Hi all,
The Software Sustainability Institute (http://www.software.ac.uk/) in the UK is running a petition:
http://bit.ly/SoftwareIsFundamental
I wanted to pass it along, and to encourage you to read it and if it speaks to you, to both consider signing and to pass it on to others.
-Matt
PS If you're going to SC14, be sure to come to the WSSSPE workshop, where this topic and others will be the subject of productive discussion!