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<td>Fwd: FW: [RSVP + ACTION ITEMS] Achieving Computer
Science Collaborations for Employing Students Statewide</td>
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<td>Ruthe Farmer <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ruthe@csforall.org"><ruthe@csforall.org></a></td>
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<div>Greetings,</div>
<div>I wanted to share this opportunity to shape the future of
CS & IT in Maryland with you. Any interest in
participating or nominating others? See below for details.</div>
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<div>They are interested in getting a diverse set of voices to
join this conversation - and I do think that includes students
and young people, as well as adults.</div>
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<div>Regards,</div>
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<div>Ruthe Farmer</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 12:12 PM,
Andrew Coy <span dir="ltr"><<a
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<div
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Mike DiGiacomo shared with the Governor's Workforce
Development Board Task Force on Cybersecurity and
Information Technology yesterday, I have been asked
to serve as the Lead Author for the <span
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Computer Science Collaborations for Employing
Students Statewide (ACCESS) Initiative
report required in<span> </span></span><a
href="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/MDGOV/2017/11/02/file_attachments/907094/Executive%2BOrder%2B01.01.2017.27.pdf"
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Order 01.01.2017.27</a>.</div>
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<div
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forwarding you the email below to ask for your
situational awareness and to ask for your help with
three action items, namely:</div>
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you yourself are interested in participating
directly in the process (it would be great
if you could!), please send a note back my
way and I can indicate that for future
follow-up.</div>
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in this process? We feel it is very important
to have a wide range of viewpoints,
experiences, and insights that include all
types of diverse backgrounds (racial,
socio-economic, geographic), so any help you
could be by replying back to this message with
a list of the <span
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organization, and contact information</span> for
anyone that you feel would have contributions
to this process, would be greatly appreciated.</li>
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<li>We are building a list of existing efforts
(in Maryland or around the country) for
consideration. Please feel free to email me
any<span
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style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">best
practices</span><span
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case studies</span><span
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recommendations</span><span
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to explore</span><span
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or any</span><span
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style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">other
information</span><span
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considered as part of this process.</span><br>
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time and help as we engage in the process (details
below) of creating a report with clear and
actionable recommendations for the State of
Maryland!</span></div>
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[RSVP + ACTION ITEMS] Achieving Computer Science
Collaborations for Employing Students Statewide</span><br
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<a href="mailto:michael.digiacomo@maryland.gov"
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<div
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Task Force Member,</div>
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<div
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">As
Mike DiGiacomo shared with you yesterday, I have
been asked to serve as the Lead Author for the
Achieving Computer Science Collaborations for
Employing Students Statewide (ACCESS) Initiative
report required in <a
href="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/MDGOV/2017/11/02/file_attachments/907094/Executive%2BOrder%2B01.01.2017.27.pdf"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Executive
Order 01.01.2017.27</a>. The executive order
outlines the following details (and June 1st due
date) for the report:</div>
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<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">(1)
The Governor's Workforce Development Board
Task Force on Cybersecurity and Information
Technology shall:<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></font></div>
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<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">a.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Study
opportunities to grow Maryland's economy
associated with the computer science and IT
industry;</font></div>
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<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">b.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Focus
on developing pathways that meet identified
workforce needs in computing fields;</font></div>
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<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">c.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Determine
the skills needed in and challenged for
Maryland's talent pipeline;</font></div>
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employer partners to invest in Maryland's IT
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<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">e.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Create
innovative and sustainable ways to address
gender and racial disparities in the STEM
and IT fields.</font></div>
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<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">
<div>(2) Reports and Recommendations.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></div>
</font></div>
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<div>a.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>The
Task Force shall issue a report addressing
section (1) above.</div>
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<div>b.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>The
report shall be submitted to the Governor,
the President of the Senate, and the
Speaker of the House of Delegates, no
later than June 1, 2018.</div>
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<div>c.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>The
Task Force may issue additional reports as
directed by the Governor.</div>
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the process through which we will go to generate
this report, and our plan to incorporate feedback
throughout the process.</div>
<div
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br>
</div>
<div
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<div
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><b><u>LISTENING
SESSIONS</u></b></div>
<div
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br>
</div>
<div
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">To
begin, we will be having three listening sessions
(please click on links below to RSVP) in which we
will be generating ideas, best practices, specific
recommendations, and additional
individuals/organizations we should be engaging in
the process. These listening sessions will be
happening online through a Zoom Conference platform
(with a phone dial-in option). Content for each
session will be the same so please pick the one that
works best for your schedule:</div>
<div
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">
<div>
<ul>
<li>RSVP for <a
href="https://zoom.us/meeting/register/8547c3a9ede0cc1fc5b9141539e44ee6"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Listening
Sessions #1 – <span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:initial">April
11, 2018 (11:30 am to 1:00 pm)</span></a><br>
</li>
<li>RSVP for <a
href="https://zoom.us/meeting/register/d893cf28ceaa98c87510d14dfea9e911"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Listening Sessions #2 – </span><span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:initial">April
12, 2018</span><span
style="white-space:initial"> </span><span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:initial">(
3:30 pm to 5:00 pm)</span></a></li>
<li><font style="white-space:initial"
face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">RSVP
for <a
href="https://zoom.us/meeting/register/d61126cf4c7203a066858a512be5123a"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Listening
Sessions #3 – </a></font><a
href="https://zoom.us/meeting/register/d61126cf4c7203a066858a512be5123a"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="white-space:initial;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">April
16, 2018</span><span
style="white-space:initial"> </span><span
style="white-space:initial;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">(
3:00 pm to 4:30 pm)</span></a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><b><u><br>
</u></b></div>
<div
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><b><u>IN-PERSON
MEETING</u></b></div>
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style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br>
</div>
<div
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">There
will be one in-person meeting on April 24th from
9:00 am to 11:00 am (RSVP and add directly to your
calendar by clicking here: <a
href="https://www.addevent.com/event/pB1004988"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.addevent.<wbr>com/event/pB1004988</a>).
