Some bullet points need fleshing out and some facts still need to be checked.
What is the deadline for this? If JURI are to meet as early as Wednesday then this should go out -- by fax/email -- no later than Monday (but preferably earlier, I think).
From CiaranoRiordan, 2005-01-26 13h07 GMT: I can't get email access until sometime late tonight, but I read the list archive and I can talk here. The JURI meeting is Feb 2nd, so we need a letter sent to Brian Crowley on Thursday at the latest (since he has to return to Ireland and then go to Strassbourg).
OK, that sets the deadline for this letter. Which has passed. Friday morning will just have to be good enough now.
The content of the letter has to justify the restart (read these two: ![[WWW]](/wiki-htdocs/modern/img/moin-www.png){kind=small}
http://www.elis.ugent.be/~jmaebe/nobackup/restart05/), and remind him that the Council removed all the amendments he tabled (drafted by FFII). He's a big SME supporter, but he's looking into the SME-patent-insurance idea. This idea is a dead end and it would do nothing to protect students, individuals, non software companies, etc. So just get accross that fixing the situation after passing the directive wouldn't work. That said, he was on our side before and still is. But he and his assistant are up to date on the issue, so keep the letter short, make little work for him. (I haven't read the letter yet since I'm borrowing someone elses computer to write this. Will try to read and post again before tea time.
Comment 2: Ok, after reading the letter you've clearly read the two documents I linked to above.
We know we have to ask Brian Crowley to support the restart in the Feb 2nd JURI meeting, but we also need to get the directive off the agenda for Jan 31. If it's on the agenda, it will be passed, and therefore agreed that that text will go to the second reading. JURI will still vote, and they can still vote to go back to first reading, but they'd be under a lot of pressure not to restart. So, to get it off the agenda, we need Irelands "permenant representative" in the EU to ask for it to be removed. Our permanent rep here is an Irish govt person, a minister I think, and from there I'd guess at the minister of Enterprise, Trade, and Employment. So the letter I'm working on should go to that minister, Micheal Martin and ENTEMP. For the Crowley restart letter, have yous read this page too: http://wiki.ffii.org/Juri0501En
Read it? I linked to it above! Anyway, it's clear that both this letter and the letter you put on-list (no wiki link - you never added it) are important.
Ok, missed the link at the top. I'm not sure when I'll lose computer access, so I've editted heavily now, but revert or merge any changes you don't like. --CiaranoRiordan
Edits look good - keep it up. I am now planning to do final edits to the letter fixing the bullet points at the end. It'll just go out.