Tag Archive for 'assoli'

Free Software and Italian Elections 2010

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Roberto Galoppini
on February 20, 2010
in Italians do it
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Italian free software association asks again Italian candidates for Municipal and Regional elections to sign a pact where they agree to promote the use of free software.

The past campaigns hired first 101 candidates, and then 232 for the last elections.

European Elections: Are MEPs committed to Digital Freedoms?

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Roberto Galoppini
on July 23, 2009
in Europe eGov
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MEPs candidates before the European elections have been called upon to pledge their committment to digital freedoms, 34 of them have now been elected.

The Italian Association Assoli launched a campaign to provide a reality check for MEPs to see if they are committed.

Belgium, France, Spain, and UK might well adopt a similar approach, I think.

European Elections: Free Software Associations launch the “Free Software Pack”

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Roberto Galoppini
on May 5, 2009
in Europe eGov and Italians do it
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April, a pioneer of free software in France and Belgium, along with Assoli, the long-live Italian association devoted to the promotion of free software, are launching a joint campaign aimed at the European Parliament elections.

The first Italian campaign in ten days hired 101 Italian candidates, 14 have been actually elected. Agrigento is one of them, and I didn’t hear back from them since then.

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