Thanks to Christopher Mitchell (from ILSR) for passing this invitation on to me and to John Reich (from the Commerce and Labor Committee Telecom Regulation & Infrastructure Division) for giving me permission to pass it on…
On Friday, January 25, 2008, Rep. Al Juhnke and Rep. Sheldon Johnson invite all interested parties to an informational meeting on the ‘Connect Minnesota’ telecommunications mapping proposal. Brent Legg of Connected Nation will be presenting and available for questions. The meeting will be at 11 A.M. in the Basement Hearing Room of the State Office Building. We encourage all stakeholders (members, staff, department personnel, and industry representatives) to attend.
If you have any questions regarding this meeting or the proposed legislation, please contact Katherine Beyer at 651-296-9468.
Ann,
Folks might want to check out the Public Knowledge report on Connect Kentucky and Connect Nation.
http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/1334
By: P Fleck on January 12, 2008
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Thanks for the link. It’s a great article. I’m going to paste the first paragraph below because I think it helps explain why the Connect Kentucky project is worth learning more about…
The only telecommunications legislation that has a chance of passing the Congress controlled by Democrats this year is modeled on a group whose apparent accomplishments are open to question and whose origins are in Republican politics in Kentucky. That group is Connected Nation, which began life as Connect Kentucky.
By: Ann Treacy on January 12, 2008
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[...] and Rep. Sheldon Johnson on the ‘Connect Minnesota’ telecommunications mapping proposal. As I reported earlier, Brent Legg of Connected Nation [...]
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