<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> good stuff.  Chris <div class="moz-signature"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="450"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td height="121" width="121"><a href="http://www.sun.com"><img moz-do-not-send="true" src="http://www.sun.com/emrkt/sigs/6g_top.gif" border="0" height="116" width="121"></a></td> <td style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px;" height="121" width="329">Mr. Christopher Hankin Sr Director of Federal Affairs Sun Microsystems, Inc. 1300 I St, NW, Suite 420E Washington, DC 20005 US Phone 202-326-7522 Email <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Chris.Hankin@Sun.COM">Chris.Hankin@Sun.COM</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> On 09/01/09 20:44, Terri Molini wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:4A9DEA18.50406@sun.com" type="cite"> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <tt>Gunnar, this looks terrific! I've made a few edits (in red below) to the letter to reflect the call to action. If they are receiving an email they have an account. They now need to get a password to get further access to the site. The infrastructure is now in place for the <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:osa-founding-announce@opensourceforamerica.org">osa-founding-announce@opensourceforamerica.org</a> Best, Terri </tt> Gunnar Hellekson wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:20090902024656.GB2899@redhat.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Friends -- Now that the letter to the board has been sent, we're planning to send this tomorrow morning to the founders, from the "working-groups@" email address. Infrastructure, please review to ensure we have everything in place. Working Group, please ensure that we're on-message with the call to action, tone, etc. Thanks! g # # # Friends and Founders -- Like you, we're thrilled that the free and open source software movement can now speak to US government with a unified voice. It's gratifying to see the principles of the free and open source software movement embraced by such a broad constituency. The announcement on July 22 was well received. At the site, you can see the overwhelmingly positive media coverage following our official launch at OSCON 2009: <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.opensourceforamerica.org/news-and-events/coverage">http://www.opensourceforamerica.org/news-and-events/coverage</a> Membership is now well over 1200 individuals and organizations. But we can't rest on our launch laurels. As founders, we have work to do. <tt> The next step is to organize this new, large community. As some of you already know, we are setting up working groups for specific technology areas. We have set up the website on a wiki and with a "members only" section, and expect to soon begin leveraging the site for open collaboration among the members of these working groups. We have pre-registered you but you will need to reset your passwords </tt><tt>(your email is your user name)</tt><tt>, do that by clicking here:  <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://opensourceforamerica.org/reset-password">http://opensourceforamerica.org/reset-password</a></tt> In some cases, these working groups align with the Obama Administration's priorities. In other cases, we have already identified strong advocates for a particular issue. We'll no doubt be adding and changing groups based on their performance and support over time. At the moment, we've recognized the following areas: 1. Healthcare 2. Energy and Transportation 3. Education 4. Military 5. Acquisitions & Competition 6. State and Local 7. Cybersecurity 8. Transparency 9. Voting and Elections Technology 10. Geospatial Technology Wherever possible, these groups should reach out to organizations that are already working in these spaces and are sympathetic to our cause. The intent is to leverage the work of others, not to create unnecessary or redundant organizations. </pre> </blockquote> <blockquote cite="mid:20090902024656.GB2899@redhat.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">If you or your organization are interested in a committee or chairmanship on any of these working groups, please send a note to <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:working-groups@opensourceforamerica.org">working-groups@opensourceforamerica.org</a>. Be sure to include the contact information for those who will be participating and ask them to register on the site. Once we have committees assembled for each working group, we'll be reaching out to the general members and asking them to sign up for the working group mailing lists. From there, it's up to the working group committees to cultivate their particular policy area. The Steering Committee will provide guidance on specific deliverables and expectations. There's never been a US Administration so sympathetic to free and open source software. There's never been so many citizens with the same enthusiasm for the open source process. This is an unprecedented opportunity to profoundly change the way our government uses and understands software. We can fundamentally change how this country works. Let's get started. Kind Regards, Open Source for America Steering Committee </pre> <pre wrap=""><hr size="4" width="90%"> _______________________________________________ infrastructure mailing list <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:infrastructure@opensourceforamerica.org">infrastructure@opensourceforamerica.org</a> <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://opensourceforamerica.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/infrastructure">http://opensourceforamerica.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/infrastructure</a> </pre> </blockquote> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- Terri Molini Sun Microsystems, Inc. Global Communications, Open Source OpenSolaris Community, Core Contributor OpenOffice.org Community member +1 (408) 404-4976 office +1 (408) 406-9021 mobile AIM: tmolini "If you want to make enemies, try to change something." -Woodrow Wilson</pre> <pre wrap=""> <hr size="4" width="90%"> _______________________________________________ infrastructure mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:infrastructure@opensourceforamerica.org">infrastructure@opensourceforamerica.org</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://opensourceforamerica.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/infrastructure">http://opensourceforamerica.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/infrastructure</a> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>