Hello all,
sorry about sending the comments only now we had holidays and needed some time to discuss. And thanks a lot for the proposal and comments so far! I think it's going into a great direction :)
It's mostly minor points, but one additition: We would propsose to ask the ministers do to everything possible on national and European level against patents on seeds. This makes it easier to ask for improvements on national level for countries where it makes sense, e.g. Austria, Germany, but also others like Greece who might become allies.
I also added a question on the wording of demand 3, maybe this would make it easier for organisations with a different view on random mutagenesis, but who still oppose patents? Maybe Fulya can add to this possibility/potential?
I think the text at the beginning is great, but too long for many non-experts. We could think about 1 short paragraph, then petition, and then the background below? (If not, we can do that on the AN website, as we know from experiences shorter texts bring more signatures).
After we reached a first agreement, I can also aks the cabinet in AT for feedback on the conference part (only the exact wording) as promised.
Looking forward to talking later!
Best, Dagmar
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Npos_2018 [mailto:npos_2018-bounces@testbiotech.de] Im Auftrag von francois.meienberg@prospecierara.ch Gesendet: Montag, 1. November 2021 12:27 An: 'Christoph Then' info@no-patents-on-seeds.org; npos_2018@testbiotech.de Betreff: Re: [Npos_2018] text of the petition revised
Und nochmals mit meinen Kommentaren zurück
Gruss François
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Npos_2018 npos_2018-bounces@testbiotech.de Im Auftrag von Christoph Then Gesendet: Montag, 1. November 2021 11:13 An: npos_2018@testbiotech.de Betreff: [Npos_2018] text of the petition revised
Dear all
after reading the comments from Francois and in preparation for the zoom conference tomorrow, I felt the need to amend the text. Thanks for sending these comments, they help to sort out open questions!
I answered to the comments (see additional text attached) and agree that we should be more precise on the disclaimer. Since the petition is not only dealing with examples such as the barley, our concerns about CRISPR patents may need some refinement. See revised versions.
I think it is not necessary to explicitly mention the word 'disclaimer', because within the petition, there might not be enough room to explain it.
However, as discussed in our last zoom conference, there might be additional texts needed for explaining the petition. We could consider to explain the disclaimer in there.
I hope this helps,
cheers
Christoph