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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.
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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
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Jim

Freedom is worth protecting
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