Ibm Pataki Meeting Letter 0295 (gt-06)

THE SENATE STATE OF NE W YORK ALB ANY 12247 /O SEPH L. BRU NO

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PRESI DENT PRO TEM

M AIO RI I I" L EA DER

February 9) 1995

T h e Honorable George Pa ta ki Gov e r n o r State of N ew York Exe c u ti ve Chamber S t ate Capitol Building Al bany, Ne w York 12224 De a r Gov e rnor

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Th is le t ter is to reque st the schedulin g of a meetin g with you and Bob Mendenha ll of lB M's Ed u cationa l Division, Ed u 'Ques t , to d is c u s s a pot en ti al pa r t n e r s hip between IB rvI and t he Sta te t o be nefi t t h e c h ild r e n of t he S ta te by enhancing t hei r ed u ca t ion with th e use of techn ology . 113 1'1'1 Ed u Qu e s t is th e IBM business unit that provides educational technology solutions to K-12 and the world IS largest provider of such solu tions . They a r e presently worki ng with the U. S. Departme nt of Edu cation to dev el op technology plans for l{-12. They are al s o i n t e res te d in d eveloping a p a rtne r s hip wit h New York State to assis t the State in brin gin g thi s tec h n ology to our schools and Ne w York State back to the number one p os ition in e d uca t in g our children, T h e re are a nu mber of motivating factors for IBM to do this in cl uding the fact that IBM i s one of the State's large st employers and draws heavily from the tale n t pool c rea te d by New York ed u ca tional ins titu tions . IBM also b elie v es th a t New York State is very awa r e of th e fa c t t ha t bu s i n ess g r owth is tied to e d u ca tia na l ini ti a tiv es.

Bo b Me n d e n h a ll is the Oe ner-al Manage r of IBM EduQuest a n d responsible for all asp ects of t h e op era tion . He was the foun d er and CEO of Wi cat S y s t e ms until it was acqui r ed by Josten's Lea rni ng Systems wh en he was made part of t h eir Ex e c u t iv e Board. He joi ned I BM as Ed u Qu es t ' s General Mana ger over one y ear a g o .

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The o bje c ti v e of this partnership would lH' to work wi th the State in me eting the overall edu ca t ional objectives of the Administration by providing to the childre n of New York th e b e st e d uca tio n in th e c ountry a n d in doing s o , f ully pre p are th em to me et the challenges of the world we liv e in. Un derstanding y our deep commitm n t in this area, I b eliev e that this me etin g will be of value. Thank you for your consider-ation. I look forward to y ou r r e sponse and t r u s t that if you have any further questions you will not hesitate to co n ta c t me. Sin c erely,

~.Bruno J LB/k

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