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Princeton Broadband Committee
Meeting Minutes September 11, 2013 7:00pm Town Hall, Princeton, MA
Meeting called to order at 7:02 PM. Committee Members Present:
Ned Utzig
Steve Cullen
Phil O’Brien
Rich Wagner
Bill Dino
John Kowaleski
Dag Olsen
Petr Spacek
Stan Moss
Chris Lynch from Matrix Design Group also attended.
Discussion
- Rich drafted text for a postcard/mailer for October, distributed for review. Comments on:
- removing acronyms,
- adding public meetings/item for informational meeting
- change text for link to “for more up-to-date information”.
- Change targeting to Target: January.
- Keep gold color.
- Rich will send out updated draft to dropbox, finalize next week.
- White paper sent to Chris Mitchell / Inst. For Local Self Reliance for review. Waiting for feedback. Phil will put up on site on Monday if we do not hear from him.
- John talked to Ben Whittaker of Bay State Networks, they are willing to provide us the network design and engineer, further terms to be negotiated but will fall within the $10K budget.
- Phoenix Design visited by Governor this week, John LeBeaux and Judy DuMont from MBI attended. No major/new outcomes from the meeting; Summary published to the media this week.
- Discussion on ISP pricing/selection for CAIs when fiber is lit in December. Stan still investigating best price alternative.
- Hearing for $40M MBI bond bill will take place on 9/18 HR 3331.
- Steve talking to Comcast, possible pilot to do IPTV rollout in
- Bill talked to Charter, still waiting to hear.
- FFTH council in Tampa at end of month. 9/30 to 10/2. Tickets may be available.
- New Action Items
- Phil to post white paper to Website on Monday. (Phil)
- Collect dark fiber leasing details, create a provisional plan that describes potential income and sources and percentage of bond costs that might be paid, etc. (Chris Lynch on behalf of BBC)
- Stan to visit Judy DuMont / MBI with various questions/topics.
- Old Action Items
- Stan/John + Subcommittee to work on RFI (9/18).
- John to talk to Christine Hatch. of MBI about mapping tool.
- Stan to ask John L. about writing a letter to Kim Ferguson regarding IT bond bill / funding for project.
- Stan to call Judy Dumont / MBI about helping us with press releases and contracts.
- Ongoing Business / Long Term Action Items
- Research/find more example towns (All)
- Decide date of special town meeting (All)
- John/Stan to work on revised depreciation plan. (John/Stan)
- Agenda for 9/17
- Final BBC postcard draft
- Action Item Updates
- Meeting adjourned 8:01 pm
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- Respectfully submitted,
- Ned Utzig
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