[ILUG] patents again

[John Madden]

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> Perhaps he should be moved to the "In Favour" area on 
> http://www.kde.ie/patents/mep-status.php and be sent an email informing 
> him of it.   If he wants to be moved he should need to provide a public 
> statement explaining his position.
> 
I agree that Brian Crowley should be moved to the "In Favour" area. He
has expressed to me already, in private emails, that he supports this
directive. I understand the want for a statement from the ministers in
question, but this one doesn't seem to be coming, and I think it's
pretty obvious what side he's on.

> It's probably time to ask the others who are considering their position 
> or who have not clarified their positions just where they stand.   Tell 
> them that in the absence of a clear statement we will do our best to 
> represent their position based on any comments they have made on record, 
> or in their absence based on the comments of their party/associates and 
> that a clear public statement will be required before we will 
> re-evaluate positions (e.g. all the Fianna Fail MEPs would be moved to 
> "in favour" in the absence of any personal public statements to suggest 
> otherwise but the Independents may not have anything for us to base an 
> assumption on).
> 
No, I wouldn't go down this route. If _they_ make a statement regarding
their position, then I'd be in favour of putting them into one of the
clear categories. However, I would be against labeling ministers
depending on what their party is doing, since it can happen that
ministers make up their own mind on where they stand on an issue --
sure, it's not common, but it can happen :)

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Chat ya later,

John.
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