Re: Consultant Meeting

["Susan F. Holmes" <holmess@trfn.clpgh.org>]

Rick,

FYI-I will be off on vacation from May 27 through June 14.
I would be happy to meet M-T-W of next week if that ends
up a good time for the consultant.

I'm looking forward to participating if the timing works out.

Susan

p.s.  CAL meets Friday at 3:30 at the Holiday Inn in Oakland

RFlanag@aol.com wrote:

> From: Rick Flanagan
> Subject: Liaison committees of the Pittsburgh I-Net Working Group
>
> Congratulations on being assigned by Deputy Mayor Tom Cox to the task of
> being the community liaison to the Pittsburgh I-Net Working Group. I look
> forward to working closely with you. Our combined efforts are critical to the
> growth and stability of Pittsburgh.
>
> As discussed in Monday's meeting (May 17, 1999) of the Pittsburgh I-Net
> Working Group with Deputy Mayor Tom Cox, two smaller committees will be
> established that would work with the City and its negotiating team to help
> refine the concept of a municipal I-Net:
>
> 1) Infrastructure committee.  This committee will focus on issues of network
> architecture and costs.
>
> 2) Management committee.  This committee will look at models for operational
> organization and management structure.
>
> The two committees will help the negotiating team in formulating its requests
> for the structure and operation of a municipal I-Net. The committees will
> seek to define structures which adequately serve the needs of the City, the
> school district and the libraries with regard to reliability and flexibility,
> while providing the extensibility needed to meet community networking needs.
>
> As agreed, the members of the committees will meet with the City's consultant
> to discuss the scope of the work that needs to be accomplished. The Heinz
> Foundation will assist with the cost.
>
> Deputy Mayor Cox made it clear that we would need to move quickly and meet
> with the consultant. Mr. Cox also stated that the consultant was to be in
> town within the next two weeks and it would be best to schedule the meeting
> when he is in Pittsburgh.
>
> I need some dates and times from you when the committee members could meet
> with the consultant. I would expect that we would need at least a three hour
> meeting.
>
> Please, e-mail back with this information.



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Susan F. Holmes
Project Manager
Three Rivers Free-Net
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA  15213
412-622-3415
holmess@clpgh.org