<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div>I am all for doing more.</div><div><br></div><div>As Kathleen said, one of the most effective things is for individuals to call your MEP <a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2018-September/005251.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2018-September/005251.html</a>. Perhaps someone can build a quick map, where OSMF members can indicate that they've done so.</div><div><br></div><div>More. Following moving the OSMF to sign savecodeshare.eu, I began working on a template letter for the OSMF and OSMF Local Chapters to send to their MEP, but it didn't get uptake. At the time, it looked like the legislative effort was going to stall out.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EJ-6W9MiErDMt6tJpGzTaelGkt-x0xsIg1wGpOYFZ8g/edit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EJ-6W9MiErDMt6tJpGzTaelGkt-x0xsIg1wGpOYFZ8g/edit</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>This letter could form the basis of a blog post and press release. Would need to be updated and reframed slightly, but I think the text is sound, and has been reviewed by several folks close to the fight against this legislation already. If it's not useful, that's fine too -- the point is that we want to make a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>From this, Manfred, let's engage your journalist friends. Share the press release and get them interested to do a story. Someone from the Board can be made available for an interview.</div><div><br></div><div>That's just a few ideas to move us forward.</div><div><br></div><div>Let's focus on fighting this bad legislation.</div><div><br></div><div>-Mikel</div><div><br></div><div class="ydp40a8e9c7signature">* Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron</div></div>
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On Friday, September 14, 2018, 2:25:33 AM EDT, manfred <ma.reiter@gmail.com> wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite"> We’ve
been discussing doing something this very week, but there
uncertainty about how the osmf becomes political. </blockquote>
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The only thing political about it is the fact that politicians
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I therefore believe that the OSMF must take a position on this. In
any case, silence means agreement. I even believe that the decision
makers do not recognize the special situation of OSM at all. I have
noticed this with some comments from journalists I know. Therefore,
the situation of OSM has to be presented clearly and forcefully. <br clear="none">
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least want to do a blog post but that needs energy for someone to
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And in my opinion a blog post is not enough either. <br clear="none">
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