Help Maricopa County Do the Right Thing

[Matt Alexander]

I wrote emails to everyone listed below.  I encourage all of you to do the
same.  This is an important moment for us to positively affect computing
in Maricopa County.  Please write them and let them know you are
concerned.  Be polite and stress that there are excellent alternatives
available.  Go team, go!  :-)
~M


On Sat, 15 Jun 2002, Jim wrote:

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> I have heard from a "reliable source" that the Maricopa County Council has
> decided not to automatically sign off on having the county sign an Enterprise
> Agreement with Microsoft.  The source said that people within the county IT
> organizations made their opinion known that the Enterprise Agreement might
> not be the best path for the county to blindly follow.
>
> Since no decision has yet been made, I urge you to PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
> contact your Maricopa County district council person and your city council
> people with some simple questions.
>
> a. Ask them if they plan to approve funding for the Enterprise Agreement with
> the Microsoft Corporation?
>
> b. If they do plan to do so, ask them to provide you with a copy of the
> agreement and the dollar amount to be expended.
>
> c. Ask them when they will be hearing from the public on the budget, so if
> they are adopting an Enterprise Agreement with Microsoft, you can have your
> voice heard publicly.
>
> d. Ask they why do they do business with a vendor that has been convicted of
> felony wrongdoings.
> .
> e. Ask them if they have they considered alternatives to Microsoft products.
>
> I dont have city contact information but county contact 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
> - --
> Jim
>
> Freedom is worth protecting
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