[Advisors] Thought I'd share
Marita Moll
mmoll at ca.inter.net
Tue Mar 4 16:16:12 PST 2014
Wow, this is all totally amazing. I love all these ideas. But over the
next month, I will be totally wrapped up with the CIRA CIP grants as
well as my Carleton university innovation class. After that I will be
in Europe for a month. So it would be mid-May/ June before I could turn
any attention to these terrific ideas.
I hope, however, that others can catch the ball and run with it. I have
always wanted to have a Canadian Community champions award to counter
the big spenders award given out every year at the annual industry
Telecom Summit.
Marita
On 3/4/2014 4:41 PM, James Van Leeuwen wrote:
> There is new money for establishing an initiative along these lines
> (CIRA, ISOC and others).
>
> If we designed a strong communication program for leveraging digital
> and conventional media on a Canadian footprint, we could attract a lot
> of private sector sponsorship.
>
> The likes of Ciena, Calix, and a host of other vendors or service
> providers... no need to go to Telus, Bell, Shaw or any other
> incumbents... they would be coming to us.
>
> With sponsorship commitments from the above sources, it becomes far
> easier to leverage $$ out of senior governments.
>
>
> The people behind Broadband Communities magazine in the U.S. have
> expressed interest in staging one of their upcoming BB EcDev
> conferences in a Canadian city, and I now have a conversation going on
> with them along these lines.
>
> I have already spoken with some folks at the City of Coquitlam, and
> they might be interested to help host the event somewhere in Vancouver.
>
> This would create the opportunity to showcase QNet as one of North
> America's most successful community broadband initiatives.
>
> I will be attending the Broadband Communities Summit in Austin TX next
> month:
>
> www.bbcmag.com/2014s <http://www.bbcmag.com/2014s>
>
>
> I will take up the conversation with the BBC mag folks while I'm there.
>
> If there were a Canadian 'enterprise' whose interests aligned with
> those of BBC magazine, and who could help to coordinate the event I've
> described above, it might make all the difference.
>
> There would be no better place in Canada to host such an event than
> Vancouver, because of the density of related initiatives that can be
> showcased there.
>
> In addition to QNet there is BCNET and of course FNTC, PCNA, BCBA and
> everyone else related to broadband development in the rest of the
> province.
>
> The folks behind BBC magazine would bring a pile of sponsors and
> advertisers with them.
>
>
> By the time I get to Austin, it would be great if TC/BC3/PCNA et al
> had crafted an initial vision and plan for promoting and advancing
>
> I realize the timeline is absurdly tight, but I'm thinking on the fly
> here... I think there may be a huge opportunity staring us in the face.
>
>
> Comments, concerns?
>
>
> JvL
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 4, 2014, at 2:17 PM, cleader at mb.e-association.ca
> <mailto:cleader at mb.e-association.ca> wrote:
>
>> I like it we could also grow the base that was put together in the
>> book that Darlene 's project produced. All of the stories are on her
>> website in Pdf. Could also create short digital stories with pics and
>> video and showcase them.
>>
>> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
>> *From: *James Van Leeuwen
>> *Sent: *Tuesday, March 4, 2014 3:05 PM
>> *To: *Bev Collins
>> *Cc: *advisors at tc.ca <mailto:advisors at tc.ca>
>> *Subject: *Re: [Advisors] Thought I'd share
>>
>>
>> That's a compelling idea Bev.
>>
>> I own the domain bestofbroadband.com <http://bestofbroadband.com/>.
>>
>> BOBB is the acronym for Best of Broadband, and I own bobb.ca
>> <http://bobb.ca/> as well.
>>
>> I would be happy to hand over both domains to TC or any other
>> 'social' enterprise that took on an initiative like this.
>>
>> Could be a great idea for showcasing broadband-related initiatives
>> across Canada.
>>
>> Could also be a monthly or semi-monthy newsletter (call it /BOBB's
>> Your Uncle/), and who knows what else.
