On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Chuck Cole wrote: > I'm not interested either: for TCLUG or TCWUG to try to be known and active > politically is almost legal suicide for these groups. Ummm... why does this suddenly make us "politically active"? What the original poster suggests is finding out where politicians stand on all the anti-tech BS that's being passed. I don't see the problem with that. Even if one candidate came back saying he's writing a bill to abolish the DMCA, that's not necessarily saying that he's the candiate I should vote for. Sure, it's kudos to him, but then you have to weigh that against issues that you personally find important. Some consider schooling for their children more important than the DMCA. Hey, vote for whoever you want to. Even if it became obvious which candidate should be considered the "geeks choice", the LUG wouldn't stand up and endorse him. Shoot, half of us probably don't like the guy and we'd vote for the other guy in spite. I don't think contacting each candidate for questioning by a representative of the LUG makes us politically active, politically aligned, or show any endorsement of any kind to anyone. -Brian