Voice Your Opinion RE: Microsoft Enterprise Agreement

Mon, 10 Jun 2002 21:26:56 -0700

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I sent my two cents to a few leg. and I got a couple replys back. Here they 
are, maybe if we get a ton of people to write in to these two...

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Sandi Wilson - OMBX <SWilson@mail.maricopa.gov>

Nathan: My name is Sandi Wilson.  I am the Deputy County Administrator for
Maricopa County.  The budget for Maricopa County will be presented to the
Board of Supervisors on June 17th with the tentative budget approved on that
day.  Final budget adoption will occur on July 22.  That is the date set for
the public hearing, as well.  The budget has money reserved for an
enterprise agreement, but it will not be appropriated (or approved) with the
adoption of the budget.  So . . . the Board will consider this item at a
later date, if the Chief Information Officer decides to proceed with this
item. 

Regarding the agreement itself, I will direct that question to the CIO's
Office.  

Thank you for your interest in the budget.

Sandi Wilson
Deputy County Administrator 
Office of Management and Budget

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Paul Allsing - EGOVX <PAllsing@mail.maricopa.gov>

Mr. England,

My name is Paul Allsing.  I am the Deputy CIO for Maricopa County.  I have
received and reviewed your comments on the Microsoft Enterprise Agreement.
Thank you for your input into this issue.  We have and will continue to
consider all options to best meet the County's computing needs.  I will
retain your note for reference purposes, and bear in mind the issues you
have raised relative to the possible applicability of Open Source software
at Maricopa County.

Thank you for your interest in the County's technology plans.

Paul Allsing
Deputy CIO
Maricopa County
301 W Jefferson, Suite 420
Phoenix, AZ 85003

Maybe they are templates they have sent to everyone who writes them about the 
topic, but they sound interested in me enough to respect their reply.

Am Montag 10 Juni 2002 07:44 vormittags schrieb Tom Achtenberg:
> Don't forget to contact you local school boards too!!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Derek Neighbors [mailto:derek@gnue.org]
> Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 4:20 PM
> To: 'plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us'
> Subject: Voice Your Opinion RE: Microsoft Enterprise Agreement
>
>
> If you want your government to stop using Microsoft Products now is the
> time to have your voice heard.  It starts with local government.  If you
> didnt know the State of Arizona budget is in the dumps, because all
> governments under them (read county and city) get large sums of money
> from the State they are hurting for money.
>
> It just so happens that this July is when most of the local governments
> start a new fiscal year, which means this June (now) they are ADOPTING
> budgets (planned spending) for the upcoming fiscal year.  Many of them are
> faced with the choice on whether to renew Microsoft's 'Enterprise
> Agreement' stiff arm.
>
> I urge you to PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE contact your district council person
> (maricopa county) and your city council people and simply ask them.
>
> a. Do they plan to approve funding for the Enterprise Agreement?
> b. If they do plan to do so, please provide you with a copy of the
> agreement and the dollar amount to be expended.
> c. When they will be hearing from the public on the budget, so if they are
> adopting you can have your voice heard publicly.
>
>
> It may sound funny but I can speak from REAL experience if a council
> person gets as few as 10 requests that are similar a red flag will be
> raised and they will grill their technology departments on it.
>
> I have contacted the Town of Gilbert and Maricopa County already to
> recieve such information, I suggest others follow and use your power as a
> citizen to make a difference.  We have no one to blame but ourselves if we
> dont start to take a stand.
>
>
> I dont have town information but county information is as follows:
>
> Map To Find Your Council Person
> http://www.maricopa.gov/county_glance/maps.asp?link=districtMap
>
> Council Contact Email
> Dist 1 Fulton Brock      FBrock@mail.maricopa.gov
> Dist 2 Don Stapley       DStapley@mail.maricopa.gov
> Dist 3 Andrew Kunasek    AKunasek@mail.maricopa.gov
> Dist 4 Max Wilson        mwwilson@mail.maricopa.gov
> Dist 5 Mary Rose Wilcox  MrWilcox@mail.maricopa.gov
>
> Also I would cc: the County Administrator and Deputy County Administrator
>
> CAO: David Smith         DSmith@mail.maricopa.gov
> DCA: Sandi Wilson        Swilson@mail.maricopa.gov
>
>
>
> -Derek
>
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