Ben Farmer, Upper Coastal Plain COG (Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, N

United Way of Lincoln County

Deirdre Greene, HUBZone Tech Initiative

Madalyn Gaito, Connect McDowell

Northampton, Wilson

Becca Scott, Southwestern Commission COG

Phil Trew, HCCOG

Stephen Barrington, Sampson County Economic Development

Lory Mills, Blue Cross NC, Hillsborough

Julie Datres, CT Office of State Broadband. New to this practice area - here to observe and learn! Thank you.

Dana Draa Charlotte, NC Metrolina Association for the Blind

William Crumpler, KC Digital Drive

James Ayers, Foothills Regional Commission

Genise Smith-Watkins, Government Affairs Director, NC Realtors

Mackenzie Wicker, Foothills Regional Commission

Jocelyn Romina Santillan-NC Farmworker Health Program ORH

Drew Plettner High Country COG

Taylor Dellinger, Western Piedmont COG

Joyce Holloway, Alliance for Greater Eastern North Carolina, Greenville, NC

Jessica Burnham, Beaufort Hyde Partnership for Children

Dennis Peay, Kinston, NC. Pastor of Westminster United Methodist Church and former IT guy who still geeks out with digital communications.

Rev. Roland Whitley Community Technical Assistance, Inc, roland@cta-us.com

PS - I don't have a region but chose one because I had to to register! :-)

Bahekelwa Imatha, St. Paul and Wesley Chapel UMC, Reidsville, NC

Ben Willis - WPCOG

More about BAND-NC here: https://iei.ncsu.edu/band-nc/

Vivian B Saunders, CEO/Founder Bertie County Hive House. The Lewiston Woodville Educational Vitality Center.

Merald Holloway, NC 100 CEO/MDC Rural Forward Partnership Manager (Rockingham County)

I see several grantees in the meeting! Thanks for being with us today.

Will we have access to this webinar? Taking notes is very extensive.

@Roland-we are recording this and can share notes

My internet needs therapy all of the time. :-)

I'm interested in how digital equity and digital inclusion are considering the needs of individuals with disabilities. I don't hear lots of talk about it. It's especially important for individuals with vision loss. Accessibility could be mentioned in the parts of inclusion.

funny, i thought it might be my internet :)

Check out the template on NC DIT’s website: https://www.ncbroadband.gov/assistance/digital-inclusion-template-guide

Can you resend that doc? Thank you

Check out the template on NC DIT’s website: https://www.ncbroadband.gov/assistance/digital-inclusion-template-guide

Where are we in becoming the first state to have all counties having a digital equity plan?

I found a "developing vision and mission statement" worksheet through a Google search, which I plan to use when we get to that point in our digital inclusion plan.

14 counties with completed plans, another 4 in process, and launching another 15 coming soon

Do these plans include higher ed?

@Deirdre-please share those resources for others if you find them helpful

What is the purpose of the broadband survey and is it important in developing a digital inclusion plan?

@deirdre - or just drop a link to that worksheet in the chat.

is there a list of counties who have completed/are in the process their digital equity plans?

Hi, how often is the data we might use as a base, updated?

One of the five points of Digital Inclusion was “Quality Tech Support” Who beyond the individual consumer/subscriber holds service providers accountable for quality support? Local individuals have a small voice against telecommunication giants.

@Joyce, the NC Broadband Survey data can be helpful when describing broadband needs in a grant application. Especially if you are working with counties that have a high level of response https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/4096f70b64474e85a6646969902e514d

Dana Draa ddraa@mabnc.org

file:///home/chronos/u-1b7fdd430239d4f085143f40de3fc367dcd68cec/MyFiles/Downloads/Creating_Mission_and_Vision_Statements_Worksheet.pdf

We can ensure that every meeting participant gets that link when it is available.

I look forward to connecting.

I also sent the vision/mission statement pdf to Maggie's email to be shared with participants if deemed useful

I'm sorry I have to drop off. Please contact me if you need to. Thanks!

eastern region, Vance County for me

Can someone share the contact for Maggie since I am new to the group?

mjwoods2@ncsu.edu

If you find you’re in the wrong room, just come back to the main room and I’ll reassign you!

Western Region collaboration - Marc@wncbroadband.org

Just teasing---mad love for #WNC

Digital equity ambassadors

Much of this is linked with the My Future NC 2030 initiative. In this day, access is vital to economic and workforce development.

Several counties have been willing to share their completed Digital Inclusion Plans with us and that has been very helpful.

Register for the March 2nd Digital Inclusion workshop here: https://ncsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0qcO6prjoiHNBYcIuvCbMXRbxISmSRSp22

I'd love to share Rockingham County's Plan if that is helpful for any of you. merald@nc-100.org

Upcoming ARPA workshop: https://ncsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYkde2qrjwrEtVBVSMqp9mpa-GPkUu8IaRF

Merald, Please send me your plan.... rubin.richard@gmail.com thanks

WNC Broadband Group to join on LinkedIn - LinkedIn.com/groups/12624466

You can register below using the discount code Scholar22 at checkout. You'll have to submit your credit card information and then continue onto the following page to put in the Scholar22 code which will zero-out the amount:

https://commerce.cashnet.com/cashneti/static/storefront/IEI/catalog

Merald Please share your plan with me as well at vdesai1@baltimorecountymd.gov

mjwoods2@ncsu.edu