Agenda:

Update mailing list

Approve 12/12/07 minutes 

December 12, 2007 Meeting Minutes

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·    National

 

$21 million FCC Rural Health Pilot grant 

IL Rural HealthNet state map

 

USDA grants and Rural Broadband workshops

Community Connect Grant Summary

Community Connect federal register entry

Digital TV program federal register entry

Rural Broadband Workshops schedule

 

Lt. Governors Association Resolution to Bridge the Digital Divide in America

Digital Divide Resolution

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·    Statewide

 

Committee updates

One-page committee descriptions

Policy committee website

Infrastructure committee website

Demand Committee website

 

Broadband in Speaker Madigan’s budget hearings: Fran Roehm, Skokie Public Library

Speaker Madigan's budget hearing schedule

 

Bill update

SB766 High Speed Internet and Information Technology Act

HB5000 Children’s Low Cost Laptop Act

Bill summaries

 

DCEO Community Technology Center Grants: Ray Williams, DCEO

 

Community Wireless Grants: Ryan Croke, Office of Lt. Governor Quinn

Wireless seminar project: Frank Stec & Chris Kamba, UIUC

            Project broadCAST Information Request

 

Illinois Century Network update: Lori Sorenson, CMS Bureau of Communication and Computer Services

 

Mounting wireless equipment on government property: Bob Stapleton, Illinois Wireless Association

 

DHS Telehealth Project: Deborah Seale, SIU School of Medicine

Project overview

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·    Local & Regional

 

ConnectSI mapping and iwantmybroadband.com : Kathy Lively, Man-tra-con

Connect SI slideshow

 

Lawndale Wireless project: Nicol Turner-Lee, OneEconomy

Lawndale Wireless slideshow

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·    Other business

 

Affordable broadband access for deaf citizens: John Miller, Illinois Deaf & Hard of Hearing Commission

One-page issue summary

 

Extending broadband coverage in rural Iowa: Bill Cusack & Darcy Davidsmeyer, Motorola

Extending broadband coverage to rural communities

Case study: Farmtel (Wayland, Iowa)

 

Rural Wireless: Michael Kozeliski, LOEA

 

Broadband Calendar of Events

Layton Olson's Illinois Internet Calendar

 

Broadband Properties Conference: James Carlini

Conference discount info

 

ISPCON: Jeff Gerhardt

Should we have a muni-wifi conference in conjunction with ISPCON?

 

WiMax Conference in Chicago: March 28 at the Illinois Institute of Technology

 

Next meeting - early May