[PL-Directors] FW: ALA, Gates Foundation Co-host Broadband Briefing; Video of Meeting Available

[Jim Scheppke]

Dear Directors: I attended this meeting in Washington DC when I was there
for ALA National Library Legislative Day last week. This is worth looking at
if you are interested in getting ³stimulus² money to improve the broadband
capacity and/or public access computing capacity at your library. What I
heard at this meeting reinforces the message that I have already given to
you:

* If you want stimulus money the first step is to find out what is happening
in your community and become a partner.
* Leave no stone unturned ‹ contact your city, your county, your community
college, your ESD, etc., as well as private providers of broadband services.
* Private providers that are trying to get a grant to build out their
broadband services might welcome having a library as a partner to show the
³public purpose² of their proposal.
* Oregon is not putting together a big statewide initiative for broadband
like some states, so it¹s up to you to partner with a local coalition to get
stimulus money. 
* I¹m happy to tout your local coalition project to the Governor¹s office
for possible endorsement, if you let me know about it.

I hope you or your staff will look at the video for helpful insight into the
two Federal grant programs that will be releasing guidelines soon. Let me
know if you have questions about this. --> Jim



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From: Diedre Conkling <diedre08 at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 14:29:39 -0700
To: libs-or <libs-or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>, <publib at webjunction.org>
Subject: [Libs-Or] Fwd: [District Dispatch] ALA, Gates Foundation Co-host
Broadband Briefing; Video of Meeting Available on 'Know Your Stimulus' Site

ALA, Gates Foundation Co-host Broadband Briefing; Video of Meeting Available
on ŒKnow Your Stimulus¹ Site
<http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=2914>
May 20th, 2009 
http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=2914
On May 12, the American Library Association (ALA) Washington Office and the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation co-hosted a briefing on the broadband
aspects of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) targeted to
state librarians and other leaders in the library community.

The meeting was hosted and moderated by Emily Sheketoff and Alan Inouye of
the ALA Washington Office and featured:
* John Windhausen, President, Telepoly, and former Senior Counsel, U.S.
Senate Commerce Committee
* Greg Rohde, President, E-Copernicus, and former Administrator, National
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
* Linda Schatz, President, EdTech Strategies, and former Vice President of
the Universal Service Administrative Company (which administers the E-rate
program) 
* Lynne Bradley, Director, ALA¹s Office of Government Relations
* Carrie Lowe, Director, Program on Networks in ALA¹s Office for Information
Technology Policy 
* Jill Nishi, Deputy Director, U.S. Libraries Program, Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation 
The agenda can be viewed here
<http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/may12meet
ingagenda-final2.pdf> . The presentation slides, and video recording are
available at the ALA ³KnowYourStimulus² <http://ala.org/knowyourstimulus>
Web site.



-- 
Diedre Conkling
diedre08 at gmail.com


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