[school-discuss] [OT] Open Source recommendation of California Performance Review

[Bill Kendrick <nbs@sonic.net>]

Members from the Linux Users' Group of Davis (near Sacramento) attended
yesterday's 'California Performance Review' [1] hearing at UC Davis, and
submitted a comment card and written comments in favor of recommendation
SO10 of CPR, entitled: "Explore Open Source Alternatives." [2]

LUGOD's Henry House was the last speaker at the very end of the hearing, and
has posted his summary of the event to LUGOD's 'vox-outreach' mailing list:

  http://lists.lugod.org/pipermail/vox-outreach/2004-September/001048.html


Here's the interesting part:

    "I was the very last speaker and all I got to say was:
    'I am representing the Linux Users' Group of Davis, reresenting
    over 200 open-source-software users in Davis.  We strongly support
    recommendation SO10 in the CPR report.  Using open-source software
    can save the State a lot of money.'

    "To our great surprise, several members of the CPR staff came up to
    us after I spoke and thanked us for voicing our support for the OSS
    recommendation.  They said that it is one of the most controversial
    recommendations in the entire report.  They collected a copy of my
    3-minute speech that I was not able to deliver and encouraged me and
    LUGOD to submit detailed written comments using their website.
    They also mentioned that they built their web comment-taking system
    using open-source software."


Testimony and feedback on the CRP commission hearings can be
submitted online via an email form, or by uploaded a PDF, but only
until this Thursday, September 30th:

  http://cpr.ca.gov/feedback


For the Californians out here, please consider taking a moment to read over
SO10 and provide your feedback!


-bill!
pr@lugod.org
http://www.lugod.org/
Linux Users' Group of Davis


[1] California Performance Review:
    http://www.cpr.ca.gov/

[2] SO10: Explore Open Source Alternatives
    http://www.report.cpr.ca.gov/cprrpt/issrec/stops/it/so10.htm