The Merit Network developed video for each segment except "Broadband: With or Without" by AADL Productions
Broadband Summit FAQ
 The day began with a welcome from State Librarian Nancy Robertson
Carrie Lowe of the American Library Association Office for Information Technology Policy
Welcome from ALA-OITP and an introduction to the day.
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John Windhausen Jr. of Telepoly Consulting
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John Windhausen, Jr.
Telepoly Consulting
(202) 256-9616
jwindhausen@telepoly.com
John Windhausen, Jr. provides legal, legislative and regulatory consulting services to a variety of non-profit and corporate entities through his firm, Telepoly Consulting. After beginning his career as a staff attorney with the FCC in 1984, be moved in 1987 to the staff of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, where he served for nine years. His work included the Cable Act of 1992, the Spectrum Auction Act of 1993 and the landmark Telecommunications Act of 1996. In 1996, he became General Counsel of a consumer advocacy organization called the Competition Policy Institute. From 1999 to 2004 he was President of the Association for Local Telecommunications Services (ALTS), the leading trade association representing the facilities-based CLEC industry. He is a graduate of Yale University and the UCLA School of Law.
Windhausen's Keynote Address
Kevin MacRitchie (Cisco Executive on Loan) and Mike Weber (Northern Michigan Broadband Cooperative Interim Director)
This segment focused on successful past and current partnership efforts and stressed the need for community-wide action to bring broadband to unserved and underserved areas.
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MacRitchie's presentation
Eli Neiburger (Ann Arbor District Library)
Eli Neiburger presented a video created by AADL Productions. AADL Productions is a special department of the Ann Arbor District Library devoted to the creation of digital collections that support the cultural, recreational, and informational interests of the Ann Arbor community. They created a 12-minute video on "killer applications" – online products and services such as YouTube that require strong connectivity and often stress the capabilities of library networks. The video concentrated on planning for future applications.
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Bob Bocher (Wisconsin State Library)
In the afternoon, Bob Bocher moderated a panel on capacity planning made up of Jim Bruxvoort (Kent District Library), Steve Eiben (Ypsilanti District Library) and Laurie St. Laurent (Marshall District Library). They revealed how libraries of various class sizes handle their networks and planned for future traffic.
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Here are the questions that were asked of the panel.
George Boersma (State of Michigan Department of Information Technology) and Pam Whitten (MSU College of Communication, Arts and Sciences)
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George Boersma
Center for Shared Solutions & Technology Partnerships
Michigan Department of Information Technology
(517) 335-1507
boersmag@michigan.gov
Pamela Whitten, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Dean
College of Communication Arts & Sciences
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1212
Phone: 517-432-1332
pwhitten@msu.edu
This session was an update on the status of ARRA (stimulus) money for broadband in Michigan, in which libraries are key players. They discussed the steps the state has taken so far to determine the best ways to distribute the money and where we are in the distribution timeline.
Boersma's presentation
Whitten's presentation
Carol Underriner, BTU Consulting
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Carol Underriner 314-983-0292 voice
Erate Consultant 314-983-0415 fax
BTU Consultants, LLC
4 Media Court
St. Louis, MO 63146
carol@btu-consultants.com
Resources:
Michigan public library E-rate assistance hot line: 1-888-307-6569
Library of Michigan E-rate website: http://michigan.gov/erateforlibraries
Panelists:
Roger Mendel, Director
Mideastern Michigan Library Cooperative
503 S. Saginaw St. Suite 839
Flint, MI 48502
810-232-7119 Fax:810-232-6639
rmendel@flint.org
Sheryl Cormicle Knox
Technology Director
Capital Area District Library
517-367-6347
http://www.cadl.org
Carol Underriner of BTU Consulting, the Library of Michigan’s E-rate consultant, moderated an E-rate Success Stories panel. The panel was made up of Sheryl Cormicle Knox (IT Director, Capital Area District Library), and Roger Mendel (Mideastern Michigan Libraries Co-operative Director and Interim Director for the Northland Co-op). Sheryl discussed CADL’s history with E-rate and how E-rate funds are helping them to lay fiber to each of their branches. Roger discussed the long-standing role of co-ops in obtaining E-rate funds for Michigan libraries.
Underriner's presentation
Carrie Lowe of the American Library Association Office for Information Technology Policy
The last segment of the day was a question and answer period moderated by Carrie Lowe of the ALA-OITP. It was made up of John Windhausen, Bob Bocher, Eli Neiburger, George Boersma and Carol Underriner and covered questions that came up during the course of all of the sessions.
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