Fiber KC

See – The smartest students and entrepreneurs will do amazing things with the world’s fastest Internet. And we’re inviting them to do it here, in Chattanooga, recently dubbed ”Gig City”. It’s the only city in the western hemisphere with gigabit-per-second Internet speeds available to thousands of end users.

http://chattanoogagig.com/

Give Us a Gig Event i KCK registration site:

http://giveusagigkck.eventbrite.com/

http://www.kckpl.lib.ks.us/documents/GiveUsaGig.pdf

Give Us a Gig Event in KCK

Give Us A Gig is a way for Kansas City communities to prepare for the benefits of gigabit internet speeds. It is also a toolkit for community leaders to engage their neighbors and explain how Google Fiber can make a difference in the community.

Two events are…[Read more]

Connect to Compete is a nonprofit organization created to increase broadband adoption and digital literacy training in disadvantaged communities throughout the United States.

The nonprofit will implement the following broadband, PC and digital literacy offerings:

Broadband: Multiple cable providers are offering discounted Internet…[Read more]

The Advisory Group met last week. Status of our committee was presented to the group. I would like to propose a meeting to develop our next steps and actions items.

Possible dates for meeting – December 1, or December 8. Please respond with your preference.

Paul Pauesick

An example illustrating why our “Mission” is right on:

This is from a story told by an innovative entrepreneur – Walt Disney. Disney was confronted by a young boy at one of the many events that Disney attended. They boy questioned Disney about what Disney’s job was. “Do you draw Mickey Mouse,” the boy asked. Disney answered, No – not any…[Read more]

The Business Development group met on the 19th, although it was sparsely attended. Chris Phillips, Paul Pauesick, and Nina Babich were present on site, and Besty Stephens joined in by phone. The topics on the agenda were the draft charge for the committee and the upcoming Advisory Council meeting. The discussion regarding the draft charge…[Read more]

We will be meeting in the Heartland Room at MARC offices today. I will not be at the meeting until 3:30 or so but Nina can help arrange things. Below is call-in information:
Dial-in number 1-888-909-7654
Participant passcode 275868

On the subject of opportunities for “home” technology see the article link.

Smart Grid Technology
Can Pecan Street deliver some smart grid sizzle? Oct 13, 2011…[Read more]

We had an excellent meeting on Wednesday. We agreed to meet again next week because we have so much to discuss and we are preparing for the November Advisory Team meeting. Victoria Ogier is going to arrange scheduling for us, so please watch for an invite from her soon. Also, if you cannot attend in person, we will have a bridge set up for a…[Read more]

The last two weeks have been some of the fastest in my life. I can’t believe we are meeting again in 2 days! We have a new member. Joel Wiggins from the Enterprise Center of Johnson County has joined and I am excited to have him as part of our team. Please add him a friend through this website and welcome him to the team.
The idea I had was to…[Read more]

Anybody belong to the Cowtown Computer Congress? http://blog.cowtowncomputercongress.org/about/
Their website says ”The Cowtown Computer Congress serves as an umbrella organization which can assist in promotion of events and projects…”

KC prepares for Google fiber: Group brainstorms ideas
Read more: http://www.nbcactionnews.com/dpp/news/science_tech/kc-prepares-for-google-fiber%3A-group-braintstorms-ideas#ixzz1a1M9773h