[Chapter-delegates] BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM

Fri Feb 20 12:25:25 PST 2009

I agree we should get together online and brainstorm.   Perhaps we should consider the week of March 9 or later since many ISOC members will also be attending the ICANN conference right after the ISOC meeting in Mexico City.. 

Any other schedules we should consider?

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--- On Fri, 2/20/09, Chris Grundemann <cgrundemann at gmail.com> wrote:
From: Chris Grundemann <cgrundemann at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM
To: "Zaid Ali" <zaid at zaidali.com>
Cc: "sfbayisoc" <sfbayisoc at lists.sfbayisoc.org>, "ISOC Chapter Delegates" <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>, "ISOC TRUSTEES" <isoc-trustees at elists.isoc.org>
Date: Friday, February 20, 2009, 8:04 PM

That sounds like a great next/first step Zaid, an online session to
get our ideas on the table and maybe start to build some consensus on
collaboration and goals.  Perhaps the first week in March?
~Chris

On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 11:30, Zaid Ali <zaid at zaidali.com> wrote:
> I think this is a good initiative and one we can take advantage of. The
SF-Bay chapter is willing to collaborate with other chapters on initiatives we
can take. I agree with Franck though that we need someone from HQ involved or
appoint a full time position for obtaining the grant since it takes a lot of
human bandwidth to do this. The SF-Bay chapter has interests in areas of
education, green technology, standards as well as accessibility. I am happy to
facilitate an online meeting with US chapter's to collaborate on this.
>
> Thanks,
> Zaid Ali
> President, Internet Society San Francisco Bay chapter
> www.sfbayisoc.org
> zaid at sfbayisoc.org
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Franck Martin" <franck at avonsys.com>
> To: "Chris Grundemann" <cgrundemann at gmail.com>
> Cc: "ISOC Chapter Delegates"
<chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>, "ISOC TRUSTEES"
<isoc-trustees at elists.isoc.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 3:29:05 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES
PROGRAM
>
> I would be wondering then if ISOC HQ could not help the US ISOC chapters
(there are quite a few) to put a project together. After all Accessibility is a
key initiative at ISOC and we are actively working on IPv6 deployment.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Grundemann" <cgrundemann at gmail.com>
> To: "ISOC Chapter Delegates"
<chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
> Sent: Friday, 20 February, 2009 11:22:21 AM (GMT+1200) Auto-Detected
> Subject: [Chapter-delegates] BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM
>
> Hi all,
>
> Just wondering if any U.S. chapters have plans or ideas to apply for a
> grant under the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009"
(aka
> stimulus package).  I found "Title VI -Broadband Technology
> Opportunities Program" intriguing.  From what I gather, this program
> will see $4.7 billion and one of its goals is to "provide broadband
> education, awareness, training, access, equipment, and support".
> Also, I wonder about the broader question of government grants in
> general; is this something that ISOC chapters have ever taken
> advantage of?  I can understand not wanting to be too beholden but on
> an individual project level what are the arguments against?
>
>
> As for this bill (H.R. 1), here is the most relevant text:
>
> TITLE VI—BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM
> [...]
> SEC. 6001. BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM.
> [...]
> (b) The purposes of the program are to—
> [...]
>  (3) provide broadband education, awareness, training,
> access, equipment, and support to—
>   (A) schools, libraries, medical and healthcare providers,
> community colleges and other institutions of higher education,
> and other community support organizations and
> entities to facilitate greater use of broadband service by
> or through these organizations;
>   (B) organizations and agencies that provide outreach,
> access, equipment, and support services to facilitate greater
> use of broadband service by low-income, unemployed, aged,
> and otherwise vulnerable populations;
> [...]
>
> Title VI is pretty short and worth taking a read in full; it starts on
> page 398 and can be found here:
>
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h1enr.pdf
>
> Thanks!
> ~Chris
>
>
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