<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">I agree we should get together online and brainstorm. Perhaps we should consider the week of March <span style="font-style: italic;"></span>9 or later since many ISOC members will also be attending the ICANN conference right after the ISOC meeting in Mexico City. <br><br>Any other schedules we should consider?<br><br>Annalisa Roger, VP<br>SF Bay ISOC<br><br><br><br><font style="font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif;" color="#007f40"><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br><br></span></strong></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span
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255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: Chris Grundemann <cgrundemann@gmail.com><br>Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM<br>To: "Zaid Ali" <zaid@zaidali.com><br>Cc: "sfbayisoc" <sfbayisoc@lists.sfbayisoc.org>, "ISOC Chapter Delegates" <chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org>, "ISOC TRUSTEES" <isoc-trustees@elists.isoc.org><br>Date: Friday, February 20, 2009, 8:04 PM<br><br><pre>That sounds like a great next/first step Zaid, an online session to<br>get our ideas on the table and maybe start to build some consensus on<br>collaboration and goals. Perhaps the first week in March?<br>~Chris<br><br>On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 11:30, Zaid Ali <zaid@zaidali.com> wrote:<br>> I think this is a good initiative and one we can take advantage of. The<br>SF-Bay chapter is willing to collaborate with other chapters on initiatives we<br>can take. I agree with Franck though that we need
someone from HQ involved or<br>appoint a full time position for obtaining the grant since it takes a lot of<br>human bandwidth to do this. The SF-Bay chapter has interests in areas of<br>education, green technology, standards as well as accessibility. I am happy to<br>facilitate an online meeting with US chapter's to collaborate on this.<br>><br>> Thanks,<br>> Zaid Ali<br>> President, Internet Society San Francisco Bay chapter<br>> www.sfbayisoc.org<br>> zaid@sfbayisoc.org<br>><br>> ----- Original Message -----<br>> From: "Franck Martin" <franck@avonsys.com><br>> To: "Chris Grundemann" <cgrundemann@gmail.com><br>> Cc: "ISOC Chapter Delegates"<br><chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org>, "ISOC TRUSTEES"<br><isoc-trustees@elists.isoc.org><br>> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 3:29:05 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific<br>> Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY
OPPORTUNITIES<br>PROGRAM<br>><br>> I would be wondering then if ISOC HQ could not help the US ISOC chapters<br>(there are quite a few) to put a project together. After all Accessibility is a<br>key initiative at ISOC and we are actively working on IPv6 deployment.<br>><br>><br>> ----- Original Message -----<br>> From: "Chris Grundemann" <cgrundemann@gmail.com><br>> To: "ISOC Chapter Delegates"<br><chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org><br>> Sent: Friday, 20 February, 2009 11:22:21 AM (GMT+1200) Auto-Detected<br>> Subject: [Chapter-delegates] BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM<br>><br>> Hi all,<br>><br>> Just wondering if any U.S. chapters have plans or ideas to apply for a<br>> grant under the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009"<br>(aka<br>> stimulus package). I found "Title VI -Broadband Technology<br>> Opportunities Program" intriguing. From what I gather, this
program<br>> will see $4.7 billion and one of its goals is to "provide broadband<br>> education, awareness, training, access, equipment, and support".<br>> Also, I wonder about the broader question of government grants in<br>> general; is this something that ISOC chapters have ever taken<br>> advantage of? I can understand not wanting to be too beholden but on<br>> an individual project level what are the arguments against?<br>><br>><br>> As for this bill (H.R. 1), here is the most relevant text:<br>><br>> TITLE VI—BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM<br>> [...]<br>> SEC. 6001. BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM.<br>> [...]<br>> (b) The purposes of the program are to—<br>> [...]<br>> (3) provide broadband education, awareness, training,<br>> access, equipment, and support to—<br>> (A) schools, libraries, medical and healthcare providers,<br>> community colleges and other
institutions of higher education,<br>> and other community support organizations and<br>> entities to facilitate greater use of broadband service by<br>> or through these organizations;<br>> (B) organizations and agencies that provide outreach,<br>> access, equipment, and support services to facilitate greater<br>> use of broadband service by low-income, unemployed, aged,<br>> and otherwise vulnerable populations;<br>> [...]<br>><br>> Title VI is pretty short and worth taking a read in full; it starts on<br>> page 398 and can be found here:<br>><br>http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h1enr.pdf<br>><br>> Thanks!<br>> ~Chris<br>><br>><br>> --<br>> Chris Grundemann<br>> www.chrisgrundemann.com<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Chapter-delegates mailing list<br>> Chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org<br>>
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