<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div style="font-family:Arial;">I did. At great length and in intricate detail. Also DMV — who went on to hire a company with a track record of failure/cost overruns, and lawsuits from 8 other states— and to unemployment office. The only agency that listened to me was the state engineer and my students fixed a failed outsourcing project for tracking water rights management documentation. <br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">Davew</div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div>On Sat, Mar 13, 2021, at 12:25 PM, Tom Johnson wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style=""><div dir="ltr"><div>Hay, Brother Dave, how about telling this to Santa Fe City Hall, the Santa Fe County Clerk, county commissioners and even the Pet Licensing division of the Sheriff's Office. <br></div><div><div>TJ<br></div><div><div><img width="0" height="0" class="qt-chq-track-image" alt="" style="display:flex;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-image-source:initial;border-image-slice:initial;border-image-width:initial;border-image-outset:initial;border-image-repeat:initial;width:0px;height:0px;" src="https://www.cloudhq-mkt9.net/mail_track/mail/9a9055e2d52abb63f5_1615663546381?uid=226430"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="qt-gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br></div><div>============================================<br></div><div>Tom Johnson - <a href="https://www.cloudhq-mkt9.net/mail_track/link/9a9055e2d52abb63f5_1615663546381?uid=226430&url=mailto%3Atom%40jtjohnson.com" target="_blank">tom@jtjohnson.com</a><br></div><div>Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA<br></div><div>505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h)<br></div><div><a href="https://www.cloudhq-mkt9.net/mail_track/link/9a9055e2d52abb63f5_1615663546381?uid=226430&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnmfog.org" target="_blank"><b><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(11, 83, 148);">NM Foundation for Open Government</span></b></a><br></div><div><b><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 255);">Check out <a href="https://www.cloudhq-mkt9.net/mail_track/link/9a9055e2d52abb63f5_1615663546381?uid=226430&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpages%2FIts-The-Peoples-Data%2F1599854626919671" target="_blank">It's The People's Data</a></span></b> <br></div></div><div>============================================<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div></div><div><img width="1" height="1" id="qt-shtracking_1s2" src="https://tc4.shftrk.com/e/pzkoDOeMGvJy31nM/5jpvMy1zmrk8G1BY/mxGkn85KGR4dXZvj" alt=" " style="display:none;"><br></div></div><div><br></div><div class="qt-gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="qt-gmail_attr">On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 11:05 AM Prof David West <<a href="mailto:profwest@fastmail.fm">profwest@fastmail.fm</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="qt-gmail_quote" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex;"><div>Biden promised a Federal Website to give citizens easy an accurate access to vaccination appointments. Fully operational May 1, date that all Americans wishing a vaccine/vaccination will be able to obtain one.<br></div><div> <br></div><div> Assume 50,000 vaccination sites, 50, 15-minute, time slots per day and, at that time, a maximum of 150 million clients.<br></div><div> <br></div><div> There are several people on this list who, I believe, could build this Website over the course of a weekend, including UE (user experience) elements like Google Maps for site locations, and install it on a cloud server for volume scaling/descaling. Allow a month to collect data - the only thing really problematic is a list of sites, addresses, and operational hours (to constrain the daily calendar slots).<br></div><div> <br></div><div> Total cost: < $25,000 ($500 hr - you folks deserve this pay rate - for 40-50 hours)<br></div><div> <br></div><div> Now the wager: I bet that the feds will contract with a major software development corporation for development. 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