[HT Forum] promoting free software in schools

[Jocelyn Chappell]

Hi,

I have today created a petition, Software in Schools, to ask the PM to 
consider the benefits of free and open source software and have written 
it up in one of my blogs: 
http://specialschoolict.com/2007/02/12/pm-petition-software-in-schools/

Please follow the link [http://specialschoolict.com] and consider 
signing the Software in Schools e-petition which is hosted on the PM 
Office's website. The e-petition system is a bit slow these last couple 
of days. It was in the news over the weekend and I think has been 
suffering the strain of public attention as a consequence. Please 
patiently coerce it into action if necessary.

You may remember in the Bucks Herald last week Winslow school gained 
Arts Mark accreditation partly on account of exactly the same type of 
software the petition is promoting.

Regards,

JE Chappell

P.S. David L supports the campaign along with 129 other backbenchers - 
yay: http://specialschoolict.com/2007/01/12/edm-179-software-in-schools/
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Jocelyn E. Chappell
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