Bristol calling

Update: Nice to see the pledge for a local event in Bristol has already matured. Seeing how easy that was, maybe you’d like to organise a local event in your home town too?

One of our most proactive supporters is looking for people to come down to a Bristol event. If you’re in the south west of England and want to find out more about ORG, meet others who are interested in our issues and maybe also get more involved then please sign up to the pledge. The host wants 15 digital rights enthusiasts to make the event worthwhile so please sign up if you’re around the Bristol area. We want to come and talk at events arranged by ORG supporters and hope others will take this not-so-subtle hint to arrange more local events.

Its been about six weeks since we launched the ORG-GRO supporter drive. We’re now over the 900 fivers mark and closing fast on the 1,000 milestone. To put the numbers another way, we’ve raised an additional (projected) £9,300 per year from individual supporters, which goes at least some of the way to cover our (thrifty) costs. Its really gratifying to know that more and more people think enough of our work to put their hands in their pocket so we can keep up the pressure. Thanks to everyone who’s recently joined Open Rights and also to our current supporters who’ve either committed more cash themselves or convinced others to join ORG. Also, an extra special thanks to the bloggers who are using our widgetometer to spread the ORG-GRO message; check out the growing list by following this link, where you can also learn how to host the widgetometer on your blog.