politics

I don't know what the community's stance is on politics and I know this is forum mainly reserved for Drupal specific matters, but this issue is central to your human rights... and could be read as yet another step to closing down open source communities. I encourage you to read on and take action... and distribute as widely as possible.

In response to the announcement of statutory amendments to Irish
Copyright law that threaten Irish peoples privacy online we have
penned this letter which we encourage you to share, copy, sign and
send to your TD and electoral Candidates.

Looking for a Drupal programmer in Utah with some fire in the belly for politics, etc., for a part-time project

NZ government is about to pass a new Patents Act.  In the 8-year review, they seemingly forgot to consider the impacts of patents on computer software!  Submissions on the bill are being accepted till 2 July, so we need to move fast.  Make a submission now!

Hi folks,

I put a feeler out on a couple of listserves earlier today about starting a DC CiviCRM user group and got a good response. I went ahead and started a Meetup and am planning the first Meetup for April 22nd at 6:30pm at the Black Squirrel in Adams Morgan.

You can sign up for the Meetup group at: http://www.meetup.com/dc-civicrm-meetup/

Hi folks,

I began working on a side project a month or so ago to create a system with Drupal that will allow organizers to collaboratively manage volunteers, events and field operations. I have been surprised by the demand for a system like this and I would like to take this past idea stage and formalize a fork of Drupal for campaigns/organizations.

The general functionality I am looking to build in (some of which is completed) is:
1) Calendar
2) Management of campaign requests
2) Task management
3) Volunteer database

Hello all,

A few of us in the activist community trying to raise the profile of the Palestinian cause decided that we are way overdue a community website.

There are many organisations from Canada to Japan that are doing their thing trying to get more attention on the plight of the Palestinians.

However, all these efforts are completely disjointed and few people really know what's going on where.

So, this planned community hub/portal would do the following:

• connect activists/campaigners/interested people
• provide news (through feeds of useful websites)

My friend whurley has launched an online poll to bring open source to the attention of politicians -- specifically, the presidential candidates. He, like many of us, is troubled by the recent calls for patent reform put forth by larger companies that may wind up blocking innovation and threatening open source-oriented companies and contractors.

You can view the poll here and vote for which candidate you believe is best for the open source community. (Don't worry: "None of them" is an option!)