A.C.R. 44


Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 44--Assemblymen 
    Anderson, Allard, Arberry, Bache, Batten, 
    Bennett, Braunlin, Brower, Buckley, Carpenter, 
    Chowning, Close, de Braga, Dini, Ernaut, Evans, 
    Fettic, Freeman, Giunchigliani, Goldwater, 
    Harrington, Hettrick, Humke, Krenzer, Lambert, 
    Manendo, Marvel, Monaghan, Neighbors, Nolan, 
    Ohrenschall, Perkins, Price, Sandoval, Schneider, 
    Segerblom, Spitler, Steel, Stroth, Tiffany, 
    Tripple and Williams

                   June 7, 1995
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           Placed on Chief Clerk's desk


SUMMARY--Commends Communications Workers of America 
          Local 9413 for public service at Veterans 
          Administration Medical Center in Reno. 
          (BDR R-2057)




EXPLANATION--Matter in italics is new; matter in bra
ckets [ ] is material to be omitted.

ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION--Commending the Communications Workers 
        of America Local 9413 for their public service at the Veterans 
        Administration Medical Center in Reno.


  WHEREAS, A campaign is underway in Northern 
Nevada to make the Veterans Administration Medical Center in 
Reno part of a nationwide project called "PT Phone Home"; 
and
  WHEREAS, The goal of the PT (patient) Phone 
Home project is to make bedside telephone communications 
available to all hospitalized veterans throughout the 
nation's 170 Veterans Administration medical centers; and
  WHEREAS, The PT Phone Home project was 
conceived by Frank Dosio, Vietnam Veteran and member of the 
Communications Workers of America in 1990, and because of 
Frank's determination and compassion for the needs of 
veterans confined to veterans hospitals, 51 Veterans 
Administration medical centers have been assisted by this 
project; and
  WHEREAS, After hearing about the success of 
this project, the Communications Workers of America Local 
9413 contacted Valerie Springer, Staff Associate in External 
Affairs for Nevada Bell and asked her to chair a committee 
which would organize and coordinate the installation of a PT 
Phone Home system in the Veterans Administration Medical 
Center in Reno; and
  WHEREAS, Valerie Springer graciously accepted 
this responsibility and with the help of Barbara Welling, 
Treasurer of the Communications Workers of America Local 
9413 and the joint efforts of local labor organizations, 
veterans service organizations and communications 
corporations, the PT Phone Home project is about to become a 
reality for the Reno facility; and
  WHEREAS, The project could not have been 
successful without donations from Nevada Bell for the 
internal circuitry, Telephone Pioneers of the Silver State 
Chapter 101 for 10 new trunk lines, Vodavi Communications 
Systems of Scottsdale, Arizona, for telephone sets, along 
with contributions from the Nevada State AFL-CIO, Markone 
Video, Washoe County Teachers Association, Disabled American 
Veterans and Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary, Sheet 
Metal Workers International Association Local 88, Sheet 
Metal Workers Union Local 26, Culinary Workers Union Local 
226, AT&T employees and Consumer Sales Division, Laborers 
Union Local 169, Painters and Allied Trades Union Local No. 
567, Operating Engineers Local 3 of the International Union 
of Operating Engineers from California, B.P.O.E. Elks, 
International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen 
Local 1, Building and Construction Trades Council of 
Northern Nevada, United Auto Workers Local 2162, Northern 
Nevada Central Labor Council, National Association of Letter 
Carriers Branch 2502 from Las Vegas, Ladies Auxiliary to the 
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3677, HITEC Corporation 
International, Kathy Elliott and Sherlane Skinner, plus 
thousands of man-hours of volunteer labor contributed by 
local technicians and engineers; and
  WHEREAS, In June 1995, Frank Dosio will attend 
the dedication ceremony in Reno, and plans are underway to 
celebrate the successful completion of the PT Phone Home 
project with a call to one of the patients in the Veterans 
Administration Medical Center from an astronaut on the NASA 
space shuttle following its upcoming launch on Memorial Day; 
now, therefore, be it
  RESOLVED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, THE 
SENATE CONCURRING, That the members of the 68th 
session of the Nevada Legislature do hereby commend the 
Communications Workers of America Local 9413 for their 
dedication and determination to make the PT Phone Home 
project a reality for the Veterans Administration Medical 
Center in Reno; and be it further
  RESOLVED, That this legislative body expresses 
its appreciation to Valerie Springer, Barbara Welling and 
the numerous volunteers who donated their time to help 
install the PT Phone Home project; and be it further
  RESOLVED, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly 
prepare and transmit a copy of this resolution to Craig 
Hansen, President, and John Doran, Vice President, of the 
Communications Workers of America Local 9413.

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