AGENDA+MATERIAL PACKET (Distributed in meeting)

Several presentations were abridged for the packet -- full presentations available below.

ILLINOIS BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT COUNCIL

2-4PM, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2008

Approve 9/22/08 minutes

Sept22BDCMinutes.doc

Local & Regional

• Vince DeMuzio Rural Broadband Pilot: Doug Power, NIU Regional Development Institute

• GIS grant: Bill Bade, Lincoln Land Community College

Bade_GIS.doc

• Mt. Vernon telemedicine grant: Philip Wood, Verizon

VZ Foundation PR.pdf

• Northern IL Technology Triangle: Mayor Chet Olson, City of Rochelle

• Southeastern IL Broadband Expanding Rurally (SIBER): Tiffany Macke, UI-Extension

SIBER fact sheet 032808.doc

Statewide

• Illinois Technology Index: Ed Longanecker, AeA Midwest Council

AeA Index overview.doc

ʉۢ Community Technology Center grants: John Barr, DCEO

• Wireless ISPs in Illinois: Michael Anderson, Part-15.org

Anderson_Part15.ppt

• InterGovernmental Crisis Network: Ken Cohen, Hughes

Cohen.ppt

• Wireless Main Street Kit: Sanjit Biswas, Meraki

Meraki.ppt

• Low-Cost Laptops for Learning: Keith Gillette, IL Chief Technology Officers Association 

http://il-cto-lcllc.googlegroups.com/web/2008-12-11+Low+Cost+Laptops+for+Learning+IL+Broadband+Deployment+Council+Update.pdf

• Low-Cost Laptop Initiative: Ryan Croke, Office of Lt. Governor Pat Quinn

• TECH 2009: Terry Sullivan, Shiloh CUSD

TECH_2009.pdf

• Illinois Technology Heroes: Ryan Croke, Office of Lt. Governor Pat Quinn

2009TechHeroNominationForm.doc

• Public Library Broadband Assessment: Joe Natale, Illinois State Library

National

• National Broadband Strategy: Jim Baller, Baller Herbst Law Group

• InternetforEveryone.org: Tim Karr, Free Press

• $21 million FCC Rural Health Pilot grant: Alan Kraus, NIU Regional Development Institute

• Digital TV Transition: Wendy Farley, Comcast

Farley_DTV.ppt

• Federal broadband funding options: Michael Paddock, Grants Office, LLC

Paddock_Wireless Funders 2009.pdf

 Other business

o Event announcements

• Motorola Canopy® Technical Training Program

            Schaumburg, IL - December 8 - 12, 2008

• Alliance for Public Technology