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St. Joseph County Broadband Technology Initiative

St. Joseph County Broadband Technology Initiative. March 6, 2003 Initiative Brief Primary Initiative : To further develop the local and regional technological connectivity of St. Joseph County in order to better economically and efficiently

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St. Joseph County Broadband Technology Initiative

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  1. St. Joseph County Broadband Technology Initiative March 6, 2003 Initiative Brief Primary Initiative: To further develop the local and regional technological connectivity of St. Joseph County in order to better economically and efficiently serve it’s existing and potential broadband users. Initiative Stages I. Assessment of assets and determination of a primary need. II. Aggregation of community needs through the formation of an advisory group. III. Construction of Hypothetical Technical Design by the advisory group. IV. Feasibility of concept with involved entities. V. Formulation of needed relationships to ensure a successful deployment in a timely manner with right characteristics for sustained longevity. VI. Final acceptance of financial, technical and functional design. VII. Deployment. Contact Information: Executive Director: Pat McMahon, pmcmahon@projectfuture.org, 574.234.6590 Technical Council: Bryan Baker, bbaker@bbkgroup.net, 574.234.9690

  2. St. Joseph County Broadband Technology Initiative March 31, 2003 Open Items Metro Initiatives -Follow up with advisory group members on responses not yet received and emphasis on projects with less than 30 days decision time. -Addition of broadcasting representation to advisory group. -Meeting with Bob Urbanski. -Procurement of Phase II consulting agreement. -MACOG follow up -City of Mishawaka City of South Bend Initiatives - Revised financials for conduit and handle system based on improved network configurations - RFP for construction - MOU for immediate deployments - Operating agreement with Metro Net Entity - Representation agreement to procure work outlined above - Recommended structure for the city to conduct business with the metro net entity Contact Information: Executive Director: Pat McMahon, pmcmahon@projectfuture.org, 574.234.6590 Technical Council: Bryan Baker, bbaker@bbkgroup.net, 574.234.9690

  3. St. Joseph County Broadband Technology Initiative March 6, 2003 March Agenda This week: -Correspondence to initial TAG members -Ordinance investigation -Addition of broadcasting organization(s) to TAG -Addition of scholastic organization(s) to TAG -Re-confirm validity of initial attendees relevance to our initial intents for TAG Next week: -Roundtable with Bill Pemberton and Carl King for city involvement. - Contact Mike Klaytor of Crowe Chizek, legal council - Receipt and analysis of member correspondence. This month: -Kevin Smith update -City of South Bend Engagement Next Month: - Financial briefing with corporate executives - MOU solidification - Commence initial publicity efforts By June: -Functional operating model to begin deployment phase. Contact Information: Executive Director: Pat McMahon, pmcmahon@projectfuture.org, 574.234.6590 Technical Council: Bryan Baker, bbaker@bbkgroup.net, 574.234.9690

  4. St. Joseph County Broadband Technology Initiative March 6, 2003 Telecom Advisory Group members Pat McMahon Project Future pmcmahon@projectfuture.org 234 6590 Bryan Baker The BBK Group bbaker@bbkgroup.net 968 0952 Mike Bieganski Bosch mike.bieganski@us.bosch.com Deborah Cafiero AM General dcafiero@amgeneral.com Brent Chamberlin AM General bchamberlin@amgeneral.com Don Day Gramtel dday@gramtel.net Larry Rapagani Gramtel lrapagani@gramtel.net Mark Ferency SB Medical Found. mferency@sbmflab.org Jay Fontaine Bowne Printing jay.fontaine@bowne.com Stan Harlozinski Memorial Hospital sharlozinski@memorialsb.org Steve Jones Honeywell steven.jones@honeywell.com Kevin Smyth ND ksmyth@nd.edu Rex Voorheis Crowe Chizek rvoorheis@crowechizek.com Mike Weaver 1st Source Bank weaverm@1stsource.com Aileen Wehren Madison Center wehrena@madison.org Jim Shelley Madison Center root@madison.org Bob Wozny Corporate Services rwozny@corporatesvcs.net Bob Robke MHIN brobke@mhin.org Chris Jones Corporate Services cjones@corporatesvcs.net Doug Garlinger WHME dgarlinger@prodigy.net Greg Amones Fox 28 679 9758 Sherry Long WNDU 631 1616 Brian Hoover WNIT (not very concerned, Pat has spoke with supervisor Mary 675 9648 Eugene Hale WSBT 233 3141 Vendor Advisory Group members AT&T GramTel Qwest Hayes Sprint Comcast- Karl Smith, Tom White, Mark Kinsinger, - 252 2514, 252 2546. US Signal- Sylvester Rowe Wiltel MCI Cyberlink Norlight Ted Strong 317 275-5206 Maplenet Level 3 Data Cruz Global Access- Kevin Smith, Larry Tadovich KC Online Indiana Fiber works Pat Opelt Quantum Contact Information: Executive Director: Pat McMahon, pmcmahon@projectfuture.org, 574.234.6590 Technical Council: Bryan Baker, bbaker@bbkgroup.net, 574.234.9690

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