Minnesota Broadband Task Force Agenda for June 12

Here’s the agenda for tomorrow’s Minnesota Broadband Task Force meeting:

Governor’s Task Force on Broadband
TIES, 1667 Snelling Ave. N., St. Paul
Tuesday, June 12, 2012

10:00 a.m. to 3:20 p.m.

10:00-10:15 Greetings and introductions, approve meeting minutes

10:15-11:15 Policy Incentives Discussion

  • John Fuller, MN Senate Counsel (telecom & broadband issues)
  • Joel Michael, MN House of Representatives Research Department (taxes)
  • Bob Eleff, MN House of Representatives Research Department (telecom & broadband issues)

11:15-12:00 Subgroup work time

Coordination Across Government Levels (Leader: Danna MacKenzie)
Best Practices/Incentives (Leader: Dick Sjoberg)

12:00-12:30 Lunch

12:30-12:50 Representative from Sen. Klobuchar’s Office on S1939 Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2011

  • Erika Nelson

12:50-1:50 Rights-of-Way, Permitting and Dig Once Strategies Discussion

  • John Schultz, U-reka Broadband
  • Dan Gasow, CenturyLink
  • Toby Brummer, Hiawatha Broadband
  • Dave Seykora, MN Department of Transportation
  • Gary Shelton, Scott County

1:50-2:30 Subgroup work time

State of Broadband (Leader: Matt Grose)
Broadband Adoption (Leader: Shirley Walz)
Monitor/Understand Impact of FCC & PUC Decisions; Cost of Broadband
(Leader: Gary Evans)

2:30-3:00 Subgroups report to full task force and feedback

3:00-3:10 Public comments

3:10-3:20 Other business/Upcoming meetings/Adjourn meeting

Again the meeting will be held at TIES:

Governor’s Task Force on Broadband
1667 Snelling Avenue North
St. Paul, MN 55108.

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Librarian who follows rural broadband in MN and good uses of new technology (blandinonbroadband.org), hosts a radio show on MN music (mostlyminnesota.com), supports people experiencing homelessness in Minnesota (elimstrongtowershelters.org) and helps with social justice issues through Women’s March MN.

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