[isoc-ny] VIDEO: Appalachian Ohio-West Virginia Connectivity Summit

[ISOC-NY announcements]

Apparently the 'background' link got munged in the email process.

For reference it is
https://soundcloud.com/woubdigital/episode-014-community-hooks-for-the-net

On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 4:17 PM, Joly MacFie <president at isoc-ny.org> wrote:

> The FCC has designated August as Rural Broadband Month
> <https://www.facebook.com/FCC/posts/10154999859879671> and will discuss
> many related matters at its Open Meeting
> <https://www.fcc.gov/news-events/events/2017/08/august-2017-open-commission-meeting>
> on Wednesday. Just because ISOC-NY is primarily an urban Chapter does not
> mean we are not concerned with rural connectivity. Plenty of upstate,
> despite Cuomo's best efforts <https://www.ny.gov/programs/broadband-all>,
> remains an Internet desert. The Appalachia/Ohio event below, from a couple
> of weeks back, is a brief yet definitive exploration of the current issues,
> funding, models, regulation etc etc.  I suggest skipping the first 26 mins
> in Chris Mitchell's to where he gets down to business. The message that he,
> and Commissioner Clyburn, delivered is that it is up to communities to take
> their connectivity into their own hands, and to organize sooner rather than
> later, before massive subsidies end up in the hands of the incumbents.
> Existing such community efforts are explored in the panel. Finally I do
> recommend spending time to listen to the background interview with
> community organizer LIz Shaw, in which she graphically and humorously
> relates the frustrations that led to the conference itself.
>
>
> joly posted: "On July 18 2017 the Appalachian Ohio-West Virginia
> Connectivity Summit was held at Washington State Community College in
> Marietta, OH. Keynote Speaker was Chris Mitchell, Director of the Community
> Broadband Networks Initiative. After breakout sessions the"
>
>
> [image: APPALACHIAN OHIO-WEST VIRGINIA CONNECTIVITY SUMMIT]
> <http://ruralassembly.org/blog/2017/6/15/appalachian-ohio-west-virginia-connectivity-summit>On
> *July 18 2017* the *Appalachian Ohio-West Virginia Connectivity Summit
> <http://ruralassembly.org/blog/2017/6/15/appalachian-ohio-west-virginia-connectivity-summit>*
> was held at Washington State Community College in Marietta, OH. Keynote
> Speaker was *Chris Mitchell*, Director of the Community Broadband
> Networks Initiative. After breakout sessions there was a plenary panel on *Community
> Ownership Models*. Video of both is below. FCC Commissioner *Mignon
> Clyburn* also spoke. There's no video of that but a *transcript of her
> prepared remarks*
> <http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2017/db0719/DOC-345873A1.pdf>
> is available.
>
> *Keynote Speaker – Chris Mitchell*: https://www.facebook.com/WSCCM
> ariettaOH/videos/10154782856332919/
>
>  *Community Ownership Models Panel*: Letcher County, KY Broadband Board;
> Coschocton County, OH Broadband Project;
> ​ G​
> arrett County; MD Broadband Project; Pikeville, KY Fiber-to-the Premises
> Project. Moderator – Marty Newell
> ​:
> : https://www.facebook.com/WSCCMariettaOH/videos/10154783486877919/
>
> ** Itinerary:* http://bit.ly/2vqfNAu (pdf)
>
> ** Background radio interview*
> *​ *
>
> ​
>
> <https://soundcloud.com/woubdigital/episode-014-community-hooks-for-the-net> (58
> mins)
>
>
>    - *Facebook Page:* https://www.facebook.com/broadband4app
>    - *Public Knowledge* report
>    <https://www.publicknowledge.org/news-blog/blogs/whats-lacking-in-appalachia-tales-from-a-broadband-connectivity-conversation>
>    - *muninetworks.org <http://muninetworks.org>* report and resources
>    <https://muninetworks.org/content/watch-video-appalachian-ohio-west-virginia-connectivity-summit>
>
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Joly MacFie
President - Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY)
http://isoc-ny.org          218 565 9365
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