

On 22 Nov 2012, at 00:56, koltzenburg at w4w.net wrote:

> https://twitter.com/OAgeek/status/271249466261135361
> 
> @teirdes too watered down! see first comment here http://bit.ly/W79Jjm  no real open access any more. Ask 
> your colleagues to vote against it
> 
> (I was in touch with this MEP on OA before)
> 
> Claudia
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> Subject:[Open-access] "Pressure on MEPs is necessary." Fw: (draft mail) now write to your MEPs see Fw: 
> ITRE committee members Fw: Re: Horizon2020 current draft anywhere?
> 
> Watering down Open Access in EU (latest compromise)
> Bold print are latest changes proposed in text. Final vote on November 28th in Industry Committee.
> "Pressure on MEPs is necessary."
> http://tacd-ip.org/archives/816
> 
> my thanks to Iryna Kuchma https://twitter.com/irynakuchma/status/268678769491984385
> 
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> Sent:Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:26:36 +0100
> Subject:(draft mail) now write to your MEPs see Fw: ITRE committee members Fw: Re: [Open-access] 
> Horizon2020 current draft anywhere?
> 
> hi @all
> 
> I would like to suggest that it is now the right moment to write a mail to members of the ITRE committee 
> whom you consider "your MEPs" (for whatever reason, maybe same languages spoken...) and their staff.
> 
> I suppose my own version will be something like (in several languages, one at a time)
> 
> Subject: 28 Nov ITRE: Only real open access saves real lives
> (--- adapted from Tom's motto, thanks, Tom)
> 
> "Dear ...
> 
> in your ITRE committee's session on 28/29 November
> 
> please make sure that open access includes all scientific articles.
> 
> Reason: Also the local doctors trusted by your friends and family need fast and free access to the newest 
> research to know which cure is best. Real open access saves real lives.
> 
> best regards"
> 
> suggestions for amendments welcome as always
> 
> Claudia
> 
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> ITRE committee members
> http://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/itre/members.html
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> Cc:open-access at lists.okfn.org
> Sent:Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:17:43 +0100
> Subject:Re: [Open-access] Horizon2020 current draft anywhere?
> 
> thanks everyone,
> 
> On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 01:09:12 +0000, Peter Murray-Rust wrote
>> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 9:36 PM, cameronneylon.net <cn at cameronneylon.net>wrote:
>> 
>>> The committee vote on these "concensus ammendments" (assuming I am on the
>>> right track) is November 28 I believe.
>>> 
>>> 
>> Do we need to mail our MEPs on this? If so what should we say?
>> 
>> P.
> 
> a. maybe
> 
> b. this seems to depend on if the MEP we can reach easily are ITRE committee members or just plenary 
> members, correct?
> 
> ck
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> thanks & cheers,
> Claudia
> koltzenburg at w4w.net
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> thanks & cheers,
> Claudia
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