[Ww-snww-regional-list] Next meeting date -- which day works best?

Raymond DiDonato rdidonat at hotmail.com
Sun Nov 8 17:59:37 EST 2015


Hi Craig,

To be clear, I didn't say WW had said that, or that I had heard that rumor - I had not heard such a rumor. 

If this is the case, I'm not sure why anyone would have an issue with our proposed letter to MBI.

Best,
Ray

Subject: Re: [Ww-snww-regional-list] Next meeting date -- which day works best?
From: cmartin at chem.umass.edu
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 17:38:06 -0500
CC: maryellen.kennedy at gmail.com; heller at deepsoft.com; broadbandcommittee at wendellmass.us; ww-snww-regional-list at deepsoft.com
To: rdidonat at hotmail.com

To be clear - WiredWest has NEVER suggested a build out “all at once.” To the contrary, Jim Drawe has specifically mentioned on many occasions a phased build out - I’m pretty sure that his financial modeling specifically incorporates that - actually, I’m certain that it does.. In any case, MBI will make that final call. as it is the only practical way to do the build.  So please ignore that roomer, wherever it came from.
Craig

On Nov 8, 2015, at 4:29 PM, Raymond DiDonato <rdidonat at hotmail.com> wrote:Hi MaryEllen,

I think you may have been at our last meeting where we discussed our rationale.

If you are able to attend our next meeting, that would be great as it would offer us the opportunity  to discuss that rationale further.  

But I think the general feeling may be that buildout would likely happen in clusters anyway - I hope WW isn't going to make all clusters wait and build out all at once - and since MBI will be doing the design and build out, we figure defining a cluster to them might be useful.  I don't see a downside in showing MBI and WW that we might have a cluster ready to go. 

As it will likely be sometime before town counsels will have a final WW agreement ready for us to review, we are trying to be proactive on multiple fronts.

If you are not able to attend, I assume a letter will be sent to your town explainin our rationale if we choose to draft one.

Best,
Ray

Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 15:56:53 -0500
Subject: Re: [Ww-snww-regional-list] Next meeting date -- which day works best?
From: maryellen.kennedy at gmail.com
To: cmartin at chem.umass.edu
CC: heller at deepsoft.com; broadbandcommittee at wendellmass.us; ww-snww-regional-list at deepsoft.com

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.
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.
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.
Regards,MaryEllen KennedyNew Salem
On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Craig Martin <cmartin at chem.umass.edu> wrote:
On Nov 8, 2015, at 12:02 PM, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:

At Sun, 8 Nov 2015 11:22:41 -0500 Craig Martin <cmartin at chem.umass.edu> wrote:
Robbie

  The Shutesbury Broadband committee is scheduled to meet with our own
  Select Board on Tue (at least that's the current plan). On Thurs, I
  have a tentative commitment at work (likely won't know with certainty
  until Thus afternoon).

  Regarding your proposal below, does this involve the direct-to-Matrix
  design proposal (and if so, what was the outcome of queries to MBI?), or
  are you proposing to approach MBI independent of that? 
No, we are not going with Matrix.  This would be the MBI regional design.The point is to let MBI know that although we have not all decided on a provider, we are ready to start the construction process (such as Make Ready). Mostly to get to the 'head of the list’.
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. 
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.
  At this point, I think that the most important thing that we can do as a
  cluster of three towns is to sign on to the Wired West agreement. The
  more towns do that, and quickly, the more clout Wired West will have to
  push such things with MBI (as a cluster of three, we'll have more clout
  than individually, but as a cluster of 20-30 towns, we'll have
  significantly more). Please remember that at the moment, both Shutesbury
  and New Salem are not seriously considering "go-it-alone" models.
Wendell is not seriously considering "go-it-alone" model either really. Atthis point it is mostly a matter of making sure that the Wendell BroadbandCommittee has looked at all of the options, so we can present a recogmendationto the SelectBoard that the SelectBoard will be able to act on withconfidence.
Are there other models that Wendell is still exploring seriously? 
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.
Best regards
Craig

Best regards,

Craig


On Nov 7, 2015, at 12:56 PM, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:

Normally, the next scheduled meeting date for the Wendell Broadband Committee 
would be this coming Wednesday, but that is the 11th, Veteran's Day, a Federal 
holliday.  Possible alternitives would be either Tuesday the 10th or Thursday 
the 12th.  Which day works best for people?

Possible agenda topics:

Wired West Operating Agreement.

Sending a (joint or coordinated) 'Letter of Intent that we are ready to begin
early construction stages, such as Make Ready (even though we have not all 
nailed down who will operate the network)' to MBI from the four towns in
our cluster (New Salem, Shutesbury, Warwick, and Wendell).

The "WiredWest Finalcial Modeling Process" document handed out yesterday (I 
will try to get an electronic version to distribute).

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