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Thanks for the kind words, Laurie. A major reason I'm pleased that FCC Chairman Martin appointed me is that now we are assured that library telecom concerns will be heard at the commission. no guarantee our views will prevail but at least they're statutorily obligated to consider our concerns. (Here at the Bastrop Library I'm urging Mickey DuVall to run for upcoming Commissioner vacancy at FCC but that's going slowly; he claims he already has a full time job, though we all know running a public library is so easy it hardly takes any time at all.) <Ouch, who hit me?> Seriously, since the FCC has heard my personal input for years, I hope to use this opportunity to present wider input gathered from all Texas librarians, so -please- send anything (problems, comments, suggestions) to me to be included in ongoing summary reports for the FCC. Our first meeting in DC is next Friday; if you have any thoughts, I'd love to hear them. Comments don't have to be attributed to any specific librarians so you can be frank in your remarks. Just send your thoughts to Gene Crick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. A personal priority is to closely address e-rate support for libraries. E-rate administration is currently under active review at the FCC so this is a good time to comment on how e-rate can be improved to better serve public libraries. And you're the experts on that. Any suggestions are appreciated. I'm copying Peggy, Ed and TSL to invite input from other systems as well. thanks gene crick Bastrop > This is a message from CTLS-L. > Selecting "Reply" will send a message to the originator. > Selecting "Reply to All" will send a message to the entire list. > --------------------------------------------------------- > > Gene Crick of Bastrop has been appointed to the Consumer Advisory > Committee of the Federal Communications Commission. A note in the > Austin American-Statesman's Business section of Thursday, June 2 > announces his appointment. Gene heads the Metropolitan Austin > Interactive Network (Main.org), providing free web page hosting and > classes to Austin non-profit organizations. He has also organized > community networking conferences in Austin. > > Some of you may remember Gene from his assistance to the CTLS staff in > training member library staffs in 1996, when we received grant money > to provide internet services to almost 30 member libraries. Gene's > wife Lisa has served on the CTLS Advisory Council. > > > > Congratulations, Gene! > > > > Laurie > > > > Laurie Mahaffey > > Adult Services Specialist > > Central Texas Library System > > P. O. Box 2287 > > Austin TX 78768-2287 > > 512-974-3612 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >
