[free-sklyarov] answers to questions.

[C. Scott Ananian]

I've seen the following questions on this list.  Here are some answers.

1) Who's going to stand up and coordinate the protests now? (not the eff)

 freesklyarov.org has volunteered to do just that.  the webmaster does a
 pretty good job of picking up relevant information from the mailing
 lists.  if you've got something you need announced, email it to me and
 I'll make sure it gets on the site.

 they're not the only one, of course, and boycottadobe and rejectmueller
 are also out there; planetebook and slashdot and others have information
 as well.  the EFF will likely continue to have official releases, and I'm
 trying to get the FSF more involved as well.

 I don't think centralization is necessarily a good thing.  all the local
 organizers have web sites where they post their own local protest
 information. as long as all the varied "top-level" sites do a good job of
 pushing people to the right local site, people will get the info they
 need.

2) what happens next?

 the eff is working on an announcement.  you will see this real soon now.
 various local groups (boston included) have been discussing july 30
 actions, however we'd been waiting for the EFF so that we can work
 together if possible.

 there is still a *lot* of action going on on the local planning lists.
 you should get involved with the appropriate list for your area
 and find out what's happening.

3) why haven't we heard anything?

 mostly, because free-sklyarov at zork has become too high-volume for most
 of the local organizers and eff folk to read.  this is sad, but true.
 posts here get made when important decisions have been made, but most of
 the internal planning seems to be done on lower-volume lists, such
 as those most of the local organizers maintain.

hopefully this helps.
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