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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Delegates [mailto:delegates-bounces@wiredwest.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>outreach@wiredwest.net<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 25, 2016 8:24 AM<br><b>To:</b> delegates@wiredwest.net<br><b>Subject:</b> [WWC Delegates] Delegate email: upcoming meetings, news items and meeting summaries 3/25/16<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Upcoming Meetings, News Items and Meeting Summaries </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Meeting:</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> WiredWest Risk Committee Meeting<br><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Date / time:</span></strong> Friday, March 25, 2016 6:00 pm<br><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Location: </span></strong>Hampshire Council of Governments, 99 Main Street, Northampton<br><a href="http://wiredwest.net/2015s2/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2016-03-25_WW_Risk_Comm_Meeting_Agenda.pdf" target="_blank">Agenda</a> – Posted on Monday, March 21st at 6:00PM <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Meeting: </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>WiredWest Board Meeting<b><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Date / time:  </span></strong></b>Saturday, March 26, 2016, 9:30 am<b><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Location / address:</span></strong></b> Becket Town Hall, 557 Main St., Becket<br><a href="http://wiredwest.net/2015s2/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016-3-26xWW_BoDMeetingAgenda.pdf">Agenda</a>– posted Tuesday, 3/22/16, at 7:32 am<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Note:</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> this meeting will be a <strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>public</span></strong> session, WiredWest is at a critical juncture and town Selectboards  are invited & strongly encouraged to attend.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Meeting: : </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>WiredWest Outreach Committee Meeting<br><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Date / time: </span></strong>Wednesday, March 30, 2016 6:00 pm<br><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Location: </span></strong>Hampshire Council of Governments, 99 Main Street, Northampton <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>News Items:</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><a href="http://wiredwest.net/2015s2/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2016-03-22-Recorder-Editorial-State-Should-Clear-Air.pdf" title="•  Editorial: State should clear air about broadband money">Editorial: State should clear air about broadband money</a> Greenfield Recorder, 3/23/16<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.berkshireeagle.com/columnists/ci_29662872/steve-nelson-wmass-broadband-pause-goes-and">Steve Nelson: Western Mass. broadband 'pause' goes on and on</a> Berkshire Eagle, 3/20/16<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/chattanoogas-epb-sparks-local-entrepreneurial-ecosystem">Chattanooga's Electric Power Board Sparks Local Entrepreneurial Ecosystem</a> Community Broadband Networks, 3/19/16<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><a href="http://muninetworks.org/content/att-celebrates-tennessee-families-go-another-year-without-internet-hope">AT&T Celebrates, Tennessee Families Go Another Year Without Internet Hope</a> A sobering story from Tennessee, corporate lobbying prevents a grassroots expansion of Chattanooga’s EPB broadband system Community Broadband Networks, 3/16/16<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><a href="http://theconversation.com/will-the-next-u-s-president-close-the-digital-divide-for-americans-without-broadband-access-55477?platform=hootsuite">Will the next U.S. president close the digital divide for Americans without broadband access?</a> An analysis of broadband platforms by the presidential candidates. The Conversation, 3/3/16<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><a href="http://blogs.usda.gov/2016/02/25/hog-wild-over-broadband/">Hog Wild Over Broadband</a> Bringing broadband to rural areas is helping transform business operations, including family-owned hog farms.  USDA Blog, 2/25/16 <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Thanks to the delegates who sent us news items. <strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Got other articles or local stories to share?</span></strong> Please submit them here: <a href="http://wiredwest.coffeecup.com/forms/NewsItem/">http://wiredwest.coffeecup.com/forms/NewsItem/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Meeting Summaries: </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Summary of Outreach Committee Meeting March 23, 2016 </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Main Topics:</span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> 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<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Next Meeting:</span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> 3/30/16 Northampton, see above<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Next Meeting Topics:</span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> Outreach to towns, Prepping for town meetings, Regional outreach meeting with town officials; Resolving list of website questions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>