02-22-07 Meeting Minutes

St. Lawrence County IT Advisory Committee

Meeting Minutes
February 22, 2007 (Thursday) 2:00 PM


Present: Laura Perry, Mike Cunningham, Rick Johnson, Francine Peretta, Nick Cutry, Marc Rusch,
Kelly Reed, Greg Stahl, Laurel Goolden, John Morgan, Pat Turbett, Phil Deleel, Jena Stone,
Mike Morgan.

Opening Comments by Laura Perry.

Vision of Advisory Committee (Laura Perry).
Problems we may face: Young people leaving area.
Large sections of County cannot purchase services.
Business is constrained to get onto networks/services.
Suggest we do a needs analysis:
Who has accessibility – who doesn’t – and why?
What other technologies are available (like Premier Wireless).
Look at opportunities for collaborations.
See what other entities are doing. How can we improve services?
Who is accessing the services already available?
Funding available?

Frequency of Meetings: Discussion on day or evenings. Tabled until next meeting.

Are we a standing committee? Maybe keep it less formal at this time.

Review of Draft Charter:
Missing goal (Nick Cutry). Provide input or data to BOL on how County uses
IT technology. What help we can provide County. Laura Perry says this goal
is under Goals/Role #3.
Extend this to include cellular also.

Group discussion:
Suggestion of map of County to show various services.
Show where they cross or who has what access.
Planning Department may be a good place to start for map and for grants.
Request one of their staff to join this team.

Discussion of towers – costly to do – can’t reach all areas.

NYS Telephone Association (NYSTA) has territory maps for State.

Pat T. Identify needs via maps, etc, and work with State Government to make in roads.

SLC Issues:
Phone System Project (Rick)
- Replace switch
- Additional Features
Website update (Rick)
Jail/Industrial Park update (Mike C.)

Next Meeting: How can group help County with projects?
March 22, 2007 @ 2:00 PM (Thursday)