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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Tell your Employer to have a little faith&#8230;..<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Bryson Medlock<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, May 14, 2008 3:40
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b>
asterisk-users@lists.digium.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [asterisk-users] anyone
from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Joplin</st1:City>, <st1:State
 w:st="on">MO</st1:State></st1:place></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I'm trying to convince my employer to deploy an Asterisk
based system, but one member of the leadership team is against it.&nbsp; The
rest of the team is for it, but he's convinced them that we should find other
organisations in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Joplin</st1:City>,
 <st1:State w:st="on">MO</st1:State></st1:place> area who are using Asterisk
first because, &quot;we don't want to be the first in our area.&quot;&nbsp; I
can't fathom how that's relevant, since I have shown them case studies from
much larger organisations than us around the country, and personally talked
with other organisations using Asterisk, and found one small business with
about 10 phones in Joplin, MO and talked to them, but he's insistent we find an
organisation with 50-75 or more phones in the Joplin, MO area using Asterisk
before we go ahead.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>So, is there anyone out there from the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
 w:st="on">Joplin</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">MO</st1:State></st1:place>
area using Asterisk, or do you know of someone who is?&nbsp; If so, please
contact me so I can go forward with this project.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Bryson</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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