Transcript technology0315.dat

Cell Phones for Text Messaging or
Telephones for Conversation ?
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Our organizers chose cell phones to text
message. Because it is common
technology among the workers and text
messaging is more private than telephone
conversations. Also, we can send batch
messages quickly with the push of a
couple couple of buttons. This is our
primary source of technology for
communications with the workers and
field representatives.
Create a group - give a name and cell
number for each worker and store them.
Send everyone in the group a text
message from your cell phone in seconds.
It was determined that we will need fifteen
cell phones for our organizers. Each
organizer will handle 60 workers.
Telephone calls are more expensive than
text messaging and they are time
consuming to dial and conversate.
E-Mail or Snail Mail
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The organizers decided we would use
every means possible to connect with the
workers. Although not all the workers
have computers that are internet assessable
or the technical skills necessary to receive
or send E-Mail. We will train a few of the
workers how to use this technology and
share this information with their coworkers. We will show them where to get
free access to computers to use E-Mail.
Public Libraries
Schools
Friends and Relatives
Mass mailings are to costly and to slow to
deliver time sensitive information.
DVD or Video Cassette
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Another form of communication to be
used in our organizing campaign will be
a visual product. DVD technology is far
more advanced than video cassette
technology. It was determined that most
workers have access to DVD players.
We will contact unions that represent
the same industry we are trying to
organize and ask if we can borrow their
promotional DVD’s. With the unions
permission we will make copies to
distribute to our organizers for viewing
by the workers.
Video cassettes are a bit cumbersome
but, we will use them if necessary.
Web Page or Newsletter
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Software will be purchased so we can
develop and maintain our own Web
page for our organizing campaign. We
will update it when necessary as events
change. There are numerous Web
hosters on the internet that will host our
page free. We can get 150 megabytes of
space, unlimited bandwidth, and free
subdomains. Our organizers realize that
most of the workers don’t have
computers or the technical skills needed
to explore the Web. But, we will train a
few and see where it goes from there.
The Web page will give the workers
easy access to important information.
Newsletters are costly to produce and
would be slow in disseminating
information to the workers.
Organizing Technology Budget
Fifteen cell phones with 2 year agreement for each cell phone
Free
Fifteen cell phone agreements $25.00 per month includes 50 text messages/mo
$4500.00
Five lap top computers for field reps $800.00 each
$4000/00
Wireless Internet service for five lap tops $20.00 per month for each
$1800.00
Five hundred blank DVD’s
$ 150.00
Microsoft Front Page for Web page development
$ 200.00
Total
$10,650.00
Our Goal is to File for Election
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