[NA-Discuss] Fwd: Help shape America's national broadband strategy

[Dharma Dailey]

Sorry, I'm sending this out so late....
Perhaps some of you can chime in later in the week.

-Dharma


Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Newman, Russ (Durbin)" <Russ_Newman at durbin.senate.gov>
> Date: July 23, 2007 2:57:09 PM EDT
> To: <dharma at ethoswireless.com>
> Subject: Coming Tuesday: Help shape America's national broadband  
> strategy
>
> Dharma:
>
> Great to talk yesterday! Here are the details. Anything that can  
> help get the word out would be tremendously appreciated. Should be  
> fascinating.
>
> Starting this Tuesday evening, July 24 and each evening this week  
> at 7pm EST on OpenLeft.com, Senator Durbin and his staff will blog  
> nightly on a broad swath of broadband policy issues. Based on this  
> discussion, the Senator wants to attempt to write legislation this  
> session. Each evening kicks off with discussion from individuals  
> who have worked a long time on the topic of the evening, but the  
> intent is to spur broader comment from as many as is possible. This  
> is no meaningless exercise: it is a genuine attempt to try to open  
> up the legislative process. All input matters in a very real way.
>
> I've attached below links to the letter announcing the initiative  
> as well as the schedule for the week. Please feel free to share it  
> with those you think might be interested in taking part. It is my  
> hope that those who care deeply about these issues will blog about  
> it, point folks to our discussion, and comment themselves. We'll  
> also be scouring the web for other places that related discussion  
> happens this week.
>
> I hope you'll join us and help to get the word out. Please feel  
> free to contact me with any questions.
>
> Press release: http://durbin.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=279504
> Open Letter: http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=318
>
> Russell Newman
> Fellow, Office of Senator Richard Durbin
>
> -----
>
> Schedule (topics are guidelines):
>
> Tuesday, 7pm EST (and ongoing thereafter): Broad-strokes  
> introduction. How should we frame broadband policy debates? What  
> would comprise a national broadband strategy?
>
> Wednesday, 7pm EST (and ongoing thereafter): Net neutrality,  
> questions of 'how the Internet works', privacy
>
> Thursday, 7pm EST (and ongoing thereafter): Municipal  
> infrastructure initiatives, focusing on use of public airwaves to  
> provide broadband; iPhone politics, spectrum auctions, models for  
> deployment
>
> Friday, 7pm EST (and ongoing thereafter): Practicalities of  
> broadband deployment in terms of public/private initiatives,  
> municipal fiber projects, USF/USDA reform.
>
>

For everyone to whom much is given, of him shall much be required."  
-- Luke 12:48.


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