<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>The annual Broadband Communities Conference is being held next week in Austin.</div><div>Some subscribers to this list are organizing, presenting and attending this information and contacts-rich program, including the partnered annual Rural Tele Con sessions.     It is not too late to register and attend.    </div><div><br></div><div>Many of you already subscribe to the free Broadband Communities magazine, which provides monthly issues and articles of interest to this list.</div><div>Check it out.     </div><div><br></div><div>RL</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><img height="1" width="1" id="e2f92274-6e97-4e10-ad58-60eb2ad3e53e" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:2384A50D-D462-424D-AC80-AB1B7335A605@Home"><div align="center"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><tbody><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><table border="0" width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width: 600px; "><tbody><tr><td width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><table bgcolor="#FF0000" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK25" style="background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); "><tbody><tr><td valign="bottom" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" style="text-align: left; font-size: 20pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div align="center" style="text-align: center; "><strong>SUMMIT BULLETINS:</strong></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK30" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: table; "><tbody><tr><td valign="bottom" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; "><strong>Newest Speakers and Sponsors:</strong></div><div style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; "><strong><br></strong></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; "><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KlZgGLp9Wp5kJrmHrLpGdzXosQuX8g4ybtU8MrcYuTQgyYan3HaZRkDp2KzVRID4JghrqbV8gv2zmlF6v5w2p3EdMjr_uj-0xEjsnpRazqYVMDZvRt__AUnSJkunSuN-aM_juX-EJ5GB9LUsUjZq_hde_CJlSdW0pTF8GK3GhvZjz09Ba2B3f7nF_aIY1T-WRoHJtpqF5AZGMYZJWiTeAw==&c=izW9subZZc8yyHxXX3VXsigaBj8pRgQ6u0Yjw1bQ4icxm-tVZLlJwA==&ch=veefmPzD40UI-7VZM9dz7Lrea07fpRYJCeQHSpNa0WlaaSgcn1ufNw==" linktype="1" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-decoration: underline; ">FCC's Jonathan Chambers - Chief of Office of Strategic Planning</a></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; "><em><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KlZgGLp9Wp5kJrmHrLpGdzXosQuX8g4ybtU8MrcYuTQgyYan3HaZRoOtSmpF8cgDdxAnYWnLRUiEtGy-2Xcl28QStXXqi81dTrOVH-YZ0OiQblM_JnB28JGtifT7KGuDUcX1f60qEcSsnAweteAQMrrsbywwhYaU9PN-YI2TZOhrfyqAPVp4zxobjZsOZ3hnicOXE1Mr9wAG-5P1ejVVyg==&c=izW9subZZc8yyHxXX3VXsigaBj8pRgQ6u0Yjw1bQ4icxm-tVZLlJwA==&ch=veefmPzD40UI-7VZM9dz7Lrea07fpRYJCeQHSpNa0WlaaSgcn1ufNw==" linktype="1" target="_blank" style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); text-decoration: underline; ">Speaker at legal-regulatory workshop . . . special luncheon for electric coops</a></em></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; ">FCC's Julie Veach - Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; "><em><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KlZgGLp9Wp5kJrmHrLpGdzXosQuX8g4ybtU8MrcYuTQgyYan3HaZRg1XiieL-c0DrJyxLA43mnfa3Bq8B9nKPn2Dy8Or_Eg0W_9mfIxNqKCQaMBTteOacDUIEkVcTnlUQeAO9pEuSgBo8BpBG9XzyuLp8pNpnVkYiEXeaeXPNeNPvwpW4Bu8kQCDXYmiA0ivVaLfCQJ7hwoGfZFz40s8PIGCEo6QZCSc&c=izW9subZZc8yyHxXX3VXsigaBj8pRgQ6u0Yjw1bQ4icxm-tVZLlJwA==&ch=veefmPzD40UI-7VZM9dz7Lrea07fpRYJCeQHSpNa0WlaaSgcn1ufNw==" linktype="1" target="_blank" style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); text-decoration: underline; ">Joins blue-ribbon economic development panel </a></em></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;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