[Ww-snww-regional-list] FW: [WWC Delegates] Delegate email: upcoming meetings, news items and meeting summaries 3/25/16

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Fri Mar 25 16:10:53 EDT 2016


 

From: Delegates [mailto:delegates-bounces at wiredwest.net] On Behalf Of outreach at wiredwest.net
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2016 8:24 AM
To: delegates at wiredwest.net
Subject: [WWC Delegates] Delegate email: upcoming meetings, news items and meeting summaries 3/25/16

 

Upcoming Meetings, News Items and Meeting Summaries 

Meeting: WiredWest Risk Committee Meeting
Date / time: Friday, March 25, 2016 6:00 pm
Location: Hampshire Council of Governments, 99 Main Street, Northampton
Agenda <http://wiredwest.net/2015s2/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2016-03-25_WW_Risk_Comm_Meeting_Agenda.pdf>  – Posted on Monday, March 21st at 6:00PM 

Meeting: WiredWest Board Meeting
Date / time:  Saturday, March 26, 2016, 9:30 am
Location / address: Becket Town Hall, 557 Main St., Becket
Agenda <http://wiredwest.net/2015s2/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016-3-26xWW_BoDMeetingAgenda.pdf> – posted Tuesday, 3/22/16, at 7:32 am

Note: this meeting will be a public session, WiredWest is at a critical juncture and town Selectboards  are invited & strongly encouraged to attend.

Meeting: : WiredWest Outreach Committee Meeting
Date / time: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 6:00 pm
Location: Hampshire Council of Governments, 99 Main Street, Northampton 

News Items:

*	Editorial: State should clear air about broadband money <http://wiredwest.net/2015s2/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2016-03-22-Recorder-Editorial-State-Should-Clear-Air.pdf>  Greenfield Recorder, 3/23/16
*	Steve Nelson: Western Mass. broadband 'pause' goes on and on <http://www.berkshireeagle.com/columnists/ci_29662872/steve-nelson-wmass-broadband-pause-goes-and>  Berkshire Eagle, 3/20/16
*	Chattanooga's Electric Power Board Sparks Local Entrepreneurial Ecosystem <http://muninetworks.org/content/chattanoogas-epb-sparks-local-entrepreneurial-ecosystem>  Community Broadband Networks, 3/19/16
*	AT <http://muninetworks.org/content/att-celebrates-tennessee-families-go-another-year-without-internet-hope> &T Celebrates, Tennessee Families Go Another Year Without Internet Hope A sobering story from Tennessee, corporate lobbying prevents a grassroots expansion of Chattanooga’s EPB broadband system Community Broadband Networks, 3/16/16
*	Will the next U.S. president close the digital divide for Americans without broadband access? <http://theconversation.com/will-the-next-u-s-president-close-the-digital-divide-for-americans-without-broadband-access-55477?platform=hootsuite>  An analysis of broadband platforms by the presidential candidates. The Conversation, 3/3/16
*	Hog Wild Over Broadband <http://blogs.usda.gov/2016/02/25/hog-wild-over-broadband/>  Bringing broadband to rural areas is helping transform business operations, including family-owned hog farms.  USDA Blog, 2/25/16 

Thanks to the delegates who sent us news items. Got other articles or local stories to share? Please submit them here: http://wiredwest.coffeecup.com/forms/NewsItem/

Meeting Summaries: 

Summary of Outreach Committee Meeting March 23, 2016 

Main Topics: Saturday's board meeting, Pause in negotiation, Addressing the governor, Strategy for populist support and pressure, Identified need to engage/educate select boards, Publication of new EC members, Preparation of town report template, Wireless primer update, Copies of packet for BoD meeting

Next Meeting: 3/30/16 Northampton, see above

Next Meeting Topics: Outreach to towns, Prepping for town meetings, Regional outreach meeting with town officials; Resolving list of website questions

 

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