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As you are probably already aware, The AECT Board at its summer meeting
voted to move the National Office out of Washington, DC, hopefully as early
as the spring of 1999.  President Robert Harrell appointed a task force on
office relocation that he asked me to chair.  Our task was to prepare the
enclosed cover letter and RFP inviting interested organizations to submit
"proposals" for moving the National Office to their area.  The task force
will screen the proposals and submit recommendations to the Board for their
consideration.

To facilitate distribution of the cover letter and RFP I have pasted them
into this message. Should you desire a hard copy please let me know.
Also, if you have any questions please contact either Robert or me.

Thanks,
Kent Gustafson

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COVER LETTER FOLLOWS:
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September 29, 1998


Dear Fellow AECT Supporter:

As you probably already know, the AECT Board has voted to move the National
Office out of Washington, DC, hopefully as early as the spring of 1999.
Accordingly, President Robert Harrell has created a Task Force to prepare
an "RFP" to be distributed widely to organizations that might wish to
invite AECT to relocate to their area.  The intent of the enclosed RFP is
to provide all organizations an equal opportunity to indicate such an
interest and provide initial information to assist the AECT Board in making
a decision.

To keep the burden of indicating an interest to a minimum and recognizing
that any final decision will require extensive discussion and negotiation
with that organization, only limited information is being requested at this
time.  It is anticipated that after an initial review, such discussions
will occur with one or more of those who respond to the RFP.

If your organization is interested in responding, please let Robert Harrell
know.  If you have any questions about the process or about what is being
requested in the RFP please contact Kent Gustafson, who is chairing the
office relocation Task Force.  Contact information is provided below.
We are asking that you send your response by Friday, October 30.  Please
submit three copies of your narrative and one copy of any appendices to
Kent Gustafson who will make the necessary copies for further distribution.
Thank you for your support of AECT.  We will keep you informed of
developments.

Sincerely,

Robert A. Harrell                               Kent L. Gustafson
Director of Community Outreach  Dept. of Instructional Technology
 & Distance Learning                    College of Education
Georgia Perimeter College               604 Aderhold Hall
555 North Indian Creek Drive            The University of Georgia
Clarkston, GA  30021                    Athens, GA 30602

rharrell@gpc.peachnet.edu               kgustafs@coe.uga.edu


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RFP FOLLOWS:
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AECT National Office Relocation RFP

Please prepare your response following the outline below.  The suggested
item lengths may be ignored if they do not apply. They are only provided
to assist you in minimizing the amount of work required to complete the
proposal.

1.
Please provide a short description of the organization including its
mission(s) and primary activities.  (One to two pages w/attached
appendices if desired.)

2.
Please describe how the relationship between AECT and the organization
is envisioned including any particular support it can provide AECT.  Also
indicate why the organization is interested in having AECT locate there.
(One to two pages.)

3.
Please provide the names of current AECT members in the organization
and a brief statement of their involvement with AECT. (Length as required.)

4.
Please describe any important relationship of the organization to other
organizations including any school and business/industry connections that
are relevant.  (One page or less.)

5.
Please describe the community including its size, housing costs,
schools, etc. (One page w/ attached appendices if desired.)

6.
Please indicate the distance of the community from a major airport and
its general accessibility by road. (One to two paragraphs.)

7.
To the degree possible indicate the cost and availability of office
space and its proximity to your organization (on or off site?).
(We currently estimate 2500 to 3000 square feet of office and storage space
will be required, but this is subject to discussion.) (One page or less.)

8.
Please indicate the availability and estimated cost of high speed web
access and whether the organization has other resources that may be used
including for example: graduate assistants, secretarial services, web
help, business and financial management and record keeping, university
press, media support, production and video conferencing, assistance in
locating  potential funding sources, etc. (Length as required w/ appendices
as appropriate.)


END OF MESSAGE


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Kent Gustafson   internet mail:    kgustafs@coe.uga.edu
607 Aderhold Hall
The University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
phone (706) 542-3810   FAX (706) 542-4032
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Check out our department's web site at:
http://itech1.coe.uga.edu


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Robert A. Harrell
Director of Community Outreach
 and Distance Learning

Georgia Perimeter College
(formerly DeKalb College)
555 North Indian Creek Drive
Clarkston, GA  30021-2396

Phone: 404-294-3490
Fax:   404-294-3492
rharrell@gpc.peachnet.edu

President, Association for
 Educational Communications
 & Technology (AECT)