[MNASIS-L] What’s Happening with St Paul Broadband ? (October 9 program)

[Janet Arth]

Andrea Casselton on:
    What’s Happening with St Paul Broadband?

Broadband is a medium ­ the question is access

The speaker,Andrea Casselton. is Director of 
Technology and Communications for the City of St. 
Paul.  The program is free and open to all.

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Tuesday, October 9, 2007
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Rondo Community Outreach Library
461 N. Dale Street
Saint Paul, MN 55103
   at University and Dale
http://www.stpaul.lib.mn.us/locations/rondo.html#directions

Citizens and city officials in St. Paul and 
virtually every other major city continue to 
grapple with questions of what telecommunication 
technology best serves the end of improving 
communication, economic development, education, 
libraries and delivery of social services and 
access to essential public information.

The language of technology can cloud the real 
life issues.  This presentation is for residents, 
nonprofits, city, regional and state government 
staff ­ and for St. Paul’s neighbors who are affected by decisions made here.

7:00 ­ 8:00

Stay and have your Say!

St. Paul E-Democracy 
(http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/links.html)volunteers 
will sponsor a virtual video kiosk, recording 
brief responses from attendees about the presentation and issue for YouTube.

Sponsored by:
Telecommunications and Information Policy Roundtable (TIPR),
   http://www.communityforum.net/mailman/listinfo/mn-tipr
Minnesota Chapter of the American Society for 
Information Science & Technology (ASIST)
   http://www.asis.org/Chapters/mnasis/index.html
Minnesota Coalition on Government Information (MnCOGI)
   http://www.mncogi.org/


* Related Reports & Information *
-- 
http://www.ci.stpaul.mn.us/docs/BACFinalReport.pdf 
St Paul: America’s Most Connected City: The Broadband Advisory Committee
-- 
http://www.ci.stpaul.mn.us/docs/BACFinalReport.pdf 
Report on the Future of Broadband in St. Paul
-- 
http://www.mnsu.edu/ruralmn/pages/Publications/reports/Telecom2006.pdf 
Center for Rural Policy and Development Study 2007
-- 
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/article/2007/08/15/minnesota-s-digital-divide.html 
TC Daily Planet article on Minnesota’s digital divide
-- 
http://www.blandinfoundation.org/BBConf07/webinars.html 
Upcoming Community Broadband Webinars schedule