09-27-07 Meeting Mintes

St. Lawrence County IT Advisory Committee

Meeting Minutes
September 27, 2007 (Thursday) 2:00 PM


Present: Sign in sheet handed out. (Laura Perry has)

Review/Accept Minutes from 8/23/07 Meeting: Yes. (Sign in list has been misplaced.)

Project Reports:
Don’t forget to sign up for different projects.

Map: Jon Montan has generated 850 tax parcels on map (chose parcels close to roads)
“Look up system” has a lot to be desired.
Verizon web may be more accurate than AT & T.
Laura Perry tried just street or road name without house #.
Need to try putting Verizon COs on map – they go a distance of 18,000 feet.
Jon Montan suggested to keep looking up addresses.
Jon Montan will link maps to blog for others to view.

Did introductions as new people have arrived.

Presentation:
Vince Jordan, Ridgeview/Tel.
Started in 2004 as technology company.
Able to login and increase or decrease band width as you need it – day to day.
Showed us on-line setup of new broadband account.Laura asked about SLC availability by Franchise deployment.
Started in Colorado. Their employee talked about our area and mentioned Danc Network.
“This is the model for solving broadband services for America.”
They worked with ConnectSI – Southern Illinois.
Laura Perry asked if continued development in SLC depend on franchise? Vince Jordan replied not necessarily.
They do have live access in SLC and are working with various towns and villages.
Laura Perry asked what can we do to help with customer service representatives here in SLC?
They are utilizing One Stop Career Center.

Surveys:
Discussion of survey by Laura Perry.
Use this as a broader key to get information on further technologies.
Use to see how people and businesses are using internet.
Discussion of Jefferson County Survey.
Is wages and age something to be on survey? This was discussed.
Somehow get their attention to do survey.. reminder to find out who doesn’t have internet services.
Superintendent of Schools may assist in passing information on surveys out.
Suggested to strike question #2 on Survey or put it at end.
Continue to work on survey.. Use 911 address.

New Business:
Connie Ellen, Town of DeKalb was here to discuss wireless providers.
There was suggestion that this was not an IT issue.
Also discussion that this is good for municipalities as need is for municipality to utilize.
Regarding benefits they don’t realize how they can help their municipality.
Town Board totally clueless with wireless system.
Connie has questions for boards to ask providers.
Suggest letting towns and villages know what their options are – ahead of time.
Talk with Town Supervisors – meet at Supervisor’s meetings.
Connie wants someone to tell towns/villages/city options they have.
We’ve identified a need – not sure how we should do it…
Planning department have ordinances? Would’ve been good to talk to at Local Government Conference.

Next meeting Format:
October 23rd (Tuesday, 2 pm) location to be determined.
Tom agreed to talk to us about Department of Commerce proposal.
Committee may want to submit questions.
Offer 2 gentlemen (Tom & Andy?) to present them or have questions prior.
Encourage Director of Economic Development and other legislators to be there.
Suggestion to get questions ahead and hope they will answer more questions after we hear what they say.
Presentation on Danc’s proposal to US Department of Commerce - get outline from each presenter so
questions can be asked ahead. Submit questions to Laura Perry by 15th.


NEXT MEETING: 10/23/07 at 2-4 PM - Location to be determined.

Adjourned.

Meeting Agenda 09_27_07

St. Lawrence County
Information Technology Advisory Committee
Meeting Agenda
9/27/07, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
2nd Floor Conf Room, Public Safety Building, Court St., Canton
For Telephone Conference Bridge: Dial 328-2345, PIN#: 91804

Welcome New Committee Members & Meeting Attendees

Review/accept minutes from 8/23/07 meeting.

Presentation:
Vince Jordan, RidgeviewTel, http://www.ridgeviewtel.com/

Project Reports:
SLC IT Work Plan –Review status & updates
1. Develop Strategic Plan for Universal Broadband Coverage
2. Develop Plan for awarding $200k Broadband Grant
3. Create Broadband Access Map to Establish Baseline & Target Areas
Report on status of garnering info from random addresses
Report on Survey of SLC Residents for availability of telecom services (Laura)
4. Explore other Grant Funding for Broadband Initiatives (RD Grant)
5. Assist County Website Committee with Re-Design
6. Assist County Telephone System Committee
7. Evaluate Webcasting for County Meetings

New Business:
Connie Ellen, Town of Dekalb, re: Issues related to wireless carriers wanting access to municipal facilities in SLC
Discuss format for meeting on 10/23.

Action Items for Next Meeting

Next Meeting: 10/23 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, Location TBA

08-23-07 Meeting Minutes

St. Lawrence County IT Advisory Committee

Meeting Minutes
August 23, 2007 (Thursday) 2:00 PM

Present: Sign in sheet handed out. (Laura Perry has)

Review/Accept Minutes from 8/2/07 Meeting: Yes.

New Business:
Discussion and preview of Blog – SLC IT Work Plan.
Have IT Committee members sign-up for goals.
Talk of Goal #1 – Stretegic Plan for Universal Broadband Coverage – this is the main goal of the Committee with other goals under this one….
Discussion that the map is most important.
Decide where you want to put your efforts & sign up for committees.

Old Business:
SLC Service Map:
Jon Montan received information from DANC. Made map.
Shows “POPS” for DANC.
Shows all residential coded properties.
Shows population distribution.
Other layers could be added (Verizon, wireless, etc).
Picked 450 random residences of property owners.
Go to peoplefinder.com to get phone #. Type in Verizon to see if they have DSL, etc… Jon will produce a map from this information.
Phil Deleel says we can add wireless access, Time Warner access.
Map can be made to GIS format for electronic format.
Question why we couldn’t get phone #s for 450 residences – Jon Montan has.
Peoplefinder.com will give you phone # and phone service provider.
If you want to assist in this – give name to Laura and Jon will get names to you to do.
Superpgges is another website.
Time Warner is willing to give map (Phil Deleel checking on).
Premier has map, Ridgeview not sure….. Castle?.....

