[1st-mile-nm] Fwd: Follow Up to the I-40 Regional Broadband Events

[Richard Lowenberg]

This initiative, and the presentation on Google Drive, linked below,
should be of interest to some on this list.
RL

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Subject: Follow Up to the I40 Regional Broadband Event
Date: 2018-05-31 14:46
 From: Michael Sherman <Michael.Sherman at asu.edu>

Thank you for your interest in the “I40 Initiative: A Vision for a
Multi-State Regional Approach to Improving Broadband Connectivity in the
Southwest”.

In particular, we thank those that attended our May 17th event in
Flagstaff. It was a remarkable gathering of about 100 stakeholders
representing four states (Arizona, California, Nevada and New Mexico),
and diverse interests, organizations and institutions including federal,
state, local, and tribal governments, , K-12 schools, health care
organizations, community colleges, private sector service providers and
vendors of all sizes, commercial enterprises, trade groups, higher
education institutions, and tribal colleges, among others.

As requested, we are sharing the presentation from that event.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gDqCQ1RC0eDoksPXroXw4ceiqDup9alA/view?usp=sharing

The response to the work presented - throughout the day and in our Wrap
Up and Discussion session – was energetic and positive overall.  The
higher education leaders there clearly heard that a “coalition of the
willing” wished to continue the work and that the diverse stakeholder
interests represented be involved in helping to guide the next steps.
Moving forward will need funding and it is likely that members of an
advisory group will be asked to make a reasonable contribution.  We will
refine the specifics in the near future.  Please consider whether your
organization is interested in participating and if so, please express
your willingness in an e-mail to me.

Also, if your organization is supportive, we ask that your express that
support in the form of a Letter of Interest/Support.  We appreciate the
many organizations that have done so already, both before and after the
event.  As you can see from the list below, we can tell policy makers
and others with confidence that there is diverse support towards solving
the problem.  A Letter of Interest template is attached.  Please e-mail
as an attachment or an e-mail to me.

  ◦        Arizona Commerce Authority

  ◦        Arizona State University

  ◦        CableOne

  ◦        CellularOne

  ◦        CENIC

  ◦        Coconino Community College

  ◦        Cox Business Services

  ◦        Frontier Communications

  ◦        Internet2

  ◦        Navajo Technical University

  ◦        Northern Arizona University

  ◦        New Mexico Technology Council

  ◦        Plateau Telecommunications

  ◦        Sacred Wind Communications

  ◦        Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute

  ◦        University of Arizona

  ◦        U.S. Representative Tom O’Halleran

  ◦        World Wide Technology

  ◦        Zayo Group

Again, thank you for your interest.  If you do not want to receive
future communications, please e-mail your request to be removed from the
mailing list.

And please share any thoughts or comments you may have on any aspect of
this work.

Regards.

MICHAEL C. SHERMAN
Executive Director
Sun Corridor Network
mcsherman at email.arizona.edu
480-340-3800
http://suncorridornet.org/


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Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director
1st-Mile Institute     505-603-5200
Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504,
rl at 1st-mile.org     www.1st-mile.org
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