[no2id-supporters] Renew for Freedom - MAY 2006 - Renew your Passport

[no2id-supporters at no2id.net]

Dear all,

*** RENEW YOUR PASSPORT IN MAY 2006 ***

As many of you will no doubt have noticed, now that the Identity Cards Act
2006 has become law, lots of ID opponents are considering when to renew
their passport. Some have done so already. 

NO2ID have produced a fact sheet [see
http://www.renewforfreedom.org/NO2ID_Factsheet1.pdf - 69KB PDF file] which
explains why it is a good idea to do this, asks people to renew their
passport in May as a collective statement against the ID scheme*, and
provides some information on how to go about renewing. We have also created
a website at http://www.renewforfreedom.org with additional information, the
factsheet for download in different formats and resources to help promote
this particular act of defiance/resistance and personal data protection.
Please check it out.

We are asking everyone who supports the renewal campaign to pass on the
factsheet, or a link to the 'Renew for Freedom' website, with their
endorsement. PLEASE DO NOT SPAM! You could, e.g. forward this message or an
excerpt of it to friends, colleagues or mailing lists and fora where you
regularly post with your own explanation of why you'll be renewing. Or print
some copies out and distribute them. 

In line with NO2ID's consistently non-partisan, single issue approach we are
seeking endorsement from as wide a range of organisations as possible in the
run-up to May. If you represent an organisation that is willing to support,
endorse and distribute the factsheet then please get in touch by sending an
e-mail to renewtofreedom at no2id.net.

After this initial 'below the radar' period, we shall be having an official
launch event and then intend to kick off a series of activities throughout
May that we hope will sustain mainstream media attention. Details will be
published in our regular newsletter as they become available. You can help
NOW though by, e.g. writing a letter to your local paper saying why you will
be renewing your passport in May - don't forget to include the
www.renewforfreedom.org address. Or why not add the link to your e-mail
signature [see below]?

I shall be renewing my passport in May, I hope you will too.

Regards, 

Phil Booth
National Coordinator, NO2ID

*Please note, we are NOT trying to crash the Passport Service! We simply
want to make our point. Were, e.g. UKIPS (the new United Kingdom IDENTITY &
Passport Service) to announce that our action was beginning to compromise
normal operations, then we would have achieved our goal and could announce a
general stand-down. Seriously inconveniencing the British public is not our
agenda - we leave that to the Home Office.


renew for freedom - MAY 2006 - renew your passport
         http://www.renewforfreedom.org

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