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

[Steve Ross]

Lev got a great response when he mentioned this in a talk at our Broadband
Summit in Austin.




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On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 10:13 PM, Richard Lowenberg <rl at 1st-mile.org> wrote:

> This initiative, and the presentation on Google Drive, linked below,
> should be of interest to some on this list.
> RL
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> 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/1gDqCQ1RC0eDoksPXroXw4ceiqDu
> p9alA/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/
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> 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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