Congratulations Catherine! I am so pleased to see that your efforts are bearing fruit. I know that Catherine has been working on this issue for a number of years.
I am looking forward to the benefits this will provide for the community. Again, congratulations! Keep up the great work! Graham Hartley MIGIZI Communications, Inc. 3123 East Lake Street Minneapolis, MN 55406 612.721.6631 x 208 http://www.migizi.org On Sep 1, 2006, at 5:24 PM, Catherine Settanni wrote: > Today the Minneapolis City Council approved a citywide wireless > contract > with US Internet that provides a minimum of $11.5 million dollars in > “Digital Inclusion Funds” over the next 7-10 years. > > CTC advocates worked very hard for many months to develop a community > benefits agreement as part of this contract, and all items that were > requested have been included in the final deal. > > Local CTCs will benefit both from the fund itself and associated > subsidized > internet services, and will be asked to take the lead in developing > community portal pages and distributing free trial account vouchers > for the > network. > > For background on the project and the terms of the agreement see > http://www.digitalaccess.org, and the City’s website at > http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/news/20060901USInternetWiFiVendor.asp > > It’s a GOOD DAY for community technology here in Minnesota! > > If you are even CONSIDERING getting involved in your municipal > wireless or > broadband initiatives, make sure you insist on a community benefits > agreement that specifically supports CTCs—it not only can be done, > it HAS > been done! > > -- > Catherine Settanni, Project Coordinator > CTEP- The Community Technology Empowerment Project > 2402 University Ave W #600 > St. Paul, MN 55114 > http://www.c-can.org > v:612.724.9097 > > > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of > the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
