Thought I’d try to mention this early to anyone in or around Sauk Rapids who might want to attend the next Minnesota Broadband Task Force Meeting. The good news is that the Task Force plans to meet outside of the Twin Cities for quite a few of their sessions so they will get a chance to hear from folks around the state and folks around the state can meet them.

Here are the crucial details:

Governor’s Task Force on Broadband
Independent Lifestyle
215 North Benton Drive, Sauk Rapids, MN 56379
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
10:00 a.m. – 2:10 p.m.

And here is the agenda, which you can also find on the Connect Minnesota website.

• 10:00- 10:15 Greetings and introductions; Approve minutes of February 14, 2012 meeting
• 10:15-10:20 Welcome by Independent Lifestyle
• 10:20-10:50 Public comments
• 10:50-12:05 Subgroup reports to full task force and feedback—15 minutes each:
• Subgroup: Coordination Across Government Levels (Leader: Danna MacKenzie)
• Subgroup: Best Practices/Incentives (Leader: Dick Sjoberg)
• Subgroup: State of Broadband (Leader: Matt Grose)
• Subgroup: Broadband)Adoption (Leader: Shirley Walz)
• Subgroup: Monitor/Understand Impact of FCC & PUC Decisions; Cost of Broadband (Leader: Gary Evans)
• 12:05-12:30 Lunch
• 12:30-1:10 Presentation – Benton County’s MIRC Story
• 1:10-1:30 Continuation of subgroup reports to full task force and feedback
• Subgroup: Locations (Leader: Bernadine Joselyn)
• 1:30-1:55 Public comments
• 1:55-2:05 Other business/Upcoming meetings
• 2:05-2:10 Closing comments/adjourn meeting