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. 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. See Mark - you just have to ask the right person!!! Call me if you have questions. 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. Debbie Deborah V. Acosta Principal, iDOTconnect Co-Chair, 2.Oakland Tel: (510) 508-7926 Email: <mailto:dacosta@iDOTconnect.net> dacosta(a)iDOTconnect.net Web: <http://www.idotconnect.net/> www.iDOTconnect.net Web: <http://www.twopointoakland.com> www.twopointoakland.com Facebook: <https://www.facebook.com/TwoPointOak> https://www.facebook.com/TwoPointOak From: Eddan Katz [mailto:eddank@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Eddan Katz Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 11:57 AM To: mark burdett Cc: sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org; Susan Mernit; Deborah Acosta Subject: Re: [sudo-discuss] Freedom of Information requests Mark - 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. sent from eddan.com On Jan 24, 2013, at 6:51 PM, mark burdett &lt;mark(a)510pen.org&gt; wrote: 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. --mark B. On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Eddan Katz &lt;eddan(a)eddan.com&gt; wrote: I would be interested in learning more about discussions within municipal leadership about previous attempts to introduce Open WiFi to Oakland. On Jan 21, 2013, at 12:06 PM, mark burdett &lt;mark(a)510pen.org&gt; wrote: 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 https://www.muckrock.com/ - 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. Maybe could be useful for Oakland Wiki or other projects folks are working on? 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. https://muckrock.s3.amazonaws.com/foia_files/Ltr_-_1-17-13.pdf - but sometimes you can get what you're looking for free of charge.. --mark B. _______________________________________________ sudo-discuss mailing list sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss