[Libs-Or] Fwd: [District Dispatch] ALA, Gates Foundation Co-host Broadband Briefing; Video of Meeting Available on 'Know Your Stimulus' Site

[Diedre Conkling]

 ALA, Gates Foundation Co-host Broadband Briefing; Video of Meeting
Available on ‘Know Your Stimulus’ Site
<http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=2914> May 20th, 2009
http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=2914

On May 12, the American Library Association (ALA) Washington Office and the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation co-hosted a briefing on the broadband
aspects of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) targeted to
state librarians and other leaders in the library community.

The meeting was hosted and moderated by Emily Sheketoff and Alan Inouye of
the ALA Washington Office and featured:

   - John Windhausen, President, Telepoly, and former Senior Counsel, U.S.
   Senate Commerce Committee
   - Greg Rohde, President, E-Copernicus, and former Administrator, National
   Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
   - Linda Schatz, President, EdTech Strategies, and former Vice President
   of the Universal Service Administrative Company (which administers the
   E-rate program)
   - Lynne Bradley, Director, ALA’s Office of Government Relations
   - Carrie Lowe, Director, Program on Networks in ALA’s Office for
   Information Technology Policy
   - Jill Nishi, Deputy Director, U.S. Libraries Program, Bill & Melinda
   Gates Foundation

The agenda can be viewed
here<http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/may12meetingagenda-final2.pdf>.
The presentation slides, and video recording are available at the ALA
“KnowYourStimulus” <http://ala.org/knowyourstimulus> Web site.



-- 
Diedre Conkling
diedre08 at gmail.com
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