[Osia-members] OSIA Members: Important Message from the OSIA Board & Member Request

[Donna Benjamin]

On Fri, 2012-11-23 at 01:03 +1100, Carl Holden wrote:
> Hello fellow Members,
> 
> IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM THE OSIA BOARD & MEMBER REQUEST

> The Board has received, and looks favourably upon, a proposal from OSIA
> member Open Source Law (http://opensourcelaw.biz, a law firm operated by
> Brendan Scott, who many will recall as one of our founders, and as
> OSIA's longest serving past Chairman) to undertake suitable legal &
> policy analyses leading to the drafting of generic position papers, for
> OSIA's consideration, on IPR issues affecting the Australian FOSS
> industry that may arise in trade treaties. These could form a basis on
> which OSIA's responses to future proposed treaties could be drafted, and
> could also serve in themselves as useful advocacy tools.

1.  It would be good if we could see the proposal you are asking us to
support.

2. Have you considered approaching Linux Australia for a grant request?


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Donna Benjamin - Executive Director
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