[Themaintainers] Maintenance for infrastructure policy - your ideas requested
Jonathan Coopersmith
j-coopersmith at tamu.edu
Tue Jan 26 13:10:17 EST 2021
Dear fellow Maintainers,
We want to draw on the experience and perspectives of The Maintainers
network (and friends) to inform the upcoming US discussion on a federal
infrastructure initiative.
*Process and Expectations:*
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We are asking that you add your ideas to this Google doc, htt
ps://docs.google.com/document/d/1KIwcUftbbPFosuCImIgTo9Vi7efjHqwrzLPI-d32NlA/edit#heading=h.sldtfjeu8n39
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We encourage the use of Google doc features such as comments and
suggestions to respond and elaborate on the ideas of your colleagues.
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Bookmark this document - come back to it. See how the conversation
evolves.
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If you prefer not to use Google docs - you can post your idea on the
Maintainers listserv thread of the same name, and we will add them to the
document.
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This call for suggestions is open from Tuesday, January 26 through
Thursday, February 4. We will send a couple of reminders out to
everyone during this time.
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Once the call is closed (after February 4), we will take stock and
discuss options for moving forward.
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There is a section in the document labeled “Contributors” where we ask
you to add your name and email as a contributor. This is optional;
however, we will reach out to everyone that has listed their information
after the call closes in order to update everyone about next steps.
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We do ask that everyone respect one another's ideas and suggestions -
you may add your own ideas, and make comments and suggestions regarding
others ideas (make it conversational!) but do not delete others'
suggestions.
Maintenance and Infrastructure: Community Recommendations to the
Biden-Harris Administration
A few concepts to get the wheels turning:
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Multiple levels or units of analysis: local, state, federal, and even
transnational.
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Learning from the experience of other countries as well as the United
States. Public works projects have a bad reputation for cost overruns and
delays (
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/01/02/how-to-get-infrastructure-right
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).
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Embed maintenance in the planning, construction, and operations.
Possibly make life-cycle costs a major planning metric.
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How can we encourage people to think expansively about maintenance? What
suggestions could be made to broaden the definition of maintenance in
policy and governance?
Attachments a
Stay sane, keep washing those hands, and practice social solidarity as well
as physical distancing,
Jonathan
Jonathan Coopersmith
Professor
Department of History
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4236
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