I thought some folks might be interested in attending this meeting – thank to Mark Erickson for allowing me to share the info. For folks outside the community, I thought it might be interesting to see what’s happening in other areas and maybe learn from what other folks are doing…

The City of Arlington and the RS Fiber Joint Powers Board will be hosting a gathering of representatives from the 11 city councils and two county commissions that make up the RS Fiber Joint Powers Board on Thursday, January 19th at the Arlington Community Center.

The focus of the meeting is to update all of the councils and commissions on the progress of the project and discuss next steps for moving forward.

An agenda for the meeting is attached, along with bios for the presenters.

A light supper will be served beginning at 6 p.m. sponsored by the Sibley County Economic Development Commission (SEDCO).

The meeting will begin at 7 p.m.

Representatives from each council and commission will have assigned seating.

The gathering is a work session. No motions or votes will be allowed or taken. If a particular city or county needs to call their group to order, please let RS Fiber JPB Chair Jim Swanson know ahead of the meeting and he will accommodate your request.

There will be five presentations made during the meeting.

During the presentations questions will only be allowed from councils and commissions.

Handouts of the presentations will be available at the meeting.

A general Q&A session will take place following the presentations for the general public.

Cards will be passed out prior to the general Q&A and questions will be read from those cards.

Wade Werner from the AGGW Cable Commission and GFW will be taping the meeting.

Shannon Sweeney from David Drown Associates will moderate the presentations and Q&A.

If you have any comments, questions or suggestions please contact either me or one of the members of the JPB.

If you know of someone you think should receive this email, please forward it to them.

This is a public meeting and everyone is welcome.