This meeting will be comprised of break-out groups
focused on drafting and editing language for various
sections of the report. It will <span
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href="https://goo.gl/maps/8PnFMTnYMdw"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">1045 Light
Street / Baltimore, MD 21230</a>). Unfortunately,
the meeting structure is not conducive to a dial-in
but for any who are not able to make it, please know
that the work of this session will be shared out
with the whole group.</div>
<div
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<div
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<div
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><b><u>DRAFT,
REVIEW, COMMENT SCHEDULE</u></b></div>
<div
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br>
</div>
<div
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Following
this meeting, we will then adhere to the following
draft, review, and comment schedule (please feel
free to reserve some time on your calendar now so
that you can have time to review documents on the
requested turn-around schedule – for example, you
could place a 1-hour hold on May 10th for you to
read through the first compiled draft and provide
feedback ahead of the May 11th deadline). Please
note that only minor edits (spelling/numerical
errors) will be accepted after the final comment due
date (May 18th).</div>
<div
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<div>
<ul>
<li>May 01 - <span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:initial">All
Draft Language Due for First Compiled Draft</span><br>
</li>
<li>May 09 - <span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:initial">First
Compiled Draft Report Distributed for Review</span><br>
</li>
<li>May 11<span
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span>- </span><span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:initial">First
Comments Due</span><br>
</li>
<li>May 15<span
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span>- </span><span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:initial">Revised
Compiled Draft Distributed for Final Review</span><br>
</li>
<li>May 18<span
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span>- </span><span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:initial">Final
Comments Due</span><br>
</li>
<li>May 29<span
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span>- </span><span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:initial">Final
Draft Distributed to WIB Board</span><br>
</li>
<li>May 31<span
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span>- </span><span
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:initial">FINAL
Report Submitted to Governor</span><br>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><b><u>ACTION
ITEMS</u></b></div>
<div
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<div
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">There
are two main action items that I need from the
community now to ensure that this process is as
thorough and inclusive as possible.</div>
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<div
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">First,
in addition to yourself, who else should we <span
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including in this process? We feel it is very
important to have a wide range of viewpoints,
experiences, and insights that include all types of
diverse backgrounds (racial, socio-economic,
geographic). To that end, however, we need your help
connecting us with those who we may not be connected
to already. To help in this<span
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">, please
reply back to this message with a list of the </span><span
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">name,
organization, and contact information</span><span
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> for
anyone that you feel would have contributions to
this process.</span></div>
<div
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br>
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<div
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Second,
we are building a list of existing efforts (in
Maryland or around the country) that you would
suggest we consider. To help on this front, please
email me any <span
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">best
practices</span>, <span
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">potential
case studies</span>, <span
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">policy
recommendations</span>, <span
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">issues
that need attention</span>, <span
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">opportunities
to explore</span>, or any <span
style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">other
information</span> that you would send to be
considered as part of this process. While the report
itself is not intended to be a very long document,
building our awareness of these will significantly
increase the quality of the recommendations we made.
I will be compiling this now and throughout the
listening sessions. </div>
<div
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<div
style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I
am looking forward to developing a concise report
that has clear actionable recommendations for us to
take <span class="m_6875698177902657644gmail-gr_
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State of Maryland – thank you for your help and
participation in this work!</div>
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Coy</span><br>
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