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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; PADDING-TOP: 10pt">----- Original Message -----
<DIV><B>From:</B> <A title=mailto:SWinklepleck@cabq.gov
href="mailto:SWinklepleck@cabq.gov">Winklepleck, Stephani I.</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 22, 2009 2:34 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Digital Transition Town Hall at Alamosa Community
Center</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="CAC Krazy Legs" color=#000080 size=4><SPAN
class=679162121-22012009>See Message below was asked to send to the neighborhood
representatives.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="CAC Krazy Legs" color=#000080 size=4><SPAN
class=679162121-22012009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="CAC Krazy Legs" color=#000080 size=4><SPAN
class=679162121-22012009><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3><FONT
color=#000000><B>
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1"
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Town Hall Meeting
on the Transition to Digital Television (DTV)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1"
align=center><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1"
align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Question and Answer
Session with Louis Sigalos,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1"
align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Director of the Federal
Communication Commission’s<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1"
align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Digital Television
National Outreach Program<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Broadcast television stations are converting to
digital by Tuesday, February 17, 2009.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Televisions using "rabbit ears" or rooftop antennas will not work after
that date.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You have less than a
month to prepare your television for the upcoming changes.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Join
NMMLP, SWOP, and Quote-Unquote Channel 27 in demanding that the FCC honor
President Obama's request to delay the transition to digital television
(DTV).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>President Obama is asking
Congress to move the transition date from </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tuesday, </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">February
17, 2009 to Friday, June 12, 2009 for the following reasons:</SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">Ø<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Eight
million people are not DTV ready and we are three weeks away!
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">Ø<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The
TV Converter Box Coupon Program is completely out of money.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">Ø<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Unless
Congress approves more funding, low income, working class, and limited mobility
communities will not be ready for the transition.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">Ø<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">We
need more time for education -- not everyone understands what the transition
means and how to be prepared for it<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">John
Podesta, co-chair of the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team, last week
told Congress, "With coupons unavailable, support and education insufficient,
and the most vulnerable Americans exposed, I urge you to consider a change to
the legislatively-mandated analog cutoff date.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">We
agree! Ask the FCC to request that Congress include in their economic stimulus
package: <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">Ø<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">A
delayed date of June 2009 for the transition.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">Ø<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Increased
funding for converter box coupons.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 96.0pt"><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></st1:City></st1:place> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 96.0pt"><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Albuquerque</SPAN></st1:City></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> is one of the least prepared cities in the nation,
with nearly 13% of households “completely unready” for the digital TV transition
on Tuesday, February 17. 2009. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Thousands of New Mexicans could lose
access to all television programming.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Most affected will be seniors, low-income households, people with
disabilities and non-English speakers. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">Ø<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Learn how to get a
low-cost digital TV converter box, and how to hook it up.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">Ø<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Apply for a converter box
discount coupon.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">Ø<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ask questions and get
answers from Louis Sigalos, Director of the Federal Communication Commission’s
Digital Television National Outreach Program and other FCC officials.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tuesday, January 27.
2009<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">5:30 pm – 7:30
pm<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1"
align=center><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Alamosa</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Community
Center</st1:PlaceType></SPAN></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1"
align=center><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">6900 Gonzales Road
SW</SPAN></st1:address></st1:Street><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 1"><I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Spanish translation
available<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 1"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sponsored by:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 1"><st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">New
Mexico</SPAN></st1:place></st1:State><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Media
Literacy Project</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Southwest Organizing Project (SWOP)</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Albuquerque</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Community Access Channel 27</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1"
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For More Information call:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>505-828-3129<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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