Re: [Philmont]: Philmont lottery/phone reservation trivia

Robyn,

You are correct, it is/was Mark Anderson.

I hate it when I do these types of mistakes,
especially in front of a large crowd!

eric strong.

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Robyn Knoll
  To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
  Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 1:34 PM
  Subject: RE: [Philmont]: Philmont lottery/phone reservation trivia

  Mr. Strong,

  Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe you spoke with Mark (not Mike) Anderson.

  Robyn Knoll

  627-H1 2002

  704-G7 2004

  717-Rw2 2004

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  From: Eric Strong [mailto:eric.strong@comcast.net]
  Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 11:55 AM
  To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
  Subject: [Philmont]: Philmont lottery/phone reservation trivia

  Greetings,

  During my conversation this morning with Mike Anderson,
  Philmont Director of Program (see previous e-mail), we

  discussed the lottery vs. phone call-in reservation system.

  Mike noted several reasons they moved to the web based lottery

  system.

  1. During the last call-in, AT&T recorded 1.5 million connection

  attempts in 1.5 hours.

  2. Due to this high call-in volume, the fee for the call-in was

  quoted to rise from $5,000 to $85,000.

  3. The web based lottery system eliminated the need for

  30-50 people/volunteers to staff the phones at the Philmont end.

  Mike also noted that units with a highly organized call-in strategy

  (multiple callers, auto dialers, phone-banks, etc.) sometime

  would block themselves out.

  eric strong

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