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Princeton Broadband Committee
Meeting Minutes July 30, 2014 7:00pm - Town Hall Office, Princeton, MA
Chris Lynch from Millennium Design, and Phyllis Booth from The Landmark also attended.
Committee Members Present:
Stan Moss
John Kowaleski
Ned Utzig
Phil O’Brien
Dag Olsen
Bill Dino
Discussion
- Approve 7/2 Minutes – Unanimously Approved.
- John K: Update on Millennium Issues: John L. has contacted the attorney in Springfield – Meeting on August 12th. John/Stan will go to meeting on behalf of MLP. Counsel so far is that we do not need a charter to start on MLP process. Meeting will discuss whether accepting Millenniums offer expose town to any risk, and what an acceptable contract/MOU should look like etc.
- Stan: Update on Wired West meeting. Stan spoke to Mr. Epstein after the meeting. He believes that MBI will name a replacement director once funding is approved. Recommends we get a “hard accounting” of our costs in preparation for making a funding request via MBI, and to deal directly with MBI for funding requests.
- Carlson Editorial – letter to the editor by Michael Cote with comments will appear this week in the Landmark, Phil is also posting a response article on the website as well. General discussion and review on feasibility of idea from a technical perspective. Consensus was that technology does not scale to the size of the town.
- FCC Experiments in Rural Broadband. $100M approved for funding, up to $20M to any single project. Applications due by October. Need “FRN” FCC Registration Number. Ned to discuss with John L. (MLP manager) and obtain if requested.
- Discussion on distributing minutes/agenda to advisory board and MLP. Ned will create an extended BBC list to distribute minutes to AB and MLP.
Action Items
- Discussion on Wired West application status.
- FCC FRN number application number. (Ned)
- Create extended BBC dist list for AB and MLP.
Upcoming Agenda Items
- Next meeting 8/13.
- Summary of Aug 12th attorney meeting.
- Update on FCC application process.
Meeting adjourned 8:10 PM
Respectfully submitted,
Ned Utzig
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