If you read the full article you see that there is information on a meeting. so ... 1. I am certain they will present written as well as spoken evidence of problems at that meeting, so developers can outline why this is bad and it can help peter and the team they have there. Better still maybe some can attend. 2. you can still write privately to committee members and as them to consider your position and 3 you can write to part leaders and spokespersons to outline concerns over the issues The more its discussed the more they realise it of concern. but guidelines like dont slam companies, or accuse people of global conspiracies ... etc. all help. Remember these are just people trying to understand complex issues, the big companies and unions .. etc. will have slick talkers with lots of snake oil, if we make clear and understandable presentations, then they can ask questions which will break the slick presentations and maybe expose the side of the discussion they dont want the committee to look at. of course if we look like closed minded bigots with a head full of global conspiracy theories and spitting venom against a single entity then we get instantly dismissed. Hopefully this clarifies my earlier, and not so well thought out post. Next time I'll read my post a few times before hitting send.......... (Yeah Right) Greig McGill wrote:
Gavin Denby wrote:
The public comment period for proposed amendments to the Patents Act expired on March 11, “so a meeting is now the best way we have of communicating with the politicians and telling them what the issues are,” says NZOSS president Peter Harrison.
Full story at: http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/NL/9A6B2014750A3A95CC256FCA002B46C1
March 11 has been and gone? Does that not mean there's nothing we can do, and it's in the hands of NZOSS? We probably should have done something about this. Hindsight, etc.