(Please see the ActionAftermath page for other reports)
Action
Email sent to Irish Small and Medium Enterprises association (ISME) and Small Firms Association (SFA).
Text of email is at the end of this mail: ![[WWW]](/wiki-htdocs/modern/img/moin-www.png){kind=small}
http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/fsfe-ie/2005-May/001974.html
In brief: Ireland's national representative is supporting software patents based on perceived industry support, as SME unions, would you care to tell our reps that this is unwanted.
Steps taken to publicise the action
None. This is a non-private, non-advertised action.
Aftermath
Press coverage
None.
Comments
I've phoned both organisations today 2005-06-08 (making it the third time). I'm still at the stage of "we'll pass this on to the relevent department, and we'll contact you". None of the secretaries I've talked to have heard of software patents. --CiaranOriordan
Lessons learned
Organisations like this have to be phoned, and phoned... They probably have enough work to do. Maybe a better way to contact them would have been to contact one (or some) of their members and ask them to ask management to contact us. --CiaranOriordan