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Re: [LUG] devon county council budget cut consultations

 

On Fri, 23 Sep 2011, paul sutton wrote:

Just seen on westcountry news about budget cuts and that there will be a
related public consultation could people keep an eye out for details
perhaps post here, so people can respond.

I know we are up against it,  but it's worth a try and there are links
to successful adoptions of open source ( I am NOT talking about Linux
desktops here) just adopting OSS where it could save money.

Lets at least try and keep trying and not be silent,  otherwise someone
will suggest job cuts and it could be YOUR department and YOUR job they
suggest for the axe.

There has already been several rounds of redundancies - this time they're talking compulsory ones. My wife was made redundant from DCC a couple of months back as part of the youth service cuts. Still, could be worse at least Devon still has a youth service - just. Other counities have dumped it entirely - Gloucestershire is in the process of selling off all their youth centres )-:

Gordon

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