Agenda
Update mailing list
Approve 12/12/07 minutes
December 12, 2007 Meeting Minutes
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
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
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
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