<div dir="ltr">I was reluctant to chime in, but since this group is not a a town committee (though members do belong to their respective town commitees) I guess it's okay.<div><br></div><div>I fail to see the value of sending such a letter to the MBI. There are 24 WiredWest towns who are ready to go forward with make ready work and want to see the construction started. They have indicated this by passing the authorization to borrow the funds, the debt exclusion and informing MBI a number of times that they want to do this as part of the WiredWest coop. Since I've not seen the proposed letter, I am not aware of what justification we can propose to be moved ahead of the rest of the coop.</div><div><br></div><div>While I am as anxious as anyone to see the service in my town, I agree with Craig that we need to work with WiredWest. And Shutesbury's continuing efforts to increase their subscribers is an example of one of the best ways to make us more attractive for an early build.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>MaryEllen Kennedy</div><div>New Salem</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Craig Martin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cmartin@chem.umass.edu" target="_blank">cmartin@chem.umass.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span class="">On Nov 8, 2015, at 12:02 PM, Robert Heller <<a href="mailto:heller@deepsoft.com" target="_blank">heller@deepsoft.com</a>> wrote:<br></span><div><span class=""><blockquote type="cite"><br><div><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important">At Sun, 8 Nov 2015 11:22:41 -0500 Craig Martin <</span><a href="mailto:cmartin@chem.umass.edu" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px" target="_blank">cmartin@chem.umass.edu</a><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important">> wrote:</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><br>Robbie<br><br> The Shutesbury Broadband committee is scheduled to meet with our own<br> Select Board on Tue (at least that's the current plan). On Thurs, I<br> have a tentative commitment at work (likely won't know with certainty<br> until Thus afternoon).<br><br> Regarding your proposal below, does this involve the direct-to-Matrix<br> design proposal (and if so, what was the outcome of queries to MBI?), or<br> are you proposing to approach MBI independent of that?<span> </span><br></blockquote><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important">No, we are not going with Matrix. This would be the MBI regional design.</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important">The point is to let MBI know that although we have not all decided on a<span> </span></span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important">provider, we are ready to start the construction process (such as Make Ready).<span> </span></span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important">Mostly to get to the 'head of the list’.</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span>I’m all for anything that will push us to the head of the line. We spent Saturday morning calling residents who have not yet pre-registered with Wired West. </div><div><br></div><div>I’m also for working WITH Wired West on this. While getting things done soon is critical, getting things done WELL is even more critical. I’m committed to our achieving long term stability.</div><div><span class=""><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"> At this point, I think that the most important thing that we can do as a<br> cluster of three towns is to sign on to the Wired West agreement. The<br> more towns do that, and quickly, the more clout Wired West will have to<br> push such things with MBI (as a cluster of three, we'll have more clout<br> than individually, but as a cluster of 20-30 towns, we'll have<br> significantly more). Please remember that at the moment, both Shutesbury<br> and New Salem are not seriously considering "go-it-alone" models.<br></blockquote><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important">Wendell is not seriously considering "go-it-alone" model either really. At</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important">this point it is mostly a matter of making sure that the Wendell Broadband</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important">Committee has looked at all of the options, so we can present a recogmendation</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important">to the SelectBoard that the SelectBoard will be able to act on with</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important">confidence.</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span>Are there other models that Wendell is still exploring seriously? </div><div><br></div><div>I certainly do agree that you have a responsibility to consider seriously all options, as we have. But at some point, soon, if that option is to be Wired West, we need to coalesce around that with demonstrated enthusiasm. It’s important that the cooperative have political strength. As towns, we gain that only by working together with one voice! That will help not only in getting things built correctly, but also in getting things done well.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>Craig</div></font></span><div><div class="h5"><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><br>Best regards,<br><br>Craig<br><br><br><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 7, 2015, at 12:56 PM, Robert Heller <<a href="mailto:heller@deepsoft.com" target="_blank">heller@deepsoft.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>Normally, the next scheduled meeting date for the Wendell Broadband Committee<span> </span><br>would be this coming Wednesday, but that is the 11th, Veteran's Day, a Federal<span> </span><br>holliday. Possible alternitives would be either Tuesday the 10th or Thursday<span> </span><br>the 12th. 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