Good Afternoon

Welcome everyone and thank you for being with us this afternoon.

Please feel free to introduce yourself here!

Angie Bailey, NCDIT Broadband Infrastructure Office

Ben Farmer, Upper Coastal Plain COG. Calling in from Wilson

Bob Howell, Southern Pines, NC … working with various community groups :-)

Madalyn Gaito, Connect McDowell

Good afternoon! Danielle Healy, MCNC

Mackenzie Wicker, Foothills Regional Commission COG (office based in Rutherfordton)

Good Afternoon Everyone! Sherri Davis, A-B Tech Madison!

Sydney Swaim WNC broadband

Jim Corrin Broadband Infrastructure Office NCDIT

Ashley Keys

Johnson C. Smith University

Greetings from Don Michael, Digital Literacy Specialist, Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC.

Joyce Holloway, Alliance for Greater Eastern North Carolina (AGENC)

Andy Lucas, Stanly County

Amy McCall, Henderson County department of Public Health

Great representation from all across the state!!

https://www.ncbroadband.gov/assistance/digital-inclusion-template-guide

Moore County--interested in digital incluson

Laura LeGlue, Randolph County Cooperative Extension

Yvette Brooks, Through the Trees, Transylvania County, NC

Donald Dunn

Scottie Seawell, Leading and Governing Associates, Carrboro, NC

Karen Bowens, Cumberland County, NC, Fayetteville

Donald Dunn PTA

Chuck Thornton, Weaverville NC Retired Engineer/Project Manager

https://ucpcog.org/Upper%20Coastal%20Plain%20Digital%20Inclusion%20Plan.pdf

https://www.fcdigitalequity.org/plan

Hi Maggie, as a state employee who works with members of local communities, how could I connected them with the existing digital inclusion planning groups.

https://iei.ncsu.edu/band-nc/

https://iei.ncsu.edu/band-nc/grantees-2021/

Thank you!

Can I assume that your Power Point will be available following this presentation?

Congratulations, y'all!

All 16 COGS have a CEDS

I need to leave early. You can reach me at yvette@throughthetrees.us

Is there a database/list to see who’s already working on digital inclusion in regions/counties?

Recently retired, I’ve become involved as a volunteer with several community organizations whose missions and constituents touch in various ways on the issues raised this afternoon. There are other entities that are (or should be) more officially involved in digital inclusion planning … So should we approach those entities first, to determine where they are in the process? Or should we explore how to take advantage of the state-level resource identified today?

*resources*

Are there any other participants on this call in the Fayetteville/Cumberland County, NC area?

We have worked with this group on translating surveys and reaching Spanish speaking community stakeholders: http://www.amexcannc.org/

natalie.rivera@dhhs.nc.gov with NC Farmworker Health Program

Karen Bowens

Goodwill may have language services for digital inclusion.

kbowens@fmhanc.org

What is the "next frontier" of digital inclusion? Obviously most of these issues are evergreen, but are there any issues that may not be a pressing focus today, but could end up being an important part of a workshop like this 10 years in the future? What are the key features of a future-proof digital inclusion plan?

Yes!!!! Cybersecurity!!!!

It would be interesting to hear how Internet service providers would answer that question

IWill be in touch

Thank you for the opportunity to share our progress. There is still much work left to be done.

Echoed in our group- hardest part is getting the right people involved from the start

Would love to talk fait! kdfoley@ncsu.edu

*faith

https://www.ncbroadband.gov/north-carolina-broadband-survey

https://iei.ncsu.edu/band-nc/

@Maggie Is this the right document? https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3984enr/pdf/BILLS-111s3984enr.pdf

Thank you