<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">Apparently the 'background' link got munged in the email process.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">For reference it is <a href="https://soundcloud.com/woubdigital/episode-014-community-hooks-for-the-net">https://soundcloud.com/woubdigital/episode-014-community-hooks-for-the-net</a></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 4:17 PM, Joly MacFie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:president@isoc-ny.org" target="_blank">president@isoc-ny.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">The FCC has designated August as <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FCC/posts/10154999859879671" target="_blank">Rural Broadband Month</a> and will discuss many related matters at its <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/news-events/events/2017/08/august-2017-open-commission-meeting" target="_blank">Open Meeting</a> 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 <a href="https://www.ny.gov/programs/broadband-all" target="_blank">best efforts</a>, 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. </div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><u></u>
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<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://ruralassembly.org/blog/2017/6/15/appalachian-ohio-west-virginia-connectivity-summit" target="_blank"><img border="0" class="m_-2721801720127808230m_1422522667671633222size-full m_-2721801720127808230m_1422522667671633222wp-image-9308" src="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/APPALACHIA-1.png" alt="APPALACHIAN OHIO-WEST VIRGINIA CONNECTIVITY SUMMIT" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:12px;clear:both;float:right;margin-left:1em;padding:4px;background-color:white;border:1px solid #ccc"></a>On <strong>July 18 2017</strong> the <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://ruralassembly.org/blog/2017/6/15/appalachian-ohio-west-virginia-connectivity-summit" target="_blank">Appalachian Ohio-West Virginia Connectivity Summit</a></strong> was held at Washington State Community College in Marietta, OH. Keynote Speaker was <strong>Chris Mitchell</strong>, Director of the Community Broadband Networks Initiative. After breakout sessions there was a plenary panel on <strong>Community Ownership Models</strong>. Video of both is below. FCC Commissioner <strong>Mignon Clyburn</strong> also spoke. There's no video of that but <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2017/db0719/DOC-345873A1.pdf" target="_blank">a <strong>transcript of her prepared remarks</strong></a> is available.</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><strong>Keynote Speaker – Chris Mitchell</strong>: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WSCCMariettaOH/videos/10154782856332919/" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/WSCCM<wbr>ariettaOH/videos/1015478285633<wbr>2919/</a></p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"> <strong>Community Ownership Models Panel</strong>: Letcher County, KY Broadband Board; Coschocton County, OH Broadband Project;</p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"> G</div>arrett County; MD Broadband Project; Pikeville, KY Fiber-to-the Premises Project. Moderator – Marty Newell<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">:</div>: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WSCCMariettaOH/videos/10154783486877919/" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/WSCCM<wbr>ariettaOH/videos/1015478348687<wbr>7919/</a><p></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><strong>* Itinerary:</strong> <a href="http://bit.ly/2vqfNAu" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2vqfNAu</a> (pdf)<br></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em">
<strong>* Background <a>radio interview</a></strong></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"><strong> </strong></div> <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://soundcloud.com/woubdigital/episode-014-community-hooks-for-the-net" target="_blank"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"></div></a> (58 mins)<p></p>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br><div>Joly MacFie</div><div>President - Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY)</div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://isoc-ny.org" target="_blank">http://isoc-ny.org</a> </span>218 565 9365</div></div></div>
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