Report on Survey of SLC Residents for availability of telecom services (Laura Perry):
Talked with County Treasurer who talked with Allen Tunnel Company.
Laura set up survey questions, discussion on what to ask.
Discussion on survey questions and what we are looking for.
Market this to the “last mile” residences.
Talk of sending surveys to kids…. Through schools….
Laura will work on suvey.
Should continue with Time Warner map, on-line survey and 450 names from Planning Department.
Survey monkey is an on-line service, at North Country Now (Survey gizmo is another one).
Send surveys through towns, through larger company (paychecks).
Send not to have people look at particular link….
Make surveys available online and on paper.
See if we can review survey on BLOG.
Laura would like a test period…. Utilize subset of County employees.
Jon Montan to get map to everyone….suggest adding border POPs.

Update on Telephone System:
Mike Cunningham says this is moving quickly – may go to Board soon.

Update on County Website:
Surveys are out…
Laura Perry would like input from end users.
Was it for other County residences – don’t think so.

News from the Chair:
ESD Report: Report exists.
Laura Perry will put on website.
Carrie doesn’t think a lot of info for “North Country”.
Russ Finley/Ridgeview Tel – He is a local agent.
Believe they are selling franchise?
They were going to various towns – they would like to come to us and meet.
They have service in Ogdensburg Hospital (Phil Deleel to contact and have come in to meet).

NEXT MEETING: 9/27/07 at 2-4 PM - Jail Project Office where we met this time.

Adjourned approximately 3:50 pm.

Webcasting Resources

Enclosed is a link to the New York State Office of General Services that outlines Webcasting Guidelines for State Agencies along with a list of State Contracts relating to Webcasting. .

http://www.ogs.state.ny.us/purchase/webcasting.asp

Laura has sent you an article from the Computerworld Web site.

To view the rest of the story, copy the link and paste it into your browser window.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=299844

ISPs to rural America: Live with dial-up (August 27 2007, 12:00AM)

Financial pressures on telecom firms all but guarantee that rural communities won't be served by high-speed Internet access, cutting off large swathes of the country from joining the information economy. What, if anything, can be done?

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=299844

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Committee Member List

Committee Members:
(updated 2/6/08)

Cunningham, Mike - St. Lawrence County Gov, mcunningham@co.st-lawrence.ny.us
Davis, Wade - Ogdensburg Bridge & Port Authority, wadavis@ogdensport.com, davis_wade_a@yahoo.com
Deleel, Phil - Claxton Hepburn Hospital, pdeleel@chmed.org
French, Jennifer - St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES, jfrench@sllboces.org
Goolden, Laurel - Seacomm Federal Credit Union, laurel@seacomm.org
Johnson, Rick - St. Lawrence County Gov., rjohnson@co.st-lawrence.ny.us
Lynch, Kevin - Clarkson University, klynch@clarkson.edu
McKeown, Pat - St. Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce, PMcK123@aol.com
Mellon, Helene - St. Lawrence - Lewis BOCES, hmellon@sllboces.org
Morgan, John - Premier Wireless, john@premierpaging.com
Morgan, Mike - Premier Wireless, mike@premierpaging.com
Paretta, Francine - St. Lawrence County Gov, FPeretta@co.st-lawrence.ny.us
Peck, Don - St. Lawrence County Gov, peck_donald@yahoo.com
Perry, Laura - St. Lawrence County Gov, laurap@slic.com
Rusch, Marc - CadNor LTD, marc@cadencebuilding.com
St. Hilaire, Karen - St. Lawrence County Gov, KStH@co.st-lawrence.ny.us
Stahl, Greg - St. Lawrence University, greg@stlaw.edu
Stone, Jenna - Massena Central School, jstone@mcs.k12.ny.us
Turbett, Patrick - St. Lawrence County Gov., turbetjp@potsdam.edu
Tuttle PE, Carrie - DANC, ctuttle@danc.org
Wagschal, Phil - Slic Network Solutions, Inc., philw@slic.com
Wellings, Jeff - self, jeff@sectionxsports.com
Westbrook, Chris - Ranger School, westbrook@esf.edu

SLC IT Advisory Committee Charter

SLC IT Advisory Committee Charter
Revised 3/22/07

Name:
St. Lawrence County Information Technology Advisory Committee

The IT Advisory Committee will aim to set a new pace for technology adoption and development in St. Lawrence County by providing resources and insight on issues involving telecommunications and information technologies.

Objective:
To move St. Lawrence County towards an Information Technology based community

Goal:

• Improve broadband service availability to RURAL businesses and residents in SLC
• Grow Information Technology industry sector employment in SLC
• Improve service to taxpayers through recommendations to Legislators

Role:

• Evaluate available public resources, prioritize need, and make recommendations for allocating resources.
• Make recommendations for public policy when it comes to telecom development by public and quasi-public entities in St. Lawrence County
• Provide input and data to Board of Legislators on how St. Lawrence County government uses information technology. Committee will develop objectives, provide resources, make recommendations for investments in IT, i.e. website technologies, communications systems
• Provide counsel to St. Lawrence County economic development professionals for programs which will grow information technology industry sector employment

Membership (minimum requirements):

• Members are full-time residents of St. Lawrence County
• Members have a professional or personal interest in information technology in St. Lawrence County
• At minimum, each of the 15 county legislative districts in St. Lawrence County Committee will be represented by an individual with his/her primary residence in such district.