The Office of Broadband Development announces the agenda for the November meeting of the MN Broadband Task Force…

Broadband Task Force, November Monthly Meeting

Date: 11/12/2026

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Meeting Agenda

10:00 a.m. – 10:05 a.m. – Welcome from Teddy Bekele, Chair, Minnesota Governor’s Task Force on Broadband and approval of minutes from October Task Force meeting.

10:05 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. – Minnesota Public Broadband Alliance presentation and overview of work.

10:50 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. – Office of Broadband Development (OBD) overview and updates from Bree Maki (Executive Director, OBD) and Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment updates from Jennifer Frost (State/Federal Programs and Compliance Manager, OBD).

11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Task Force updates and discussion on progress on the 2026 annual report including:

· Share-out from subgroup leads, Melissa Wolf and Marc Johnson on where recommendations are at and other discussion from the meetings

· Discussion on Task Force wide recommendation around speed goals and other items to include for “long term” goals for the report (i.e. Data centers, AI, etc.)

11:30 a.m. – 11:35 a.m. – Open the floor to other business, December’s meeting plans, and meeting wrap-up.

11:35 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Subgroup breakout, work time until the end.