RE: Result from the BLUG meeting

["Mcgrath, Bob___PI_Mkt" <bob.mcgrath@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At the Denver meet-up there was a guy who is a software tester (he is
currently in a different phase of his career, in .  He has worked in
research labs in Boulder in the past.  His take on all of this is that
software cannot be verified so we need to have paper back-up.  I will ask
him if he would be willing to share his expertise and views with this group,
if you would like.

-----Original Message-----
From: Scotty Allen [mailto:scotty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 10:40 PM
To: bcv@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Result from the BLUG meeting


I went to the Boulder Linux User Group tonight and gave a quick 
announcement about CVV, and handed out a bunch of position statements 
which I ended up just pasting the announcement of the next meeting on 
the bottom from the updated meeting flyer that Laura gave me.

People seemed really receptive, and Chris Riddoch, the group leader, 
offered to send out an email to blug-announce, the announce only list 
for BLUG (as opposed to the high volume discussion list, which has a 
smaller subscriber list).

Also, it turns out that the next CVV meeting happens to perfectly 
coincide with BLUG's Hacking Society meeting, which happens every 
thursday of the month other than the one when the main BLUG meeting is 
held.  The Hacking Society meeting is a very informal gathering at Cafe 
Sole. Chris suggested that maybe people would be willing to migrate to 
the CVV meeting instead.

Has a meeting place for next week been decided on yet?  I want to make 
sure to pass that on to Chris as part of the BLUG announcement, so that 
people don't have to keep checking the wiki or subscribe to the mailing 
list just to figure out where it's going to be.

Also, I was trying to think of what else would be good to include in 
that email.  I was thinking the group statement text, as well as a list 
of suggested ways to get active about this issue.  As far as the 
statement goes, where do things stand with integrating the several 
changes that were discussed at the last meeting?  Should I wait on 
that, or just send out what's on the site right now.

As far as the list of ways to take action, I was thinking:

- Contact the county commisioners and elections officials with your 
concerns (and give contact info)
- Call your representatives and ask them to back HR 2239
- Letters to the editor
- Educating you friends and family about the issue, to raise public 
awareness

Any suggestions, comments, whatever are totally welcomed and 
encouraged.  I've never done anything like this before, and am really 
running a bit blind.

-Scotty