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

[Jim Scheppke]

Good question Andy. CIPA compliance is only required for certain
expenditures of LSTA funds and E-rate funds. There is no CIPA requirement
for the stimulus funds. --> Jim


On 5/20/09 4:33 PM, "Andy Swanson" <aswanson at co.klamath.or.us> wrote:

> Jim,
> Is this with or without CIPA compliance?
> Andy
>  
> 
> From: pl-directors-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
> [mailto:pl-directors-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Jim
> Scheppke
> Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 4:20 PM
> To: Public Library Directors
> Subject: [PL-Directors] FW: ALA, Gates Foundation Co-host Broadband Briefing;
> Video of Meeting Available
>  
> 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
> 
> 
> 
> ------ Forwarded Message
> 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/may12meetin
> gagenda-final2.pdf> . The presentation slides, and video recording are
> available at the ALA ³KnowYourStimulus² <http://ala.org/knowyourstimulus>  Web
> site.
> 
> 


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