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<font size=3>This report has <u>major</u> inaccuracies in the first
paragraph of the executive summary.<br><br>
I hope no one paid these people to do this poor a job.<br><br>
Marianne Granoff<br><br>
<br>
At 01:36 PM 10/16/2008 -0700, Richard Lowenberg wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">A couple of months ago, I noted
on this list that Design Nine, Inc. was being<br>
contracted by the NM Computing Applications Center (and the Governor's
Office)<br>
to produce a "New Mexico Integrated Strategic Broadband
Initiative" Report, in<br>
order to substantiate some necessary and proposed statewide broadband
actions.<br><br>
The Report has been submitted and is now available online in three
.pdf<br>
sections, on the Design Nine web site. The main body of the
Report includes a<br>
brief Executive Summary and Recommendations; followed by a statewide<br>
demographic-economic analysis; a rapid assessment of statewide
broadband<br>
projects, players and considerations; and conclusions. The
Appendix has two<br>
referenced sections: supporting documents and letters; and maps and
diagrams. <br>
The entire Report is over 200 pages.<br><br>
<a href="http://www.designnine.com/work/NewMexicoStudy/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.designnine.com/work/NewMexicoStudy/</a><br><br>
The Report was produced in a very short time frame. Surely,
there is much that<br>
could or should have been included, which has not been. There
may be some<br>
errors and other omissions. The Report does not make
detailed<br>
recommendations, but rather suggests areas that need attention,
consideration,<br>
coordination and actions. The primary recommendation is that
a formal, more<br>
inclusive, phased process (Initiative) be undertaken
immediately. Detailed<br>
recommendations and actions should emerge out of that process, not out of
this<br>
consutants' Report. The State is already initiating some next
step actions,<br>
based on the Report.<br><br>
This will hopefully be a 'living document', which can serve as the basis
for<br>
further research, analysis and recommendations. Your help in
this regard is<br>
appreciated. Please send me any comments or critiques, which
may help us move<br>
forward more effectively. Progress will be reported on this
list. Stay tuned.<br>
Thanks in advance.<br>
Richard<br><br>
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-- <br>
Richard Lowenberg<br>
1st-Mile Institute<br>
P.O. Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504<br>
505-989-9110; 505-603-5200 cell<br>
rl@1st-mile.com
<a href="http://www.1st-mile.com/" eudora="autourl">www.1st-mile.com</a>
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