US:PA-2: week two: why is the process so difficult?

week two: why is the process so difficult?

Steve Thomas (sthomas@penn.com)
Thu, 25 Sep 1997 08:35:01 -0400


I would like to echo Cliff's comments. 
This process seems way more complicated than it has to be, and I also 
have librarians in my District saying, "No Thanks".
(I have been tempted to say the same thing myself)

Steve Thomas

>My question is rather simple on the surface: Why is the process to get an
>e-rate discount so convoluted?
 Perhaps the other
>consultant librarians could shed more light on this issue, but right now, my
>small rural libraries are saying 'no thanks'. ((And I have held two district
>wide meetings to go through the process.))
>Cliff Farides