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Princeton Broadband Committee
Meeting Minutes July 10, 2013 7:08pm Town Hall Office
Meeting called to order at 7:10 PM. Committee Members Present:
Steve Cullen
Bill Dino
Dag Olsen
Rich Wagner
Ned Utzig
John Kowaleski
Petr Spacek
Stan Moss
Phil O’Brien
6/26 Minutes and 6/27 approved.
- Office of Campaign / Personal Finance – can’t use public resources for a ballot initiative committee. Recommend SPBB put list of questions together and call. No linkage of Support Princeton BB to our website allowed.
- Tax ID for Support Princeton BB needs to be a new tax ID.
- John created RFI document for ISPs, in review by committee. Note that network might be active internet or GPON
- Power pole survey – 2 sections done, more on the way. Two volunteers have stepped up to help. John to add new data to database.
- Stan got call from Middletown, RI. They are interested in doing a fiber to premises overbuild. Sent them previous study from Holden. They asked to see our info on Drop box. Committee decided to share the info, read-only.
- Rural Broadband summit Greenfield – John K. going, will try to find out more info on Federal Funding.
- Town must make a disclosure/statement that G4S is designing the network to warn or inform the public on the current plan, will delay delivery of network design approximately a week.
Action Items:
- Talk to Cell tower customers & tower providers (Brian Allen) about connecting to fiber / getting an ONT, could be a source of revenue. (Stan)
- Mike to talk with G4S about feasibility of splitting feed to town to East Princeton FD ?
- Stan to send John list of Power Pole survey volunteers.
- Phil will send a sample press release to Support PBB for publication once tax ID issue resolved.
- Stan to work with town/G4S on statement/disclosure of the design relationship.
- Rich to revamp sign volunteer notice.
Upcoming Agenda:
- July 17 – Set times and dates for information and discussion sessions and possible content, through September. G4S design delivery.
Meeting adjourned 8:18 pm
Respectfully submitted,
Ned Utzig
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