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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Eddan: Here, let me help to make it easier. I’ve attached a City RFP issued in 2006, the final report issued by the consultant and the final staff report that resulted from four years of work on the city wide wi-fi project. The stories I could tell you. Ultimately, the report found that the City’s fiber infrastructure was inadequate to implement such a project – and the City Council didn’t “get it” anyway.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The next story is about the public/private partnership (City, IP Network and Cisco) that applied for a federal ARRA grant in 2010 to build a $35 million fiber optic network throughout the City. Didn’t get the grant. Then my subsequent efforts to pick up the pieces (see attached Executive Summary and powerpoint completed 2 weeks before I left in June 2011). No one has picked up this project since I left.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>See Mark – you just have to ask the right person!!! Call me if you have questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Work wasn’t wasted – San Leandro has hired me to become its first Chief Innovation Officer to represent Lit San Leandro and create a tech business development strategy in that City. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Debbie<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Deborah V. Acosta<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro Bold","serif";color:#1F497D'>Principal, iDOTconnect<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro Bold","serif";color:#1F497D'>Co-Chair, 2.Oakland<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tel: (510) 508-7926<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Email: <a href="mailto:dacosta@iDOTconnect.net"><span style='color:blue'>dacosta@iDOTconnect.net</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Web: <a href="http://www.idotconnect.net/"><span style='color:blue'>www.iDOTconnect.net</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Web: <a href="http://www.twopointoakland.com"><span style='color:blue'>www.twopointoakland.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Facebook: </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TwoPointOak"><span style='color:blue'>https://www.facebook.com/TwoPointOak</span></a> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Eddan Katz [mailto:eddank@gmail.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Eddan Katz<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 25, 2013 11:57 AM<br><b>To:</b> mark burdett<br><b>Cc:</b> sudo-discuss@lists.sudoroom.org; Susan Mernit; Deborah Acosta<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [sudo-discuss] Freedom of Information requests<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Mark -<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I think it would be useful to bring in Susan Mernit & Deborah Acosta, both of whom are on this list as far as I know, who were around for these discussions at the time. Susan, of Oakland Local, has also had extensive and successful experience with FOI requests with the City of Oakland.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>sent from <a href="http://eddan.com">eddan.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Jan 24, 2013, at 6:51 PM, mark burdett <<a href="mailto:mark@510pen.org">mark@510pen.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hmm as would I :) We'll need to figure out which office(s) to send it to, and what type of documents to request. Let me know if you have any ideas re: how to phrase the request - I'll also talk to some lawyer folks.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>--mark B.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Eddan Katz <<a href="mailto:eddan@eddan.com" target="_blank">eddan@eddan.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I would be interested in learning more about discussions within municipal leadership about previous attempts to introduce Open WiFi to Oakland.<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Jan 21, 2013, at 12:06 PM, mark burdett <<a href="mailto:mark@510pen.org" target="_blank">mark@510pen.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi, if anyone is interested in making a Freedom of Information request to a local/state/federal government agency, I have some surplus credits on <a href="https://www.muckrock.com/" target="_blank">https://www.muckrock.com/</a> - a website which makes it pretty easy to send and track FOI requests online. Just email me off-list and I can submit a request for you.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Maybe could be useful for Oakland Wiki or other projects folks are working on?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Note, sometimes agencies refuse to send documents and you have to file a lawsuit (but hey, you might win a million dollars 10 years later), or they want to charge exorbitant fees for documents - e.g. <a href="https://muckrock.s3.amazonaws.com/foia_files/Ltr_-_1-17-13.pdf" target="_blank">https://muckrock.s3.amazonaws.com/foia_files/Ltr_-_1-17-13.pdf</a> - but sometimes you can get what you're looking for free of charge..<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>--mark B.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>sudo-discuss mailing list<br><a href="mailto:sudo-discuss@lists.sudoroom.org" target="_blank">sudo-discuss@lists.sudoroom.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss" target="_blank">http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>