Seeking Linux Volunteers

["Lyno Sullivan, Candidate" <lyno.sullivan@lynosullivan.org>]

Greetings,

My name is Lyno Sullivan and I am the endorsed Independence Party (see
www.eIndependence.org) candidate to the Minnesota State Senate from the
Stillwater area, District 56, which is in Washington County and spans
Stillwater Township south to Hastings and west to Mahtomedi and part of
Oakdale and Woodbury.

I have obtained the endorsement of Richard Stallman, a leader of the free
software community, for my position on free software.  Please see:

	http://www.lynosullivan.org/position/pos/964668700

If you visit lynosullivan.org and have a look around, you will get a feeling
for what the campaign teams are up to.  We are creating a product called
"Free Politics" ("free" as in "to free", "freedom" and "free software").  We
are using Red Hat Linux, Linux Router Project, Python, Zope, mySQL, Mailman,
etc.  Please see:

	http://www.lynosullivan.org/free/FreePolitics

We are in desperate need of volunteers to help with various GNU/Linux system
administration activities.  The current Linux System Admin volunteer will be
leaving for graduate school within a few weeks.  Occasional onsite work in
Stillwater might be needed but most work can be done remotely using SSH.  We
also need volunteer administrators for mySQL, Mailman, Qmail, etc.  We have
two servers: one for Development and one for Production.

We also need help with various Zope and Python programming assignments.  All
this work will become part of the Free Politics software which is already on
the radar screen of some of Governor Ventura's advisors.  With you help I am
hopeful Free Politics can put free software squarely onto the Minnesota
political scene.  Our work might even draw national recognition and acclaim.
As a politician I seek media attention. I intend to offer our campaign as a
showcase of how affordable technology can be applied to politics.  Once I am
elected our campaign web site will become the prototype of a new kind of
representative democracy where politicians seek guidance from "We the
People" instead of PAC, special interest and lobbyist groups.  Free Politics
has the potential to be really big but I need your help to make it happen.
If you can volunteer some time (even a few hours per week), please go to
www.lynosullivan.org and complete the Volunteer form.

If you cannot volunteer your time but would like to help, please consider
making a $5 to $500 contribution to my campaign.  If you are a Minnesota
eligible voter you can receive a refund on the first $50 through the
Minnesota Political Contribution Refund program.  My campaign cannot accept
contributions from corporations, PACs or special interest organizations so
we rely on contributions from individuals like you.

Thank you for considering our request for help.

Sincerely,

	Lyno Sullivan

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Lyno Sullivan
206 S. 5th. St.
Stillwater, MN 55082
651-430-0507
mailto: lyno.sullivan@lynosullivan.org
web: lynosullivan.org

Contributions: Campaign Fund of Lyno Sullivan
and mailed to the following address.  Prepared and paid for by the
Lyno Sullivan Volunteer Committee
P.O. Box 272
Stillwater, MN 55082
651-430-2815