My letter

[Tom Achtenberg]

With a little re-wording, I sent it to my school district governing board.  
(Deer Valley)  They mostly come under county rules.  If anyone else is in the 
DV district, here are the email addresses for the board:

Joan Bennett  jbennett@do.dvusd.org
Dr Susan Burke board@do.dvusd.org
David Cantelme  arizonalawinstitute@yahoo.com
Ted Carpenter tcarpenter@do.dvusd.org (He is also a State Rep)
Richard Eng  reng@do.dvusd.org

I'm not sure how much concern they have for technology.  Earlier this year 
they let all their domains expire for about four months.  Luck for them 
Network $olution$ didn't release them.  Of course the renewed them at the N$ 
price of $29 each when they could have used Scottsdale based Go-Daddy for 
$8.95 each.

On Monday 17 June 2002 09:09 pm, Tom Emerson wrote:
> Changed "County Council" to read "County Board of Supervisors".  Also, put
> your email address and telephone number under your address and sig.  Real
> people with telephones and addresses in the district carry more weight.
> If you're not in the district, why should your message be read?
>
> Everybody, please please proof this, reword if needed.  When you send this
> message to any of the County Board of Supervisors, it will first be
> screened by their staff.  This email may, or may not be read by your
> Supervisor.
>
> Variation on the theme may help the message get noticed.  Certainly a few
> hundred will get attention.
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Councilman Brock,
>
> I am writing you in regards to the news that the Maricopa County Board of
> Supervisors is debating an Enterprise Agreement with Microsoft.  However,
> I have read  that according to Maricopa County Policies, Microsoft should
> be disqualified from any contractual business with the County. I would like
> to declare my support for Microsoft's disqualification.
>
> According to MC1-902 DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION OF CONTRACTORS, I read the
> following:
>
> "B. The causes for Debarment or Suspension shall include, but are not
> limited to, the following:
> 2. Conviction of any Person or any subsidiary or affiliate of any Person
> under any statute of the Federal government, this State or its political
> subdivision or any other State for:
> k. Any other offense indicating a lack of business integrity or business
> honesty which affects responsibility as a Contractor.
> 3. Conviction or civil judgment finding a violation by any Person or any
> subsidiary or affiliate of any Person under State or Federal Antitrust
> Statutes."
>
> Microsoft, having been convicted of Federal Antitrust Statutes (penalties
> pending), clearly falls into the catagory described in part 3, and several
> court cases past and pending show a clear lack of integrity and business
> honesty as outlined in part 2.  I cannot find that ANY government body
> would be willing to work with such contractors, let alone having rules
> against it and clearly ignoring those rules.
>
> There are many alternatives to Microsofts products.  Alternatives that
> have broken no laws, Federal or Local, are well supported and used by many
> large governments (Germany, Taiwan, et al).  As a concerned voter in
> Chandler, I must point out that I cannot support criminal behavior and
> would hope that my County Board of Supervisors would see fit to do the
> same and ONLY consider alternatives as Microsoft is clearly unqualified to
> meet County requirements.
>
> Thank You,
>
> my name and address
>
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