>>
>> Oh wait... imagine two core programs called Best of Broadband and
>> Digital User Guide (BOBB & DUG).
>>
>> (stop me before I slay again)
>>
>>
>> These ideas align with the idea discussed in the last AGM of shifting
>> the TC mandate to community capacity building.
>>
>> More food for thought...
>>
>>
>> James
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mar 4, 2014, at 1:47 PM, Bev Collins <bev at pcna.ca
>> <mailto:bev at pcna.ca>> wrote:
>>
>>> Take the John Webb Community Champions Award and make it National.
>>> So happy Gary Shearman was the last recipient J
>>> Bev
>>> *From:* James Van Leeuwen [mailto:jvl at ventus.ca]
>>> *Sent:* March 4, 2014 12:45 PM
>>> *To:* Bev Collins
>>> *Cc:* advisors at tc.ca <mailto:advisors at tc.ca>
>>> *Subject:* Re: [Advisors] Thought I'd share
>>> I wish we could celebrate all the other Bev Collins out there.
>>> It occurs to me that this might be another worthwhile thing for TC
>>> to take on under a revised mandate.
>>> Celebrate the success of community broadband initiatives and the
>>> people behind them.
>>> Here's another great success story (see the comments that follow the
>>> article):
>>> http://wordsbynowak.com/2014/03/04/digital-divide/
>>> James
>>> On Mar 4, 2014, at 1:40 PM, Bev Collins <bev at pcna.ca
>>> <mailto:bev at pcna.ca>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Wow – thanks James. This kind of thing reminds me of why we do
>>> all this and brings back that “feels good” feeling!!
>>> Bev
>>> *From:* James Van Leeuwen [mailto:jvl at ventus.ca]
>>> *Sent:* March 4, 2014 12:38 PM
>>> *To:* Bev Collins
>>> *Cc:* advisors at tc.ca <mailto:advisors at tc.ca>
>>> *Subject:* Re: [Advisors] Thought I'd share
>>> From my FaceBook page.
>>> Good luck to your son, Bev... great story.
>>> JvL
>>> --------------------------------
>>> I am pleased to be a backer of this Kickstarter campaign from
>>> Barry Collins of Powell River BC, who has become a world-class
>>> game developer.
>>>
>>> Barry and his brother started developing computer games at home
>>> in their bedrooms when they were only 6 and 8 years old.
>>>
>>> An important contributor to their success was the Powell River
>>> Community Network, a wireless network that leaders in their
>>> community built to bring better Internet access to the whole
>>> community.
>>>
>>> Barry's mother Bev Collins was a driving force behind the PRCN
>>> as well as the Pacific Community Network Association.
>>>
>>> This is what community broadband is all about, and it's people
>>> like Bev Collins who make it possible.
>>> <link to campaign>
>>> -------------------
>>> On Mar 4, 2014, at 12:06 PM, Bev Collins <bev at pcna.ca
>>> <mailto:bev at pcna.ca>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1763303301/ashen-rift-a-man-and-his-dog?ref=live
>>> Some of you may know that way back when the Powell River
>>> Community Network was started and my two sons were 6 and 8
>>> years old they started designing video games. This pursuit
>>> has taken them to Malaysia to present their community
>>> project at the GK3 a few years ago. We considered them a
>>> success story, and Michael Gurstein wrote about them in a
>>> HRSDC report 13 plus years ago. They’ve worked on some of
>>> the world’s top games as contractors and now Barry is
>>> finally taking the time to work on his own. I have always
>>> considered them a community networking success story because
>>> they are self-taught and worked out of their bedrooms. So
>>> it was our idea to enable youth to do the same thing from
>>> where-ever they were in the world.
>>> Anyway – take a look at Barry’s kickstarter campaign - feel
>>> free to support!
>>> Bev
>>> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1763303301/ashen-rift-a-man-and-his-dog?ref=live
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