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-----Original Message-----
From: Walker,
Alex
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'webmarketingpr@essvote.com'; 'kferguson@sequoiavote.com';
'mshafer@hartic.com'
Cc: Walker, Alex
Sent: 10/25/2002 3:38
PM
Subject: CNN Voting Technology LIVE segment
Thanks to all of you for getting back to me today. I think
this will be
an exciting and interesting segment for our
viewers next week. Now we
just have to firm up a
date! Does next Thursday work for everyone?
This segment will be a LIVE demo of machines from your
respective
companies in-studio here in Atlanta.
The idea is to have CNN Technology
Correspondent Daniel
Sieberg walk our viewers through each of the
machines
and demonstrate features and usability. NOTE: THIS IS NOT A
COMPARISON PIECE. We aren't going to rate or rank the
machines.
Because we have a wide audience, we want to
show viewers across the
nation what to expect in various
precincts. "If you're in Houston,
you'll see this
technology next Tuesday, etc etc." "If you go to vote
in Miami-Dade, here's what you'll find, etc etc"
Judy Woodruff and the producers of "Inside Politics" have
already
expressed much interest in this. CNN
Headline News likes it, and the
weekly CNN science and
technology show "Next@CNN" has already planned to
package it. What does that mean? Well, in addition to the
LIVE studio
hits, a piece will run twice on CNN the
weekend before the election, and
then have 21 other
airings on CNN International, CNN Airport Network,
and
aboard Amtrak's Acela service. The bottomline is that your products
will get a lot of face time as we go full-speed into our
election
coverage.
I understand all of you must be gearing up for Election Day, and
your
staffing must be spread pretty thin next
week. That being said, perhaps
all of you could
just send us a demo machine and walk through the setup
over the phone? You might be worried that we'd screw up the setup
and
make your company look bad to a national
audience. DON'T WORRY! You
have my word as a
Generation Xer and CNN technology producer that I will
setup everything properly and do a test run with you on the phone.
I DO
THIS ALL THE TIME WITH ALL SORTS OF CRAZY
DEVICES! Of course, if you
want to send a company
representative, that's fine too. I just don't
want
that to derail the segment.
So how's next Thursday?
Alex Walker
Producer
CNN Science & Technology
404-827-0625