Governor’s Task Force on Broadband meeting agenda: Oct 1 in Windom

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I will be attending and taking notes. If you are in or around Windom I encourage you to stop by and see what’s going on or offer your two cents on rural broadband during the public comments portion of the meeting. Here is the agenda…

Governor’s Task Force on Broadband
October 1, 2013

Business, Arts & Recreation Center (BARC)
1012 5th Ave.
Windom, MN 56101
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

  • 10:00 Introductions/ Approval of Minutes
  • 10:10 Welcome by Greg Warner, Windom BARC
  • 10:20  Public Comments
  • 10:30 Overview of BIP
    • Dominic Henderson, RUS/USDA
  • 10:45 Presentation: Northeast Service Cooperative (NESC)
    • Lyle MacVay, CTO, NESC (via videoconference)
  • 11:00 Presentation: Southwest Minnesota Broadband Service
    • Dan Olsen, General Manager, Windomnet
  • 11:15 Presentation: Minnesota Intelligent Rural Communities/Blandin Foundation
    • Bernadine Joselyn, Director of Public Policy and Engagement
  • 11:30 Presentation: AT&T Network Update
    • Paul Weirtz, President, AT&T Minnesota and Cory Draack, Technical Communications Manager, AT&T
  • 11:45 Lunch
  • 12:15 Subgroup Break Out Time 1
    • Incentives/Best Practices
    • Adoption
  • 12:45 Subgroup Break Out Time 2
    • Coordination Across Govt./Monitor FCC & PUC Decisions/Cost of Broadband
    • Mobile/Wireless Broadband
  • 1:15 Full Task Force Discussion of December Report Content
  • 1:50 Next Meeting Location and Agenda/Task Force Wrap Up
  • 2:00 Adjourn

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