Re: [d@DCC] a donation dilemma?

From: Kristofer Coward <kris _-at-_ melon.org>
To: General Discussion <discuss (at) digital-copyright.ca>
Cc: CANadian OPENsource Education and Research <discuss -_at_- canopener.ca>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 12:30:33 -0500
References: <999B1A35C172B54DA50D4273D67823B3121CBB@moe.lutheranlife.ca> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0301140947270.16842-100000@diamond.ansuz.sooke.bc.ca>

On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 09:48:55AM -0500, mskala@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Bill Traynor wrote:
> > As a Canadian citizen with specific interests in politics and
> > technology, I'm at a loss to determine where my donation dollars would
> > be best sent.  So I'd like to solicit advice and/or example as to where
> > my hard earned money would be put to the best use.
> 
> I realise this isn't an answer in the form you wanted, but I think that
> writing a letter to your MP, submitting to a government comment process,
> or talking up the issues with your family and friends, each are worth as
> much to the movement as quite a lot of money would be.

Along these lines, if you're finding your MP's help to be satisfactory,
you could always make party/campaign donations for encouragement (and
get your tax receipt). Alternately, if your MP seems to be unhelpful,
you could donate instead to a helpful/sympathetic outcumbent.

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