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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'>Sue, <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'>You are so correct about cutting out the small vendors. This contract (as it was first written in the RFP) required that not only you provide the wireless devices, (laptops), but that you maintain them for the duration and provide the technical support for them. You must also have committed to building out and installing new wireless distribution services to each high school in the State. And the final kicker, you must be the original equipment manufacturer of the laptops. That means, even if First Step was big enough to have provided all of the support services and installations around the State, we still would have been excluded because we don’t make our own hardware!<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'>This is just a further continuation of the local companies that have been servicing the schools for years being replaced. It is the same thing that happened when the State put in the tax payer funded Idaho Education Network. The local ISP’s that were providing service to the schools were removed in almost all cases. First Step was able to continue working with a few schools but for the most part we were replaced with more expensive services. When we, and several lawmakers, asked about the comments that the IEN had made in the planning stages stating they would use local businesses to provide the service, their response was that Frontier and US West (now CenturyLink) were local businesses just like First Step.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br>Yes, I predict the local / smaller companies will be further replaced in this plan. I hope we can find a positive way to continue working with the IEN but given the past I am not sure there will be a place for us.<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'>Kevin Owen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>First Step Internet, LLC<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"'> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sue Hovey<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, October 27, 2012 3:27 PM<br><b>To:</b> Joe Campbell; Ron Force<br><b>Cc:</b> Moscow Vision2020<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] Computer contract over estimate<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Oh, I think he adds pretty well. What he cannot do, is tell the truth. Want to bet HP is helping to fund the YES vote? One of the concerns I heard the other day concerned the type of bid. It is so whole cloth that it cuts out all the smaller vendors. I suppose HP might sub-contract, but that wasn’t what the companies wanted.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Sue H <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com" title="philosopher.joe@gmail.com">Joe Campbell</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Sent:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> Saturday, October 27, 2012 9:50 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>To:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:rforce2003@yahoo.com" title="rforce2003@yahoo.com">Ron Force</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Cc:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" title="vision2020@moscow.com">Moscow Vision2020</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> Re: [Vision2020] Computer contract over estimate<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Essentially the Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction cannot add.<br><br>On Oct 27, 2012, at 9:13 AM, Ron Force <<a href="mailto:rforce2003@yahoo.com">rforce2003@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:11.25pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>$180 Million Contract Divides Lawmakers</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:11.25pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='margin-left:7.5pt;margin-bottom:15.0pt;OUTLINE-STYLE: none;OUTLINE-COLOR: invert;OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span class=byline><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>The Associated Press</span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div style='margin-top:15.0pt;margin-bottom:15.0pt;OUTLINE-STYLE: none;OUTLINE-COLOR: invert;OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px;MAX-WIDTH: 620px !important'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span class=dateline><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#333333;text-transform:uppercase;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>BOISE, IDAHO</span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#333333'> — The eight-year, $180 million pact with Hewlett-Packard Co. for laptops required under public schools chief Tom Luna's education overhaul is dividing Idaho's Republican lawmakers.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-top:15.0pt;margin-bottom:15.0pt;OUTLINE-STYLE: none;OUTLINE-COLOR: invert;OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px;MAX-WIDTH: 620px !important'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#333333'>Rep. Lynn Luker of Boise said Friday during a meeting inside the Capitol the price was "double pretty much what we anticipated."<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-top:15.0pt;margin-bottom:15.0pt;OUTLINE-STYLE: none;OUTLINE-COLOR: invert;OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px;MAX-WIDTH: 620px !important'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#333333'>Sen. John Goedde of Coeur d'Alene countered it's only 10 percent above estimates.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-top:15.0pt;margin-bottom:15.0pt;OUTLINE-STYLE: none;OUTLINE-COLOR: invert;OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px;MAX-WIDTH: 620px !important'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#333333'>Who's right?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-top:15.0pt;margin-bottom:15.0pt;OUTLINE-STYLE: none;OUTLINE-COLOR: invert;OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px;MAX-WIDTH: 620px !important'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#333333'>In 2011, Luna estimated the five-year cost at $70.8 million, or $14.6 million annually.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-top:15.0pt;margin-bottom:15.0pt;OUTLINE-STYLE: none;OUTLINE-COLOR: invert;OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px;MAX-WIDTH: 620px !important'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#333333'>For the first five years of the actual H-P contract, the cost is $82 million, about 16 percent higher, conceded Luna spokeswoman Melissa McGrath.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-top:15.0pt;margin-bottom:15.0pt;OUTLINE-STYLE: none;OUTLINE-COLOR: invert;OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px;MAX-WIDTH: 620px !important'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#333333'>And over eight years, the average annual cost runs $22.5 million, well over Luna's estimate when calculated yearly.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-top:15.0pt;margin-bottom:15.0pt;OUTLINE-STYLE: none;OUTLINE-COLOR: invert;OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px;MAX-WIDTH: 620px !important'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#333333'>Voters weigh in on the computers and Luna's additional education changes Nov. 6.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br>Read more here: <a href="http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/10/27/2325238/180m-computer-contract-divides.html#storylink=cpy">http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/10/27/2325238/180m-computer-contract-divides.html#storylink=cpy</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>=======================================================<br>List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br> <a href="http://www.fsr.net">http://www.fsr.net</a><br> <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>=======================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>=======================================================<br>List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br> <a href="http://www.fsr.net">http://www.fsr.net</a><br> <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>=======================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>