[Free Software Pact news] News campaigning tools for the Free Software Pact - now is the time to contact your candidates!

[Jeanne Tadeusz <jtadeusz AT april.org>]

Hi everyone, 

An update on the Free Software Pact campaign for the European elections. We 
are pleased to announce that many new tools are now online : 

- the Free Software usage declaration, which we invite all of you to sign
http://freesoftwarepact.eu/declaration/ 
The Free Software usage declaration is a simple way to let candidates know 
Free Software matters to European citizens. It allows you to announce that 
you are a Free Software user and that you want Free Software to be promoted 
and protected by the legislators in Europe. Signing it just takes a couple 
minutes, so don't hesitate to sign and spread the word !

- the Campaign platform, to help you contact candidates : 
http://freesoftwarepact.eu/europarl2014/ 
On the platform, you can see who has signed the Free Software Pact, but also 
register as volunteer, relay contact action, find out and/or ad candidates 
contact info, ... It is truly a tool at your disposal to help you get in 
touch with candidates and ask them to sign the Pact, so check it out! 

- the Free Software Pact has been translated in many languages, with English, 
Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Finnish, Latvian, Portuguese, 
Romanian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Esperanto available, and Catalan, Galego 
and Slovenian coming up!
The website as also been translated in French, Latvian and German, with 
Italian and Spanish coming up soon. 

- finally, banners are now available to show your support : 
http://freesoftwarepact.eu/post/Banners-are-now-available 


As European elections are coming up in a month, now is the time to contact 
your candidates and ask them to sign. Good luck!

Best regards,

Jeanne Tadeusz for the FSP team