Fwd: Call for In-Person Testimony in Silicon Valley on IT

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Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 16:26:45 +0100
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Subject: Call for In-Person Testimony in Silicon Valley on IT Workforce
Issues -- Sept 22,23,24 -- more opportunities
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>From: "Herb Lin" <HL...@nas.edu>
>Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 14:00:21 -0400
>Subject: Call for In-Person Testimony in Silicon Valley on IT Workforce
> Issues -- Sept 22,23,24 -- more opportunities
>
>To Whom It May Concern:
>
>PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY
>
>A previous announcement sent out in August and September of this year
invited
>in-person testimony on issues relating to the workforce in information
>technology (see http://www.itworkforce.org for more details). However, we
have
>been informed that more opportunities for in-person testimony would be
helpful,
>and we have expanded the sessions for taking in-person testimony at the
upcoming
>meeting.
>
>The first sessions to solicit such in-person testimony will be held on
September
>22, 23, and 24, as described below, at the Biltmore Hotel & Suites, 2151
>Laurelwood Road, Santa Clara, CA 95045.
>
>Note that in the interests of hearing the maximum number of people, speakers
>will be limited to a statement of 5 minutes. We strongly encourage you to
>submit written testimony. Note that the oral testimony will be recorded
(for
>later use by the committee and its staff (and no one else)).
>
>(The previous call for input over the Internet indicated that it was
necessary
>to submit a request for oral testimony to ITWI...@NAS.EDU. However, in
light
>of the short time frame between the posting of this notice (September
18) and
>the meeting dates, this requirement will be waived. In the future, this
>requirement will be enforced. (The reason for this short time frame is
that we
>realized only recently that we had made an error in not scheduling evening
>sessions for open testimony. ))
>
>The committee is especially interested in obtaining comments from workers
in IT
>occupations about the workplace environment, opportunities to upgrade
skills,
>the relevance of formal education to skills needed once employed,
compensation,
>opportunities for promotion and career paths. It would be helpful, given
those
>considerations, to hear views about whether there is a "shortage" of IT
workers
>and, if there is, how it affects life at work.
>
>Opportunities to testify in Santat Clara:
>
>
>· Wednesday, September 22, 1999, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
>· Thursday, September 23, 1999, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
>· Friday, September 24, 1999, from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm
>
>The complete schedule of open regional sessions has not yet been determined,
>though one will be held in the Boston area in the December 8-10 time
frame; a
>schedule of open regional sessions and locations will be posted on this
web site
>as individual locations become known. If these sessions are inconvenient,
>individuals may submit requests for personal presentations to the
committee or
>to individual committee members at other times through these channels. The
>committee will respond affirmatively to the extent possible, but time and
>resource constraints will limit the number of such requests that can be
honored.
>
>In addition to these sessions to receive input, members of the interested
public
>are invited to attend the open sessions of future committee meetings. At
>present, the meeting schedule is
>
> September 22-24 in Santa Clara, California
> December 8-10 in Boston, Massachusetts
> April 24-26 in Washington, DC
>
>Locations and meeting agendas (indicating the open portions of meetings) are
>available through this web site.
>
>
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