Re: Next Steps: December

[Neal McBurnett <neal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The county is going to decide on some system for this comin year,
at least for optical scanning.

How should they choose among those?

Which vendors are most likely to disclose source code?

Neal McBurnett                 http://bcn.boulder.co.us/~neal/
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On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 12:47:33PM -0700, Joe Pezzillo wrote:
> 
> Greetings All!
> 
> I have been asked by several folks what our next steps are, and here 
> are some things I propose:
> 
> KEEP PRESSURE ON COMMISSIONERS
> 	Until they make a decision, we have to keep pressure on the 
> Commissioners to choose paper ballots ONLY. All the same methods are 
> still in play, contact them, write letters to the editor, contact the 
> media, additional citizen outreach (eg, the petitions are wonderful).
> 	One way, you may wish to attend the Citizen's Committee meeting this 
> coming Friday at 9am at the Clerk's office on 33rd.
> 	Also, we will want to participate in the Public Hearing that Danish 
> announced on 12/4
> 
> MERGE/MIGRATE WITH STATE-WIDE GROUP?
> 	Once we are successful in Boulder County, many of our members who 
> 	are still concerned about this and other related issues (like the 
> ePollbook), may wish to begin working at the State-wide level, and one 
> way to do that is to become a part of Bob McGrath's group, Coloradans 
> for Voting Integrity, which will be having a meeting tomorrow (TUE 12/9 
> EVENING IN GOLDEN), see 
> <http://www.countthevotecolorado.org/cfvi/000020.cfm> for details and 
> directions.
> 
> PREPARE OUR MATERIALS FOR OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS
> 	Also, we need to package the collective wisdom that we've developed 
> 	in meetings, on our mailing list, the website and presentations into a 
> format that other communities both in Colorado and nationwide can use. 
> Certainly some of this will involve the website, but we may also want 
> to prepare CDROMs or a DVD/VHS of our efforts, as well. This will take 
> some time and effort, but it's a crucial thing for us to do to help our 
> hard work have a much broader impact.
> 
> And, we should probably try to figure out when we can have our next 
> meeting. Does anyone have suggestions? I've heard some say we need to 
> meet still now while the fire is hot, and others who think we can wait 
> until after the New Year. I will be sparse during January, but glad to 
> meet when I can to keep our momentum going.
> 
> Thanks again to everyone who has been working so hard on this issue!
> 
> Joe