Include(LoCoMenuHeader) Lobbying your local governments, whether it be at the town/city, state, or feral level, to adopt Ubuntu, Linux, Free Software, and Open Document Formats, especially for schools, can be one of the single most effective and powerful things your LoCo team can do.

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Resources

Please use these resources to help create a customized how to lobby government guide specifically for Ubuntu, GNU/Linux, Free Software, and Open Document Formats. (We do not necessarily agree with any of the organizations, these inks are just resources to use on how to lobby government)

• http://www.sierraclub.ca/national/activist.html

• http://www.ehow.com/how_2123770_lobby-state-government.html

• http://action.aclu.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AP_effective_activism

• Feel free to add more useful links

What to include

• General Guidelines
• Research
  • Who to contact?
• Preparation
• Meeting with officials

More possibilities

• Writing letters
• Petitions
• Press and Media
• Finding FLOSS friendly people within the government - That's a very effective way of doing it

Ideas

Ideas (Please append @SIG@ to the end of your comment):

• Is there a better name for this page? It may end up going beyond just talking about lobbying government. -- Dpic DateTime(2008-01-31T01:49:32Z)

  • Possibly LoCoAdvocacy or LoCoActivism ? -- Dpic DateTime(2008-01-31T02:25:36Z)

    • LoCoGovernmentAdvocacy -- MatthiasUrlichs DateTime(2008-01-31T10:16:00Z)