Re: Political Candidate Relations

Rich Bowen <[email protected]> Mon, 14 Jul 2014 15:06:11 -0400
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On 07/02/2014 02:20 PM, McGovern, James wrote:
>
> I have decided to run for State Representative and often get questions 
> from other candidates regarding ways government can be made more 
> efficient. Do you think there is merit in technology groups such as 
> Apache holding forums to educate elected officials on the value of 
> open source?
>
> http://facebook.com/McGovernForCT
>

I know that this isn't an answer to your question, but ...

I strongly recommend Jason Hibbets' book "The Foundation for an Open 
Source City".

He keynoted at ApacheCon in Denver, and I would be glad to put you in 
touch with him. He thinks a lot about this topic, and has met with many 
government officials about applying the principles of Open Source to 
government.

We also had another talk at ApacheCon on this topic, although at this 
moment I can't remember who gave that talk.

-- 
Rich Bowen - [email protected] - @rbowen
http://apachecon.com/ - @apachecon


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    I know that this isn't an answer to your question, but ...<br>
    <br>
    I strongly recommend Jason Hibbets' book "The Foundation for an Open
    Source City".<br>
    <br>
    He keynoted at ApacheCon in Denver, and I would be glad to put you
    in touch with him. He thinks a lot about this topic, and has met
    with many government officials about applying the principles of Open
    Source to government.<br>
    <br>
    We also had another talk at ApacheCon on this topic, although at
    this moment I can't remember who gave that talk.<br>
    <br>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
Rich Bowen - <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> - @rbowen
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://apachecon.com/">http://apachecon.com/</a> - @apachecon </pre>
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