I don't think a Records Management forum is the right place to be asking
this question. 

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From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Don Saklad
Sent: Thursday, 8 December 2005 10:22 PM
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Subject: Suspected Spam:Boston City Council

How do you persuade our Boston City Council to include plain
ASCII text in the regular emails they offer subscribers?...

Council emails include public hearing notices, public meetings
agendas, council calendars and corrections.

The obstacle appears to be one person who a staff director for
our Boston City Council. The staff director has limited
understanding of the predicament of using only microsoft software
for emails.

Anyone can subscribe via email ann.hess at cityofboston.gov
Ask for plain ASCII text to be included when you subscribe.
Read the reply you get from the City Council to requests
for plain ASCII text !

City of Boston MIS Management Information Systems is willing.
Raj Pareek indicates he can not advise the City Council until
they make a request to MIS rajesh.pareek at cityofboston.gov
But the City Council hasn't been willing.

Council emails include content not made available on the web
http://cityofboston.gov/citycouncil
http://cityofboston.gov/mis


How do you do better at negotiating with municipal elected and
appointed officials?... What are the most persuasive arguments?

Even the City Office of Civil Rights will not take on the part of
the matter regarding better access for people using adaptive
software technologies that attempt to render audio from the City
Council emails
http://cityofboston.gov/civilrights

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