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# Fwd: Quad Media Annouces Agreement with Election Systems & Software,Inc.

- To: Susan@dieboldes.com
- Subject: Fwd: Quad Media Annouces Agreement with Election Systems & Software,Inc.
- From: SKGLOBAL@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 00:42:10 EDT
- CC: Tari@dieboldes.com, salestalk@dieboldes.com

    Susan, go to the address below on the internet.  Then print off the page for
    Howard, Bob U., Larry, and all sales people.  We will be hearing alot about
    this from customers, but I don't know how financially important it will be.

    In a message dated 4/26/99 10:51:59 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
    trglobal@earthlink.net writes:

    << http://www.quadmedia.com/081198pressrelease.htm >>

> - To: Steve Knecht <skglobal@aol.com>
> - Subject: Quad Media Annouces Agreement with Election Systems & Software, Inc.
> - From: Tari Runyan <trglobal@earthlink.net>
> - Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 10:53:19 -0700
> - Organization: Tari Runyan

> look at this Tari http://www.quadmedia.com/081198pressrelease.htm --------------------

> | QUAD MEDIA ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT WITH ELECTION SYSTEMS & SOFTWARE, INC. Technology Allows Disabled Voters Access to Election Polls |

> Quad Media announced its agreement with Election Systems & Software, Inc. (ES&S), making ES&S the exclusive distributor of Quad Media's accessibility products to the political voting/election industry. The multi-year contract is expected to generate in excess of $40 million dollars in revenue for Quad Media by the end of its term. | John Hager Lieutenant Governor Commonwealth of Virginia

> Bernard LaFleur
> President and CEO
> Quad Media

> "ES&S's distribution of Quad Media's fully American's with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant Portable Interactive Kiosk (PiK) products will offer the election industry a means to make polling places across the nation accessible to all citizens," states Quad Media President Bernard LaFleur. "The product will be equipped with accessibility technologies developed by the Trace Research and Development Center at the University of Wisconsin at Madison."

> "The PiK is a practical, commercially feasible solution for voters who have functional limitations or disabilities to access standard election technologies unassisted," states ES&S Corporate Product Manager Steve Bolton, "The PiK product is expected to be available to ES&S's customers in selected markets this year."

> Dan McGinnis
> Vice President of Sales Eastern
> Region
> Election Systems & Software, Inc.

> Quad Media's Portable Interactive Kiosk will enable people with a range of disabilities to exercise one of their most fundamental American rights, the right to vote," states Bill Gates, CEO of Microsoft Corporation.
> Located in Pulaski, Virginia, Quad Media designs and markets portable and modular information kiosks to government, retail, and other corporate clients.
> The Omaha Nebraska-based Election Systems & Software, Inc. develops, markets, and services hardware and software solutions to local, state, and national election authorities worldwide.

> Carol Hughes
> Chairperson of Speaker Gingrich's Task Force on Disability

> Dr. Gregg Vanderheiden
> Director
> Trace Research and Development Center

> Headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, the Trace Research and Development Center is a not-for-profit porganization dedicated to advancing the ability of people with disabilities, through the use of communication, computer, and information technologies. The center is funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research.

> Public announcement of the agreement between Quad Media and ES&S was made by Virginia Lieutenant Governor, John Hager at the Hotel Roanoke's Shenandoah Ballroom, on Tuesday August 11, 1998.

> Contact Information:
> Quad Media
> 305 North Washington Avenue
> Pulaski, VA 24301
> (540) 980-8201 voice
> (540) 980-8314 fax
> info@quadmedia.com

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