SpreadingTheWord

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 * See also GivingTalks for info on schools and universities

= Standard Contacts =
 * 1) Identify:
 * 2) Individuals
 * 3) Politicians
 * 4) Media
 * 5) Orgs
 * 6) Get Contact Info
 * 7) Enter information into contact db via JXplorer along with notes on them if necessary for major people and orgs [PL DONE 2005.02.18 for forum contacts, otherwise ongoing]
 * 8) generate appropriate material that can be reused to send to them
 * 9) Identify other grass roots (environmental) orgs to start hitting with info on IP and e.g. drug patents. Contact at least 5-10. If necessary also create matrix of possible interests and put on wiki (e.g. OSS, copyright ...) [??develop jo's network of IP organisations??]
 * 10) summarize results of such contacts on the wiki

= Media Possibilities =
 * 1) freesoftwaremagazine. http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/. pointed out by david berry - see RP forwarded email to PL 2005-02-02.
 * 2) Greenworld - newsletter of the Green Party, co-editor Derek Wall a friend of PL who is keen on open source and has expressed willingness to do an OS special issue after the Election.
 * 3) Red Pepper - red/green magazine, again Derek Wall has contacts and we plan an Open Source onslaught.
 * 4) Johann Hari (?) - friend of Tim Martin's from Cambridge,  precocious and prolific journalist for Independent, New Statesman etc. If PL can get his ear we stand a good chance of getting (his take on) the issues in a national newspaper.